The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-06-07
The Jersey the Modern Dairy Cow
PRIZE ESSAY, BY L, S. HARDIN.

The Jersey the Modern Dairy Cow.
PRIZE ESSAY, BY L. S, HARDIN,
The title Of thid Article is not M re.
ly general claim for the Jersey, but
it is intended to point out just what
the requirements are and how the Jer-
sey fills the till, Under the highest
type Of Commercial dairying, where
the sole purpose is to get as much
money as possible out OF the COWS and
that by the most intelligent manage
ment, we find two Imperative demands
that the COW must meet, no matter
what breed she comes from, or none
at all,
For a number of years it has been
an acknowledge fact in the dairy that
for both cheese and bntter making,t the
prime value of milk depends upon the
per cent. of fat it contains. All the
energy of all the dairy expounders has
been expended in research for some
practical and inexpensive plan Of de
termining this amount Of this fat in
milk. The Babcock tester seems to
ill the bill in a practical way, until
now we find the creameries and cheese
factories, one after another, adopting
the oil test as criterion for the pay
ment OF patrons, and foreshadowing
this as soon to become the universal
method for determining the nature OF
the COW. The cheese maker as we'll as
the butter maker demands the same
character of milk because in this coun-
try the butter fatin the cheese is made
both by the law and by custom, the
test Of its value. Those States, as Wis
consin and Ohio, that have enacted
laws concerning the quality of stand.
ard cheese specify the per cent. OF but.
ter fat it must contain. Thus we find
the creamery and the cheese factory
demanding milk OF high per cent. OF
butter fat it must contain. Thus we
find the creamery and the cheese fac.
tory demanding milk Of high per
cent. OF fat, and refusing to pay any
thing whatever for mere bulk or water
When the man Of business contem
plat,a becoming a dairyman he first
studies the character OF product the
market demands and then makes the
purchase OF his tools to coincide with
that demand Now, if butter.fat is
wanted, where can you get it so
chesply rs from the Jersey COW?
What COW will turn the products OF
the farm into butter fat in greater
quantity and with more economy
than the Jersey? Is she not, par eT.
cellence, the COW to accomplish this
end? While all experiments sre in
great measure dependent upon the
skill Of the man who conducts them,
and this accounts for some exceptional
results, yet the majority of tests thus
lar reported from the experiment sta
tions point couCIu,ively To the fact
that the jersey is the most economical
lat maker Of all the breeds
Another modern requirement OF
high class dairying is that the COW
should be abI4 10 adapt herself to
close quarters without fretsing or loss
Of constitutional vigor, just as the
wild ANNUAL can not endure conhne-
meul as Vel ts thc domestic beast so
the logger the ancestors have been
closely confined the better the off.
spring adaptthem elves to such condi-
tions. Nov, it il we'll known that for
more than hundrcd years III. Jerseys
on their native island have been
tethered and hous A the year
round and each one handled sverai
times day by The females If The
family. This has caused her not only
to take kindly to confinement, but TO
love il. Most OF the great records that
have lately astonisned the world have
been made while the cows were in a
great measure coutined to their sta.
bles Any me who has ever seen a
heard Of Irrseys after three months OF
sea voyage and quarantine, and every
head confined strictly to the stalls,
must have been struck with the superb
"tone" they all appeared in. They in.
variably look bright and even saucy,
without the slightest evidence of rest
lessness.
The tendency Of high class dairying
is inevitably toward reduction OF
acres on the farm and great number
OF cows. At present two cows to the
acre is the limit; but when the full
value Of the Jersey is known the nun
ber will be raised to three or four
This intensive farming means great
er profits and the highest class ol
dairy cows to do the work, all ol
which leads inevitably to the adoption
Of The Jersey,
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