The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-17
si'EclAi DEVELOPMENTS Or JER.
sEGs As NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

In this day OF competition it has
come to be an acknowledged fact that
general purpose animals, either COWS,
horses, sheep, or swine, are unproht
able. Owing TO the principle known as
the claw Of correlation" it is tbeorelic-
ally (and practically rs wel)impos-
sible to produce an animal superior
III two dissinilar branches--e. g., milk
and beef, or mutton and wool.
Every animal, either COW, horse,
sheep OF swine, has a certain amount
of energy at lis disposal, and this
energy can be cxerted in a single
direction to mako superior animal,
or it can be divided, part exerted in
one direction aud part in another,
making q general purpose animal, in
different in both branches. Il airy
organ or set Of organs is developed for
any length Of time, through evolution
it becomes improved at the expense of
other organs.
A careful breeder can, by judicious
selection, mold the form, dispos ton,
size, ETC., Of his ANIMALS, until GER
tain limit is reached, History tells us
how Blackwell, the Ceilings, Booth and
Bates developed the British beef breeds.
Ofcourse these men we're exceptional
breeders. but their work goes to illus
trate how susceptible cattle are to
morphological and physiological trans
formations.
For centuries the farmers Of the Is
land of Jersey have been breeding their
cattle with u single object in view
not size, nor beauty Of form, neither
quantity Of milk nor quantity oi,but-
ter, but quantity of butter per given
quantity of feed and in this capacity
their cows have come to be par excel
lence. The Jersey farmers are as rule
very careful and painstaking, and love
their COWS as an Arab loves his horse.
The cattle are given the best of care,
and as the whole island supports on
an average one COW per acre, it will be
seen that the farmers are obliged to
make the most out of their feed. The
COWS are tethered in order to avoid a
waste of pasture. The climate Of the
island is OF the mildest thus nature
supplies a feature which might other
wise have been neglected, and Jerseys
will not work up TO their full capacity
when exposed to cold rains, snow
storms, etc.-The more highly-organiz
ed an animal is, the better able she is
to Apply her entire energy in a single
direction, and the less able she is to
withstand abuse consequently, the
better it pays to give her every advant
age a warm stable is far cheeper thar
feed.
The following facts 60 to prove tina
Jerseys are better adapted to make
more butter out of given quantity Of
feed than any other breed:
1st They are more highly developed
in that capacity than any other breed
I'd. Through evolution, they hay'
obtained scientifically correct form
and disposition.
Sd. They waste no energy III making
unnecessary skim.milk.
4th. They respond more rapidly t
good feeding.
9th. They mature as early or earle
than any other breed, frequently Civ
ing milk before the first calf is drop
ped. It is questionable whether this i
desirable, as the COW is almost sure t,
suffer for 1t afterward. 1t does, how
ever, illustrate the remarkable milk
giving tendency versus the tendenc,
to lay on fat, 80 prominent in mos
dairy breeds
9th, As q most potent proof, th
fact may be cited that very larg
percentage Of the dairy cattle OF tn
East are Jerseys.
The dairy farmers OF the Easter
States notably those in New YorE
Pennsylvania, Vermont, etc, owing
keen competition, are Obliged TO ru
their diaries as economically as DO
sible, to practice intensive rather tina
extensive farming. They have awake