Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-06
DAIRY AND CREAMERY.
KNOWING HOW TO FEED A COW
FOR A BUTTER MAKING TEST.

San Iri.hnAn, Otherwise stupid, Who
Could Not Head or WRITE" bot vto
loved Animals aud studied Their ways.
the nos. stock Ieedsr-nutler Tests.
Just rs horscmen have learned how TO
get the best speed possible out II a horse
20 have mon skilled In feeding discovered
how to develop n COW TO her greatest
capacity. The two great phenomenal
records In the Jersey breed Of 20 pounda
10 ounces aud 20 pounds i2l ounces of
butter IN q week were largely the result
Of skillful feeding; yet these cows were
necessarily great buticr animals or thoy
could not possibly have accomplished
such feats. Their performance showed
the wonderful constitution Of the pdeli.
cato little Jersey" In being able 10 sur.
yive tho excessive feeding they endured
and In being able to digest aud assiinilaia
large quantities Of food aud convert Il
into butter. These were strictly 'rec.
ords." since they wore conducted BY a..
Interested committees and not hy tho
owners. and M reliable ~ though they
had been under the supervision u a state
experiment station.
There are very few forcmen. whether
Of an ordinary farm or n public oxpori.
ment station, capable Of making a cow
show her best Tho late John Johnston.
Of Geneva. n. Y, the most distinguished
farmer Of bis day. was tn the habit Of
faticning 1000 sheep each winter Ia or.
der TO mako manure with which 70 grow
large crops Of wheat, ns we'll. Of course.
~ 10 make profit In feeding. lie said
he never had but ono man who could
feed sheep 10 advantage, and no was n
thief. With excellent farm managers 1
have been obliged to superintond tho
feeding closely In my tests of cattle for
buttor ! do not recall IN my long OK.
pcricncc with Jerseys but one man Ia
my employ really competent 20 tako
proper carr Of stock. He was m Irish.
man, otherwise stupid, who could
neither read nor write. but he loved tho
cattle. and watched them aud studied
their condition. ways and habi,sas close.
~ az a mother would child.
favor u competition of tho dairy
breeds at the Worlds fair. and yat sjetr
would b. opportunity f1r btik>ry asrl
corruption that might dopnye f,nk, -
their proper force and value. ps.t -.
unparalleled mind might not Nh Mi
same faith In the results Of tho IA IL
tho fair ~ In tho official tests Of 'tnsJ1..
This reputation 81 the jersey for NJ
does not depend wholly on tho t&,s
made by breeders. She has had tho
watch held over her. by disinicrcsied
judge IN thiriy.cight records, aud these
judges were men u unquciioncd rcpu.
tation for integrity. Il may b. well to
remind farmers how theao official tests
were conducted. In each ease a commit.
tee was appointed BY the American Jcr.
Soy Cattle club without tho owner Of tho
COW knowing who he was 10 b.. Tho
owner Ind charge Of FEEDING and hand
ling the COW. but the COW was milked In
tho presence Of tho committee. mud the
milk, cream and butter was under the
absolute control Of the commiticc until
the butter was weighed ready TOT the
market
In tho case Of two very large Official
tcsts, one Of which Il among the very
largest, the committeeman was Ia one
elso u grcAt donbtcr aud In tho other
the larger rccofd-tho committee was
supposed TO b. personally unfricndly
with the ownor Of tho COW, but they
could not fchat tho weight o. the facts
and had 10 certify what tho cows did.
Now with these thiriy.oight Official tests
q u not fair 20 assume that tho great
majority u private tests made by jersey
breeders arr reliable, Il u possible 10
gct any better evidence Of tho capacity
OF tho jersey for buttcrl-Cor. Drccders
Gazette,