St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-09-09
A PRIZE ESSAY.


! RE Jersey OoW - q 6ek0R0ef N -to4
The Jersey COW is a dairy reformef.
Her influence in this direction is APP
parent In the fact that k;acs hef intros
ductlon. and the recognition Of hef
claims for butter-iriaking. the quality
of that article has improved beyond
comparison. its value has advanced
and the demand has increased in 1
far greater ratio than the facility to
furnish il. In almost every com.
munity-indeed it is pretty generally
so everywhere-the product of tho
Jersey dairy soils 70 eaFef buyers at
Is TO 50 per cent more than that
from other breeds of cattle, and it is
not Uncommon. near large cities and
ccnters of wealth. that the entire yield
Of butter from Jersey herds is engaged
the year through at 40, 50 and even -
cents per pound.
She has introduced another impof.
taht measure of reform into the system
OF management of the dairy herd. Il
has been the custom of milk and butter
dairymen to buy fresh cows and milk
them through the season, or Until their
supply has decreased to an unprofit-
able point. when they were turned
of, and others, freshly calved;
substituted. in order 10 l0ep
mp the required Quantity OF milk.
Many cows procured in this
way dry Oft after very brief
milking period, and. as there is wide
difference in the selling value between
fresh cows ard dry o:ses. the plau Is
expensive and unprcfita bic to the dairy
men. The fresh cow of q few months
before. bought at the high price dairy
animals In full how o. milk always
command. must go at any sum obtain.
able. generally very low one. fo+ deals
in dry COWS are always favorable 10 the
buyer.
The constitutionalhab bit of the Jersey
cow to milk in profitable quantities the
year round, together with her in
creased valne rs q dairy animal.
aholishes the necessity Of this cx.
travagaHt ccyrse, aid will justify
the dairymanin keeping her. from year
to year, combining with his dairy in
terests that of . breeder. The Off
spring of his cows are readily sold at
paying prices. if he does not care to
raise them. the rese supply Fl wilt can
BE utilized in his business. and BY
judicious direction of his breeding op-
eratiOns. he may secure an even and
continuous supply from his herd dur
ing the entire year
Jerseys, as q rule, are not large
mixers. though the breeding tend.
ency of recent years is to imcveasa
the amount, and there Are now many
heavy milking cows of the bneed, but
they are nearly always persistent in
their yields and rarely dry of for moro
than q few weeks before calving. and
by far the greater number never dry at
all. This is . most valuable feature to
the dairyman; and ia connection with
II, when the increased richness of milk
Is considered, the balance Of profit in
favor of the Jersey ~ q yearly pro-
ducef of butter ovef the shutt-term,
thin mixers is very apparent and con.
to the mind Of the practical
dairyman. $3.50
Among the more popular and valued |!
reforms brought about BY the Jersey
ia mission she flls rs the family cow
the one animal kept 70 furnish mills,
e-can and butter tor the household. |
This article Of household economy is |
about rs indispensable to every we'll.
regulated homie as the well Of water |!
at the door, and the kind of cow en- |
ployed. in nincty-nine cases in
a hundred. all over the land,
in town, village and country, is a Jer-
>ey COW: and where she has not vet |
made her appearance she is being |
looked for. and il is safe 70 predict thai
when once esta bliShed she will stay. |
Even men who give special attention
to raising beef cattle. and can see moth
ing of value in the jersey. except her
adaptation rs family cow, seek her
eagerly for this purpose.-Southern