The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-02-01
A MONEY MAKING MACHINE.
PRIZE ESSAY, BY W. +. HAMBLY.

Very few people care to keep cows as
ornaments, irrespective of their useful
ness. The usefulness Of COW depends
largely on her treatment. i we'll cared
for. she will repay her owner. Good
care consists of proper food, comfort
able stable during inclement weather,
and kindly treatment. A COW that
browses in the fence corners, drinks
from dirty pools, is chased by small boys
and dogs, banged about with the handle
of a pitchfork or milking stool, has no
time nor inclination to produce milk. All
she can do under such circumstances is
to try to keep herself alive.
A COW is milk making and conse-
quently moneymaking machine.a as there
is money in milk. Itshould be remem.
bered, however, that the milk of some
COWS il richer than that Of others. The
richness of milk consists of the amount
of fat in it, The more fat there is in
milk the more butter or cheese can be
made fromit 1t should be further re-
membered that it costs no more to keep
good cow than poor one.
Experience has shown that some
breed of cows give better milk and a
larger quantity than others, and are
therefore the most profitable Tests of
COWS of the milking breeds prove that
the Jerseys lead all others in the quality
of their milk. They have been bred
for years with the single object of in
creasing and improving the milk flow.
The breeders have met with such
marvellous success that the Jerseys are
now acknowledged to be the most profit
able breed Of dairy cows known. The
average Jerseys give milk of such arich
quality that sixteen or seventeen pounds
yield one pound of batter, and she does
this without requiring more or better
feed than some of the other breeds
whose butter yield is fully fifty per cent
less, The Jerseys are docile, the quiet
ness of their disposition tending to the
productiveness of milk, as COW of al
excitable nature is never a good milker,
her nervous energies being expended in
other ways. In addition to her docility,
the Jersey is not a Iavenous eater. A
test made at London, Canada, last year
showed that the Jersey returned thirty
three per cent. more profit on the
amount OF food consumed than any other
breed. At the Main Experimental
Station, where an exhaustive test was
made, including the richest foods, each
pound of butter produced by a Jersey
cost 194 cents, while the product of the
Holsteins cost 81 cent and Of Ayrshires
264 cents. Private tests have shown
that butter can be produced by Jerseys
for 121 cents per pound, which il
several cases covered the cost of ice as
well as of feed
Sometimes exception is taken to the
Jersey on account of her size, and the
assertion is frequently made that wher
her use as dairy animal is at an enc
she will be useless for bee Viewed as
milk making machine, size counts fol
little except in her favor. Small cows
are more easily housed than larger ones
and as they have less muscle and flesh
to maintain, the food is larely converted
into milk. If Jersey COW whose
weight runs from 800 to 900 pounds give
eight times her weight in milk and fifty
per cent. Of her weight in butter in 1
year, what should be the product of tht
1,500pound COW? The size of an ANNA
unless brute strength be required
should not be considered.
Al[nsbuying machinery the purchase
ascertains, ifpossible, thecapacty Of thu
machine, its durability and "life " These
points should be considered when buy
ing milk producing machine. Tn,
Jersey can be relied on for doing goot
work in the dairy for ten or twelve years
"Massena,' Jersey owned by Mrs
Jones, of Breckville, Canada, gave 65(
pounds of butter, or over 5000 pound
of milk. in twelve month when in he
sixteenth year. "Landseer's Fancy,
in her twelfth year, produced almos
937 pounds Of butter in year, or nearl.
her own weight. These are not rar,
cases as to the durability of this breet
for dairy purposes, but a mere Fraction
Of what might be cited to show tn
'life" of the Jerseys. ia Jersey cow
albeit she is small in size, be fitted 70
her work for ten or fifteen years,
longer period than most farm machiner,
can be relied on, surely no objection
ought to be taken to her size, or n
weight attached to the statement tina
she can not be turned into beef, A GOV
that gives on an average onepound 0
butter daily for ten or twelve years j
profitable enough if nothing be left 0
her at the expiration of that period say