Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-21
REnlsfax IA MAINE

REGISTRY m MAINE.
In your Issue of April tth there was
a communication signe'i by y. X. ifke,
Of winthrop, Maine. very lsudstory of
The Jersey Bnlletin Ia sdltor aud
the Jerseys. he clslmed fall fellow
shlp ssa Jersey brce,ier. but In II all
~as not line, word or intimation that
he WAS not an American Jersey Cattle
Club hrce,ier nor that bee Mas the sccre-
tary of lcss,l ststs rrglstry, claiming to
b. thoroughbred Jerseys. wrote him
I thought he ought TO show his true
colors and substAntlste hls claim ~
Jersey br,ctiet. This he has declined
to do, saying thst ~ be wrote the editor
On paper With the Official heading. there
wss no deccption. There was none With
Maine rcad.rs, a. his official position
as well known but Ia those Who fle
their paper, | will leave the decision
whether he ~as or wss not sailing under
false colors. do not admit that oae
sho vfuses to join our ortAoh,S dssoria-
tios has = right to claim the honors ac-
compsnylng such member.hlp.
Iiis position, a. 10 regards the Cattle
Club Registry, can bs.t b. defined by .
quotation frlm hitter dated February
l2;h. lie sAys; Notwithstanding Ne
claim our Jersey stock tc b. of ss high
merit ss any In the Stste, We are of the
opinion that u may he for our intere.t
to infusc . different family strain Of
blood of Equal merit" With this cx-
pliclt a,oval % his creed he asks price Of
young Cattle Club bull. In his reply
tn me. called out by our controversy of
fellow ship, D.. says; II beg leave Ia
r,mind you that the Herd Register of
the A. J. 4. a. Il not above criticism. l
:. we'll know fact that the Caleb
Cushing stoCk registered a. foundation
stock Of the Herd Register we're Guern-
seys aud grades of that breed. hut
what L. quite a. note~cr,hy Il the case
of an animal acccp,ed by the Club, With
M ether proof % pure breeding than the
statement of the d, rism,n that he had
no dcabt the animal ~as Thoroughbred;
and the progeny of these animals still
igurs through the Herd Register. THIS
seems to be q remarkable coincidence
~ith the case of &C." In the Jersey
Bullstin Of jane 18Th.
let me further illustrate the careful
Dess 90 the Malne STATE rgistry hoard
hy story stated AL fact by q Maine
state hrcedsr. Tie little understood
how u sounded to Que u.ed To the care
fuln.ss D.cessAry In an applicsilon for
registry In the 4. !. &. {. The story
was this:
Dr. Blank had bull and two eo~s,
supposed 90 bc thoroughbred. For ws-
sous bcst known to himself, he bred the
thrve for i've years and died without
lAVing any r,Coui of hls breeding opera
tions. This Maine Stale breeder pur-
chs.-i ave of the progeny of that herd
and by some mysterious ptccess got
them registered In the Maine State rcg-
lstry.
Nov. like The hoy Who planted the
pumpkln seeds in ths hollow stump, the
after gro~th Ms the strongest conSlc-
tion possible. - the larger slye II the
Maine state Jersey registry; the cour-e-
nes. not seen In Cattle club registry;
the fawn and white. With the white put
on In characteristic Guernsey patches
Instead % on belly, fanks, legs aud tall
also often Coloring 20 the skin show
Ing Guernsey Infusion In the registry.
are stronger proofs ~ whst IL truth
than 'thc boy's story" Nov What u
the sttitud. 81 the Maine States towards
the Cattle Clubs 4 large part Of them
ara -ecsing to rectify past mistakes BY
useing Cattle Club bulls, ss Mr.. Ifke pro
posed Ca do. That IL y good policy. hut
IL they can, by a public co-exhihitlon,
bring the Cattle Club registry In Main.
Ia their own level, they can buy bulls
cheaper. This Il bow they eNemplify
the golden rule. In l>.D Mr.. Pike
Judged AZ the Eastern Maine fair al Ian
sor both the Maine state aud Cattle
club Jerseys. They were Judged In
separate classes aud the judgement was
acceptable. Hut whst did the next
premium llst rcyesls The classification
rvads like this: The Maine state and
Cattle club Jerseys shall compete la Que
class, the premiums to he awarded to
the bet animal. a. Judged by the scale
Of points. An expert To be appointed
by the soclsty." a. consistency.
y. X. Pike ~as appointed aud served
a. Judge for the years is1i and is's, be
being an Interested party aud consent
Ing thereto. In his letter "a me he says
"Now q word about the Eastern Maine
fair. ! gave my consent to merge the
two classes II Jerseys In On. because !
honestly believed then aud do now that
to make any discrimination In the two
Glasses would b. To make = distinction
~hsr, th.r, ~ss no difference" Not q
Cattle club herd exhibited for thos.
two years. In l>95 one Cattle club
br,eder forget the courtesy due aud
showed ih samc class With Maine state.
Had t been q question of dollars aud
csnts. the \. i. q. q. coald have one the
lions share. hut with me IL WAS
purely n matter ot principal. Mr.. Pike
seu mc letter In l>1l, begging me not
To let NV prejudice prevent NV show
lug "my hne herd. "-s. VI. MING, In
Jersey Bnlletin.