The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-19

She stepped into public esteem on
tn estrength of her inherent qualities
and attractive appearance, and has
maintained her position during a per
iod which has seen the rise and de-
cline in public favor of many other
breeds. And her reputation is by NO
means local or confined, for she is pre-
eminently the butter producing queen
of the world
The earliest record OF the importa-
tjon of Jerseys into England is that OF
tw alve cows and heiiers and two bulls
in 1747, for the Duke of Richmond,
at an average cost of four pounds
nine shilling. In 1911 twenty thre cows
and heiiers and a bull were imported
into England by Lord Braybrooke, AT
an ave raeg cost Of nineteen pounds
Youatt, in his work on cattle, says
of the Jersey breed +" They ara found
mainly in gentemen's parks and pleas
ure grounds, and they maintain their
occupancy there partly on account oi
the richness of their milk and the
great quantity of butter which it,
yields, but more from the diminutive
size OF the animals, 1t is thought fash.
ionable that the view from the break
fast or drawing room should present
an Attorney COW or two grazing at
little distance. Their milk, though lit
). tie, is of extraordinarily excellent quail
: ity and gives moe butter per quart
than that of any other COW. They fat
:, ten with rapiditv that would be
>. scarcely thought possible from their
< general appearance ana their want Of
/, every grazing point"
According to Flint, erseys were first
! introduced into America in 1920, and
ne gives an account of a COW that pro-
duced 81 lbs. of butter ina year on
Y ordinary rations in Massachusetts, at a
'r very early date.
p Thus we zee that the Jersey COW, on
l. account of her exceptional ability as a
rs butter producer, challenged public at
At tention and admiration at 4 time when
Of the production Of pure brea cattle was
n in comparatively few hands, and when
+, the present stage OF development was
s. unthought Of And her history up &c
u the present time has been marked by
ne continuity of brilliant achievements
le and triumph over widely spreac
I'd and deeply rooted prejudice.
es This is an age OF specialists, and the
e. farmer Of today, in order to secure the
a best results, must needs concentrate
r. all his energy and ability upon the at
n tanment o. his object by detiuit'
IT, and exclusive system and the soone
lb he recognizes the importance OF EN-
"a ploying special breeds for special pur
ne poses, each according to its own capa
9r- bility and the governing requirement
IN of climate and.locality, the sooner vii
u he realize the benefits which such
he policy invariably commands.
at While for this reason the Jerse.
OF should not be specially employed 10
at the production Of beef, the eXcellen
ne quality of Jersey beef has been proved
he beyond douot There are today man.
Of enicures who raise Jersey steers in or
m, der to procure the meat for their owl
IT. tables, and vt the famous block test
rs conducted at chicago few years ag
of for the purpose of determining tn
I'd most profitable and economical carcas
by OF beef. the Jersey scored a sigma
in triumph by outclassidg all the re
DIS connized beef breeds
art The most brilliant chapter in tn
ire history of the breed, however, is tina
vk of her dairy records in this couutr
and in England, which have prove
ed the wonderful productive capacity
a.. the Jersey COW, an the complete cor
ms tlol and development of natures force
nd by intelligent and enlightened mind
pa. in short. triumph of mind owe
nd matter.
a. "All the world wondered" when
on learned that Baron's Progress, in Ems
nat land produced ,amiG strange surrount
mr. ings and four months after calVing,
or lbs. 5 ozs. of butter in "a hours whe
VOC the famous Mary Anne of St Lambel
we produced 26 lbs. 1214 ozs. in o weel
Ice and again when both Bisson's Bell
he and Signals Lily Flagg produced owe
nj. 1000 lbs. ina year.
wd The widely different breeding
nd these and many other wonderful Je
.be seys, and the varying scenes OF operi
Iso ton, hive conclusively proved that tn
c ,s wonderful productive capacity is a
outstanding characteristic of the whol
ait breed, and not of any particular fam
me ". And, furthermore, it can not b
ron denied that the Jersey is by far th
nd most economical of the dairy breed
toi on account OF her wonderful powers
do. assimilation and digestion.
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