Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-02

ESssors If he Kssns6<e Lsnysai.-
We sse having % many Inquiries fron
The press and frum individuxis- - 10
tbe psftieaiars Of our pufcssse of Baron
ron x chshofen's Pomosa herd Of leo j. =
sey eatsie. which vas photographed briefly
BY rAe Associated Press, that re take the
liberty Of answering these questions in tais
gay:
This purchase although probably the
largest ever made, 10 but sla-hef sep IN
the piaa We have been feiEosinx- We
have made careful study Of tiss o,eeaies
business fer dairy PURPOSES, ard long ago
sasisii<d ourselves that the best line Vas
the ST. Lambert Stoke Posis family. We
also szsisdsd ourselves shat ther- szs
more profit in the chufa firm hrss-c,Ass
animals than from tho.e aizcsiiaasezsly or
poorly ored.
Al Mersiale Farm, Meredith. Drlswsre
Co n Y. ve xirea5y hat tias herd OF
JERSEY casiie. B4roa Won Rlchthoten vas
breeding in exactly the same line. All IN.
Pomona herd Contained larger usmosr o.
absolutely pure Sc. Lsn,oer-stske Pozt'
animals than any other herd in the eoantfy.
Whsn, therefore. we were giye1 the oroor
tani;y 20 pnrehase, we al 5nce asstied our
selves Of IL. and now hsye not oniy the
largest, bus the d 1sss herd of pare S.
Lane bert stoke Pogis Jsrssys 10 the coaa
Try, having in the herd - cows, $40 naye
| tssted at the rate of fourteen OF more lbs
Of butter Ia seven dASs, the largest test OF
ary one Gov, being 81 lbs. 81 oaoees-
We are breeding as business. sad are
making butter whieh sells r. adily at a good
price. Oar test of the value Of COW is
the Bumber OF pounds OF butter she makes
90 Ordinary feed
We believe 10 the Jersey as THE butter
COW, and think where butter ~ the desired
object, sh- is the most profitable animal
for either breeder or farmer. l. IS a m!s
terry TO Us that more dairy farmers do not
take the same pains to breed up their he-ds
that they do to improve the value of their
| farm, and il has slways seemed strange
that more farmers do not realize that the
bull 10 one. half the herd, and that by get
ting first class bull. even at q seetnin ely
large coet they could 10 few years br. ed
up their herds to point where he income
from them would be al Least double. with
only the al !itiotal cost Of the Dull.
The three IL . ing bulls in our herd are
Ida of ST. Lxmbert's Bull, 10, l69, by
Stoke Pogis 9th. 1891, who air, ady has
eight daughers that have tested over IA
lbs, OF butter in seven drys (ive OF these
daughters are in cur heri) out Of Ida OF
ST. Lambert. "a 800, who has an official
test Of 80 lbs. "a o., in seven days and
has the highest milk record. for a day
(67 lbs week, ass los or month
(Isss lbs. of any Jersey COW.
Matilda 4ths son. 90 PA, by ida's Riot
er Of st. Lambert. 1866, "a son of Ida OF
ST. Lambert, 2499o) out of Matilda 4,h
II SIG, who tested % lbs. 4 OF OF butter
in seven DAYS, and is estimated 10 have
made at least 937 lbs. 81 CT. of butter il
one year.
Ida of St. LIS Last Son, 23,60l, a full
brother 10 Ida of ST. Lamberts Bull
10, 1863, mentioned above.
These three bulls cost nearly $4,000
and the constant demand for bull cslve
sired by them. indicates that the buyini
! pubic appreciate their great value.
The DAIRY question of the day is how Il
secure the mosr butter at the iesst cost
and our experience proves TO us that tn
Jersey is the answer TO the problem.
We breed for large size, vigorous con
stitution. perfection of form, richness o
quality, large milk production. and aoov
all good butter and plenty of it.
Its seems to us that one of the reason
(if not the main oBe) why the Jersey GOV
is not every where acknowledged 10 be tn
best for the dairy, is that the country ha
been flooded with inferior animals. Il
this, as in so many things, the object in to-
. many cases has simply been to produce AM
sell, regardless OF quality. 1t is an OLE
maxim that "ihe best pays best" aud ii
b litter predu:t we have found this to b
absolute y true with Jersey cattle. ard il
our herd the expensive cows from ,hei
butter product alone pay larger int' I
eet on their cost than those that COS
less. If dairy farmers would give thi
matter more careful thought and investlga
lion, we believe that there would be Iadi
cal change in the man .gement of thei
diaries and that this change would hiring
radical Improvement in TIL cir busine,s
While not claiming to be philanthropists
we have deep interest in anything whicl
will ele vate and improve the dairy interest,
of the country, and are always glad to d.
what we can 10 aid in this cause.
AVER & MCKINNEY.