The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-05-31
What Successful Breeder Says Of
Jerseys.

Jerseys.
PRIZE ESSAY, BY GEORGE BLANCHARD.
An every day acquaintance with the
Jersey COW, covering a period OF eigh-
teen years, during which time have
h uyht ht'd and sold many hundreds,
fluids me TO day thoroughly con vinced
Of her great value as a dairy COW, and
"the half has not been told" OF her
great excellence. | have never failed
to find her a paging animal, whether
from breeding point OF view or from
dairy standpoint; and | am borne
Ut in this testimony by many Of nv
fellow breeders and customers. One
gentleman of great wetlth, having
many invttmuIs, who owned Jer-
Soy cow, told me she was the b, st in
>cstment he had. Many to whom ]
sold Jerrcys, replacing their grade or
native cows were pleasantly surprised
to find their dairy income greatly in
creased. and all agreed that the Jersey
paid better than their former stock.
My experience and acquaintance
with stock breeders who have not
made success of stock breeding go to
prove chat the Jersey" was not in IL.
He had the little butter queen been a
greater factor IN the "make up" OF
such farms, / believe the results would
have been more satisfactory. A party
from Connecticut who years ago bought
consignment of Jerseys OF me, told
one Of these unsuccessful stock breed
ers TO stock his farm with Jerseys, and
in ten years he would have money
enough TO buy the whole State OF
Maine. This was a strong statement,
but still contained more truth than
poetry.
| have been told, time and again,
that the introduction Of Jersey blood
through the bulls Of my herd had ad.
ded hundreds OF dollars to the value
OF the live stock OF this town, and par.
ties to whom | have sold Jersey bulls
have received the same econium from
their townspeople. Any one wishing
to hecome a public benefactor, take
note of this and go and do likewise.
Years ago jersey cow was a curl
osity in this section Of the State, anC
through ignorance much prejudice
existed againet; now this beautiful
COW dos every hillside and plscidly
chews her cud in every valley, anC
many Of her former opponents thinl
as much Of their pet Jersey as Of thei
iavorite horse. NJ II Of our successful
farmers own fine large herds OF Jerseys
and reap large profit in making {
high quality OF butter, put up in fanc!
style, bearing the name OF the farm
and commanding fancy price in tn
market. This result is repeated owe
and over again throus shout the lengtl
and breadth Of the land, wherever i
found herd of th roug hhred Jersey
as fountain head
Wherever introduced, the Jerse
COW soon becomes universal favont6
She is equally the pet of the children
the pride OF the dairyman, the fame
Of the country gentleman, the play
thing Of the rich, and the support 0
the humble tiller of the soil or tn
: poor mechanic. The poorest farme
in the land vies with Vanderbilt
in the ownership OF a Jersey, and alik
finds pleasure and profit in such owr
ership
Figures enough to cover fifty essay
of this size could be produced to prov
. that the Jersey pays, and pays hanC
. somely, but | leave that to the stati
tician, and pas on TO some Of he
other merits
My experience declares her to be
very healthy as well as hardy anima
In all my eighteen years OF breedini
one year having 1876 head, / have onl
lost three COWS by death-a remarkab
= statement, but true, nevertheless. Ve1
: rarely have | had a sick COW, a gen
inc case of garget never, Some calv'
died from scours at first, but by expe
ience | learned to rear them withol
- this scourage of calfhood.
A well handled Jersey is always
gentle cow No accident from Gro
and ugly animals, COWS or bulls h
ever happened on my farm, A Jers'
can be easily approached and handle
> in the pasture.
O. Jersey breeding is an exceeding
o. pleasan, and fascinating pursuit. o.
breeder recently writes me deploriI
! the fact that he has only, in all prob
bility, forty or fifty years in which
follow his pet theory Of Jersey bree
> ing :; and | think there is hardly
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