The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-13
THE JERSEY AS A "rowN cow

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PRIZE ESSAY, by MRS. ALLIE PRIEST.
The term "town cow recalls to my mind
thoughts Of other days, when the hungry
COW, chased about by the boys and dogs,
strayed unforbidden over our village streets
stealing hay from the farmers wagon or
picking the grnss on tho common, then
venturing through every open gate to carry
destruction to unguarded lawns and shrub
berry. But those days are long since gone;
our little village has grown into city,
where even the town COW must keep her
place, or her owner pay for all Of her tres
passes.
There are many persons in every small
city who keep a COW TO supply the family
with milk and butter, and how often do we
sec some poor scrub that gives bat IA scanty
flow Of milk for about one-half, or at the
best not more than three-fourths, Of the
timel The people who have tried such COWS
will always tell you that 1t does not pay at
all to keep a COW III town. | have been Ia
the city several years, and have always
kept Il COW. | am satisfied thai IL pays no
one with small children, or "a family that
likes milk and butter, TO do without
good COW; and one that will supply you
with plenty of the best quality of milk,
cream and butter almost the year round at
the lowest possible cost Of production should
be considered the best and cheapest COW, no
matter what her first cost may be. have
been familiar with the Jerseys on my
fathers farm for nearly ten years and we
have kept our COW in the city about two
years. From this knowledge OF their good
qualities and characteristics, | claim with
out the least reserve that the Jersey Is the
best and most profitable COW that can be
kept in town. This is saying great deal
for the Jersey, but think the number OF
them that are to be seen in the
barnyards and on the common goes
far to prove that | am not alone in this be-
lief. There are so many reasons why this
breed is to be preferred to all others in town
that | hardly know where 10 begin TO men
ton their points of excellence. They usually
milk very easily and give good quantity,
and IL we'll managed and cared for they will
never go dry. Our COW began giving milk
when eighteen months old, and has calved
gone dry, though we did not
use the milk for u few weeks. The quality
of the milk is the superior point OF the
Jersey cow, the new milk being almost like
cream. The milk and cream separate
quicker, and there is much more cream than
on the milk OF any other cow, this cream
churns very easily, and a much greater
amount of butter Is produced, and the but-
ter is always OF a rich, golden yellow that
requires no butter-color TO make it market
able. The butter is also unusually firm,
making 1t very much easier TO handle in
warm weather. These al combine TO make
the butter more desirable than any other,
and 1t is very easily sold at 2 20 cents
above the market price. Thus, by
keeping a Jersey COW, if you wish
to sell milk, you have a more
salable article than the milk man,
one that finds its own customers among
your neighbors If you wish to sell cream
or butter, you have more OF it and better
quality; or, IL you only wish to provide for
your own use, you have the satisfaction Of
knowing that your family are using the
best milk, cream and butter that can be OBJ
tanned any where.
OF course, it will cost more in the Begin
ming to buy a good jersey COW than it
would TO get scrub, but get O frst-class
COW and she will soon pay for herself in
milk aud butter; you have no idea how soon
until you tryit
Then they mature 30 young that even In
the city you can afford to raise the heifer
calves, and soon have a high-priced COW to
sell. 1t is easier to keep Jersey than any
larger COW. as they do not require so much
feed, point which will not be overlooked
la place where all feed must be bought
Being small they do not require so much
room, and they are much more cleanly in
their habits than the common COW, two
points which will commend them where
they must be kept confined in small space.
Their natural traits, gentleness aud do
cility, which make all Of them appear t. be
pets, recommend them more than anything
II one intends TO keep COW in the close
quarters of the city lot or stable or staked
out on the common.
Besides all these practical points in this
question, in conclusion l would say there is
a satisfaction in owning really good ami
NAL, one OF the best of its kind. that the aver
age person fully appreciates, and no red or
brindled scrub can ever give that attractive
look of comfort or gentiity to your city
home that IS impaired by the presence Of
the meek ana gentle Jersey COW.