St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-20
FARMER AND PLANTER.
a JERSEY NERD.

a JERSEY NERD. ::
ssos Alnss In Regard - H Naaags.
nsss By AlssassapSs KasDee
The following ID IN extract from .
paper read before the MississipR
Stock Breeders association by J. w.
Wright, Of Meridian, Misa.:
Starting with the only sure founda-
tion. Of good blood. good individuala.
the intelligent breeder should steadily
elevate tho charcter Of his stock.
Good management must include wise
selection Of the herd; and in this busi-
ness it is always wise tn see the sires
and dams of the animals with which
you propose to found your herd, Or
else rely upon . breeder Of reputation.
Too much caro- can not be used In the
selection of the bull to head your
herd. His majesty appears In the
pedigree OF your younger herd - Often
Is all your cows togethar. Look
closely to the qualities of his dam
great sons have strong mothers
In the lower animals as in man. i;
would rather use . bull, . son of .
real dairy queen, be she as 0ld-fash-
ioned IS . erinoline, than to use = son
Of . weedy cow with the most fashion
able pedigree. and NO one values the
great excellence Of pedigree more
than /. simply mean the cow must
be great individual 60 far ~ prac-
ticable this same care should be used
In tho selection Of the females. Look
at colors last. All colcrs are good in
good cows. As the witty editor of the
Jersey Bulletin has said: ''White hairs
do not harm % long - they are kept
out of the butter" Breed for type.
Fix in your mind what you want.
Then select and mate for those re-
suits.
Al to mating. AVOID like unfavorable
characteristics in the pair. II your cow
Is Inferior In any particular mate her
with . bull whose dam was full In that
particular. and 50 avoid intensifyins
tho weakness but hope to breed it ont.
Breed only when both are In thrifty
condition. Tho age matters less. Az
tor one year old. size. thriftiness and
vigor should determine. And In these
words lies half the secret Of successful
breeding. Keep your animals thrifty.
From the day they are born feed them
enough to keep them growing, not fat.
but strong and hearty. As to what
shall be fed let each breeder deter
mine for himself, ~ circumstances may
effect him. OF course It is desirable
to use the most economical food that
will produce the desired results, but
the results must be attained 1T any
cost. suppose It Il needless to sug-
gest to this body the necessity of good
shelter from wind and rain. Howev-
er, there are stockowners outside this
body who never think Of providing
shelter for their stock. At calvinR
time provide the cow . separate box
stall. There i nothing better for bod
ding for cows about to calve than yel-
low pine shayings or aawdust. The
turpentine in tho wood furnishes, /
believe, . disinfectant, 20 that the
chances Of loss by absorption Of poi
sonous matter through the navil II re-
duced to . minimum. At any rate.
since began using It my losses Of
calves have been few. Except in hare
cases the cow will take care Of herself
and her calf. 1t Is well tc have Z
nursing bottle handy. II sometimes
happens that . good calf II weak st
birth. II in such cases the calf does
not rise in reasonable length Of time
. half pint Of milk drawn from ita
vxanHh>~ {mH> <b.> -.~s-. r~cAA1> >r.l Ga
to the youngster will work wonders.
In cases Of retention of sftcrbirth. do
not attempt removal unless q qualified
veterinarian be present Content your
self with the injection Of = solution of
bi-chloride Of mercury in the proper.
tion Of one part Of bi-cl.loride to
1000 Of warm water. The plaeenta
will be discharged In day
or two. and NO bad results like blood
poisoning will follow. After the fIrst
day o. two the calf should bo taken
away from its mother. 1t seems need
less to say that . calf ehoal1 mot be al
lowed to suck = dairy COW. Test your
cows either with tho Babcock or the
churn. Find out which are the paying
ones, and make records for them.
And, finally. know that they arc prop
erly MIXED. A poor milker can de-
stroy the usefulness Of . good COW In
. short time. whilst he can never de-
velop her to her full capacity. There
il NO feature Of the entire business Of
running \ herd moro necessary to suc-
cess than skillful milking.
When it comes to placine them On
the market, sell them for what they
are. II you have IN inferior aninal
and dssire to sell It rather than butch
o. Il, sell It as . Gull and take . cs,e.
responding prics. II u net oaly hoa-
esty bat good policy 70 do %. Values
represented in Jersey cattle are q
staple to-day - In any class Of prop
erty, and II promises to 20 continue.
And why should II not b so7 The re-
nowned representatives Of these beau
tiful animals Of our s4ectionate admi-
ration won every point except beef
weight at the Columbian Exposition In
. series Of contests, the like o6 which
the world never saw before, extending
over several months. The Jersey COW
b the dairy breed par excellence. The
Jersey COW II the practical money
maker, the ornament Of the lawn, the
friend Of man.
TAo COv Rsn.
The following II . summary from
6tubSs Bulletin. on the COW pea,
Louisians Experinent station:
]. The origin Of the cow Pea waa
doubtless India, where to-day many
related species ore G1own.
J. All the varieties Of the COW pea
now cultivated in the United States
arc believed to have originated from
one ancestor. sViena einensis." and