The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-25

Iv-The Jersey Compared with Other
Dairy Breeds.
v-The Jersey on the Farm in Actual
Work
vI-Her Wonderful Record at the
worlds Faig
yu--Famous Jerseys and Their But
ter Records.
DR.. Johnson speaks es follows:
"To show taat for dairy purposes there
is no COW that viii return anywhere
nearly 50 large prifit on feed consumed
as viii the Thoroughbred jersey cow To
show that in competent hands she VII
return each year in net profit more than
her first cost a. present prices of Jersey
| COWS and products, sixteen miles of the
coast of France is al island called jersey,
a corruption OF Csarea, the name given il
by the Romans, when they conquered
Gaul now France , 600 years sgo. This
Island of Jressy contains 2S, ~ acres IN
eluding rocks, cliffs and roads and is
therefore, smaller than either Waco or
Gypsum townships. yet it has popu-
lation of 10000. or two people for every
acre Of land including roads and lanes.
From this small island have come
the Jersey cattle, famous the world over
FOR their dairy work.
1T IS a beautiful SPOT, made up OF
| many shaded lanes and little farms vel
titled Little farms they certainly are,
for there are 600 land owners fer these
2S,0o0 acres. These farms range in size
from 3 to 80 acres, the average being
about fourteen acres-smaller than some
OF the farm yards in this county. Now.
| as these farms must have reads for out
lets, one can form pretty shrewd CUES
as to the network OF sha5ed lanes that
cover this small island.
ssi.apd rants nv .. <~0u1 SI0
to 300 per acre-a high rental we would
think; but climate and fertility combine
to make it reasonable. Two or three
crops are raised each year: In the win
ter potatoes, 200 bushels per acre; in
summer grain, 50 bushels of wheat; and
! in the fall crop of roots, beets, turnips,
or parsnips, for the Jersey cows. The
produce and the butter find ready sale
at good prices in the London markets.
The people are Of French bleed and
speak the old Norman dialect but the
island belongs 70 England and is one of
the very oldest parts of thhe British en-
pire.
Vegetation On the island has a
growth almost beyond belief Mary
Hasthrouck, in the Cosmopofition FOR
September. 1892, writes: The fruit of
Jersey is large in size and unedualied in
quality; one pear, the famous Chanman-
te.le. often weights pound. There IS a
coarse cabbage, called the Cesarean,
used for cattle feeding, that is fairly
Brcbdingnagian in its proportions. It's
stalk, which frequently grows to the
/ height Of sixteen feet, is so strong 1t is
often used in place ofrails for fences,
While small ones are made into canes
and umbrella sticks" The leaves are
stripped from the stalk while growing.
THE fertilizer for this land is seaweed
which is cut from the rocks and gather
ed at certain seasons prescribed by law.
The rainfall is 3Oia inches per year,
about the same as the average for east
ern Kansas.
'The cottages are thick walled, either
fnatchehd or tiled. and embowered in
flowers. Oranges are grown in shelter
ed places.
Experience has taught the people
that 1t is more economical TO tether the
cows and change them TWO or three
times day. BY this means there is less
trarnping out OF the grass and four cows
can be kept on ground that would sup
port three if they were allowed to run at
large.
The cows are never driven-always led
from this has arisen a curious CUSTOM
me Jersey swain does not escort or con-
duct his sweetheart he leads her home"