Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-11-13
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DR.. Herbert Watney's English bred
Jersey COW Sharab, that recently won
first prize and gold medal in the butter
tests at firing, made a record that is
worthy of special mention. She gave
in twenty-four hours 30 pounds IA
ounces of milk, which yielded pounds
934 ounces of butter, and was 12S days
in milk at time of test. She won first
prize of EDO in class for cows weigh
ing over 900 pounds, in which there
were thirty entries. Second prize went
to a Shorthorn, % days in milk, that
yielded 30 pounds ounces milk and
made 2 pounds 15A ounces butter.
Sharab was also awarded the gold
medal offered by the English Jersey
Cattle society for the best Jersey in
the butter test.
In the milking trials for cows over
900 pounds weight she won first
prize for milk yield alone, her yield
of 80 pounds IA ounces being exceeded
by Lincoln Red COW (75 pounds) and
by a Shorthorn ga pounds 1 ounce.
The first prize COW in this class was
only 60 days in milk and the second
prize COW % days in milk, which gave
them a decided advantage over Sharab,
the Jersey, which was 12S days lover
four months) in milk
Sharab's butter yield of pounds 934
ounces is one of the greatest ever
made in public test. Her dam, Sher-
bet IL, made pound 151a ounces from
% pounds 9 ounces milk, 1913 days
after calving; her grandam, Sherbet, 2
pounds 81 ounces from 20 pounds II
ounces milk, 10 days after calving,
and her great-grandam, Sherry,
pounds SA ounces from Al pounds 1
ounce milk. All these cows were
owned by DR.. Watney Sharab was
born Dec 16, 1896, sired by Squib's
Lad, 5732, and descended on both
sides from Speck, a member of Mr..
Philip Dauncey's herd in 1S6S.-Jersey
Bulletin.
Should Ca1ve at Two Years.
The heifer should drop her first calf
when she is about two years old, as
this will make a more productive COW
than when delayed until another year
When the first calf is not dropped un
til the third year, one calf and one
year of milking are lost, and the heifel
acquires a tendency to use her surplus
feed in the laying ON of fat instead OF
in the secretion of milk-a tendency
which will be retained through life and
which would have been avoided by
earlier breeding.
Some Cow Notes.
In the dairy COW we are sometimes
disappointed when we had every rea
son to believe we would have an ami
NAL of extra qualities. | have in MIND
now one COW that was a thorough dis
appointment. l have asked people tc
pick out the best cow in my herd, and
they invariably picked this one She
was COW l bought and probably had
been spoiled while young, says a New
York Dairyman. My cows, with the
exception of two, were sired by pure
bred bulls. l have nothing on my farm
which is not well bred. Professor Rob
erts has said, Commence to make your
cows before they are born" | believe
that and work on that theory. l feed
my cows and then feed my calves, not
hay tea, but good milk right from the
cows. To make a COW l believe you
must do it before she Is two years old
l have heard some farmers say that a
calf ought to be taken away as soon as
dropped. ] don't believe that. A calf
that won't learn to drink at four days
ought to go to the shambles, as IL
will always have its head turned In
the wrong direction. After the COW
has her first calf she should be MIXED
at least twelve months and then go dry
six weeks. The feed | seem to get the
best results from is a mixture of equal
parts by measure of ground oats and
buckwheat middlings. with clover hay
and silage, and have tried almost ev.
erything. This gives me after taking
out the feed a profit of nearly $55.
Tie to One Breed.
In my judgment one makes a mistake
to cross breed, says H. g. Cook III
Rural New Yorker. Our experience is
confined to the use of a single Jersey
bull on grade Holstein cows. The
heifers are now coming into milk
Their milk on the whole is better than
the Holstein milk, and they are per
sistent mixers, but the flow is lessened
The most disappointing feature of the
cross, however, Is the lack of uniform
ity in type and size. We have Hol-
stein heifers, Guernsey heifers and Jer-
sey heifers and some not belonging to
either class. Classified and put by
themselves, they look well enough and
will make very good cows. They dc
not possess the vitality of the Hol-
stems, nor are they as large consumers.
do not regret the attempt, because
iiave been very much interested In
studying results, but I would not do SO
again, nor would | advise any one else
to try 1t. l firmly believe that cross
breeding is mistake. No one has yet
succeeded in fixing the good qualities
of each breed In the offspring, and
probably he never will. On the con-
trary, the effect seems to be to intensi-
~ their weaknesses. Where one has a
mixed herd without special reference
to breed the use of pure bred sire of
any breed, If he is prepotent, will have
a marked effect and a salutary effect
on the young animals. The wise thing
to do, it seems to me, is to tie to the
breed that meets our demand and then
stick to 1t. There VIII be failures
enough. We never hear of the blanks
that are drawn, and every farm and
breeder gets his share.
IT'S Her Performance That Counts.
1t is not necessarily the case that a
COW be of pure dairy breed in order to
be profitable dairy cow. It is the In
tiiyidual daily performance that should
be the guide in selecting the dairy cow.