The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-10-26
QUALITIES OF JERSEY CATTLE.
PRIZE ESSAY, BY F. A. DICKENS.

The above excellent breed of cattle
has never been in higher favor !!
amongst practical dsiryman than it is
to-day, it's popularity having been
hnilt up and strengthened by good re- =,
suits
Originally from the Island o. Jersey
in the British Channel, locality favor
I'd as To soil and climate, this we'll
known milking tendencies of the breed
have long been carefully fostered and
developed by the thrifty and intelli-
gent Anglo'French peasantrv OF that
island. The result of that judicious
treatment is the present Jersey COW, n
typical animal, uneqaled in the
particularline for which she is so Justly
celebrated
The qualifications which these cattle
possess could not, of course, belong
ignored in this country, where for
many years pure. bred animals of the
best type have been imported and duly
h"C matted Good Jersey cattle of
first class families are much sought at.
Yer by breeders and stock fanciers, and
their profitable character has been
satisfactorily established.
The prepotency of the Jersey bulls
Is wfll known to those VIII have used
them, and their color. markings, and
other characteristics may be traced for
many generations in their grade off
spring.
The Jersey is emphatically "butter
cow" and in that respect is superior
TO other dairy breeds. She is not only
prolific, but precocious, coming early
into service. The milk is exception.
ally rich anu fine favored.
OF quiet and tracsable disposition,
the Jersey is easy to handle and safe
to drive to trough or field, no small
recommendation where women or
children are concerned.
Those who are on the look out Tor
that mythical animal ycleped the
general purpose COW" are likely to be
disappointed in the Jersey She is not
one OF that sort, AM does not pretend
to be. l speak of the breed as / have
found it, after years of actual expert
ence with its members on my own farm
and from observation of their preiorm
ances of those of my neighbors. TIL,
allpurpose COW may suit persons hav
ing no particular requirements but
is fallacy to suppose that genera
and special excelen can exist i
the same animal at the same time.
AS pretty, gentle and usefu
creature, the Jersey cow can safel
challenge the world in her own pa
ticular sphere. For stock.rasers o
the bleak prairieS, where beef prC
duction is the main object and tn
weather vicissitudes are sudden an
severe, she Is not calculated to con
pete with the larger and more rugge
breeds represented by Durhams, Her
lords, Scotch black cattle and other:
but for the patrons of creameries, f
the general farmers use, or for hote
and private families, where "gilt-edgt
butter is prime necessity, she reigI
supreme.
ALI breeders of jersey are famili
with the chief points of typical Je
sey cow; a beautiful animal, who
shapely head and neck, short, incurv'
horns, large, mild and deer-like eye
black muzzle and corresL ondin
markings, deep body, fine limbs al
tail and well.developed milk quartz
render her alike graceful picture al
an acquisition on any farm.
Jersey cattle are the purest bre
extant, and have been bred for pl
pose The COWS ar good pall.feede
and speedily become the pets of the
who care fer them. They may be 3
preached by women ar children
any time, may be tethered in fem
corners or wherever the pasture
abundant, or in places handy to