The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06
or INTEREST TO FARMERS
Jersey Cows.

of merit there is in keeping a breed strictly
pure the Jersey possesses in a superemi-
nent degree. Bred upon a little island
whore no other breed of horned cattle was
, allowed by a rural population who were in
terested In the milk only to its butter
content, butter Outside of vegetables for
markeD being the money crop, with but
little if any demand for milk, it was nat
ural that she should be bred with the view
of producing butter. The result of breed
ing for generations for specific object
has been to make the Jersey butter
COW. The Jersey is the most thorough
bred of domestic animals. the long line of
special breeding fixing the characteristics
so strongly that every animal of the breed
possesses the heredty or prepotency to
transmit its qualities to its offspring;
and herein lies of the vast superiorties
of the Jersey. In her native habitat, her
surroundings, conditions of life, habits,
etc, have always tended to make the Jer-
sey butter COW: but it was reserved to
the American breeder, by upward of forty
years of devoted skill and untiring appTica-
ton, to develop her to her greatest ca
pacity. AS a result of his systematic en-
deavors, the American bred Jersey of to-
day is more than 90 per cent superior in
butter capacity TO that of twenty years
ago. We often hear of the phenomenal
record breakers, which show what highly
bred, specialized may do under scien-
tlfc high-preSsure systems of feeding also
the wonderful progress our breeders nave
made in the art of breeding for a purpose;
but the greatest glory OF Jersey lies not
in these abnormal yields, wonderful though
they be- but in not less wonderful averages
obtained in every state in our glorious
union.
very important question to all stockmen
Is, what breed of cattle will make the most
milk, or butter, or cheese beef? or, to
put ii in other words, what breed of cattle
Will make the most of the product desired
at least cost? Our test, and the test of all
dairymen, Of the value of cow is the num-
Der of pounds of butter she makes on ord-
nary feed. The dairy question is how to
make the most butter at the least cost,
and our experience proves to that the
Jersey is the answer to the problem; she
is pre-eminently the mortgage-lifter.
COW that can be kept on the moving Of a
half-acre lot or lawn, served with quart
or two of meal daily, that can be made
pet of and will give a pound and upward
I of butter of excellent quality every twenty
four hours with cream for the table milk
for all purposes and To spare is the best
and cheapest cow for the family and butter
diary well. Their value can hardly be
estimated in dollars and cents.
The Jerseys are the grandest, most beau
tiful, most useful, most fashionable as well
as most profitable stock for the family and
the dairy throughout the whole world. They
show their superiority not only as the great
est milk producers or the greatest butter
makers, but also universal dairy cows,
adapting themselves to any and all climates.
We find the Jersey at her best while BRAY
ing the rgors of a Canadian winter beat
ing the whole worlds record butter
machine in the hot, dry climate of the
sunny south, retaining her health and vigor
equally the granite hills OF New Eng
/ land, the plains Of Texas, the foothills of
the Rocky mountains and in the soft, bal
my climate of California. Another peculiar
characteristic Of the Jersey is her habit of
persistent milking. She is an everlasting
"stayer," hence she is adapted TO con-
tinuous usefulness in the dairy She IS
likewise early to breed and very prolific.
Precisely the same treatment is required
by the Jersey as is required by good COW
of any other breed-no more, no less. But
a great many cows of other breeds are,
when compared with the little S0O-pound
Jersey, very large, being 30 to 100 per
cent larger. 1t is well-estaDllshed tact
that on the average, cattle eat IN proper
ton to their live weight: such being the
case, it is easy TO see that a COW weighing
1900 to 1,500 pounds will eat proportonateiy
more than one weighing but 500; It IS ike
wise an incontrovertible fact that the
food necessary to enable the little Jersey
to fill the pail would he barely sufficient
to sustain life in the larger animal.
AS supplemental to the above, the tolloW-
ing on the characteristic markings OF the
Jersey cow written by Mr.. \. l.. crosby,
of Gainesville. Md, recognized authority
or dairy and agricultural AFFAIRS, VIII DE
found of interest:
THE Jersey COW is of medium size, me
i'm bone-particuIarly as TO her legs, which
are almost deer-like in proporuons-Wiqe
across the hips. thin neck, wide between the
eyes, which are prominent ana mia IN thelT
EXPRESSION, horns usually crumpled. smau
and invariably back-tipped, face generally
diShed and with a mealy muzZie' ho'!S
small and always black. hide mellow mar
soft, skin nearly always yellow, tan long
fine in the bone and with fun Switch:
The color of the hair varies very muci IL
ranges through all shades of fawn; faWn
and white squirrel gray, and the same with
white and combinations of gray ana laWn'
and the COW may be solid or broken col
ored; occasionally see COW OF a DARK
mahogany brown, udder always ilSnt cot-
ored and teats flesh colored. Red or roam
never show in the Jerseys; the very DARK
ones have a stripe of lighter Shiue run
nine along the spine. | never knew a Jer-
sew which did not have Il black, or Almost
black stripe in the inside of the lower part
of each ear, and / never knew but one
fatally of high grade Jerseys not 70 n nave
this mark. | have bred grades u NJ, tnet {
were 123-124 pure blood but they ana not
show the black stripe in the ears. 1t may
be that the grade | speak or as having
the stripe might have been pure preui pun
| bought her for a grade and supposed her
Jerseys viii sary from this description,
and they may vary widely in some respects,
hut it comes about as near to describing
the breed Us l can find words to express my
ideas. ,,, g.
many years, and doubt whether any are
to he found in this country at present. y
few were imported, probably in advance of
the JERSEYS and at first the Jerseys went
under the name of Attorneys. The Alder
neys are probably not so fine in the bone
as the latter"
Plenty of HOG and HOminy.
The Buchanan Banner-Messenger says:
''There are certain to be better times in
HARRISON county next year. Lots of hog
and hominy is being raised, sure sign of
better times