Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-29
HE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" COW
VS.. THE JERSEY.
From Tho Breeders' Gazette

From the Breeders Gazette.l
The old idea Of selecting the COW for
the dairy with the expectation that If she
failed as mixer she might be convert
ed into beef is exploded. 1t has been
fully demonstrated to practical and OBJ
serving men that this kind neither pays
good profit nor gives satisfaction.
They are as a rule sure to find an early
destiny at the butchers block and before
half the average life of usefulness of the
dairy COW has closed. and in this event
she has been failure and loss to her
owner Her carcass is not wanted as
beef under its true name except at very
low price; old-cow meat is not in any
particular demand by those who love
beef and pay good prices
There are cattle bred exclusively, and
have been from time immemoral, with
the object of producing the largest
amount of the finest beef most economl-
calv, and there are those especially
adapted for yielding large now OF milk
and Others a continuous supply, natural
ly less IN bulk of very rich milk full of
the oils of butter. These are properly
classed under the seperate divisions of
beef. milk and butter breeds, and 1t is
not according to the order of things that
a profitable combination of these pro-
ductions can be realized liz a single ami
NAL. If the inclination is to fleshing up
of the body the food consumed will be
diverted to that end and by no yet known
method or kind of food can this be
changed so as to produce any consider
able increase in the flow of milk.
1t is therefore important to the man
intending to engage in any of these
branches of livestock industry to care
fully canvass the situation and deter
mine beforehand which OF them is adapt
ed to his location and surroundings, and
then select the kind best suited to his
facilities. 1t is possible, if he be dairy
man either in milk or butter, that fail
urcs and disappointments will occur and
that all his COWS may not be what they
seem and he will doubtless be obliged to
make changes, for there is no breed OF
animals that are without exception and
infalliDly all good; but his chances of
success will be infinitely more sure if he
confines his selections to those bred and
managed for the special purpose nature
designed them. The "general-purpose
COW is delusiOn that sooner or later
will lead to the defeat of the objects
sought.
The Jersey COW. specially created for
the production of rich milk and butter
making, should be chosen if the maxi
mum in quality ana profit in those di-
rections is desired and expected. Her
carcass is not worth much for beef if she
should fail as butter-naker, nor is She
Il general-purpose COW in any sense OF
the word. Her best and truest friends
do not claim this for her, but it has been
clearly demonstrated to those who
know her possiblitie, that case of fail
ure to do her work WITH profit and salts
faction is exceedingly rare. Her claims
are butter-making and cream production
IN large quantities and Of the finest
quality, and recent events have shown
to the world that she is also Il leader as
cheese-maker. All these products she
turns out with the greatest profit. Ilel
claims are fully sustained by those con
versant with her ability, and it seldom
occurs that She is sent to the butcher
because of shortcoming or Il disappont
ment in these respects.
The Jerseys, properly reared anc
managed, are IA hardy race of cattle
They consume large amounts of fooC
proportiOnate with their size, and mos
of it is diverted in the direction from
which the greatset profit is derived
taking into account the object of he
being. Comparatively little Of it is de
voted to filling out the form with llesl
or covering the unsightly angles of tn
hip bones with fat.
The lean condition of the Jersey Gov
when she is at full flow of milk is he
highest recommendation as prottabl
dairy ANIMAL provided this condition
not caused by want of thrift or health
1t does not follow that because of thi
lean condition she is lacking in const
tuition or that she is ''hard to keep" no
that her appetite is delicate. 1t mean
that her organization is doing the wor
thoroughly that Nature has given her t
do, and no matter how much food sh
may consume or how rich 1t VIII b
utilized it legitimate and profitable chal
nels.
There is often a prejudice In the nint
of persons unfamiliar with the characte
the absence of surplus flesh. The
think her ragged" and ugly compare
to the roundabout form in COWS of otht
breeds that devote their time and ration
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