The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1904-05-13
cows TRAINED
FOR The TEST
Jsseys q ne wCFlJ's Fair Are Ca
peCteS 10 SASS Thsi Ibey Are
SsEsFiss % An OlhsF Breeds.

resent llIr Jersey bTeed In the universe
dairy Icsl has breh inspected and hA'
been pTOnOungcd IN PerfeNt condition
and ready 10 start up0n their sii
months grind on a days n0tkr.
". o. spann Of the BuTr Oak Jersey
farm. Dallas. Tex. was the Inspector
ami he was thorough la bis WORK lie
passed a week OR tie Exposition
grounds. and much VI the time was
spent In aud around the Jersey cattls
barn. and the condition VI each indi.
vidual of the herd of forty COWS was
definitely asceTtaiBed.
Never Was InUT,- Intelligent aud care
ful tTcatInrhi lsyislie,i GA animals Ne
athlete was ever bctlsT traihsd for .
contest requiring tie development %
sI,.-,-d skin and enduraR"r than has
lcrh this herd Of Jerseys. Nh'B u J.
knoNu that thls hrrd II O. cUnpete
with Ssls,tsvi herds Of H0lsteins. short
hOrhs. Iarywn Swiss aHd ls.VoBs. anl
the h.ri making the hest score for the
production of batter. milk and cheese
h ~ establish tile standing Of the
various breeds ihc imIuTtRn"e 1T the
COWS helng in perfect condlti0n mas
l.e understood.
Per q solid year the Jerseys have
heen in constant training Twenty.
i've COWS viii participate in the con.
sest Cows were selected from the
best herds In the United States.
Dr J. J Richardson. president %
the American Jersey Cattle club. IN
der wb"se auspIces tits entry 10 made.
toured Europe and visited the famed
Isle " Jersey. where the breed origi
mated lie was seeking the best COWS.
hut rSiurBe,i satisfied that Europe
could show no COWS that we're beiteI
than those bred In America.
Though only twenty i've COWS viii
participate In the test. forty COWS were
selected They were assembled at
JerseyvIlle. ~. . year ago. This IL
near ~. Louis and the cattle have be-
come scciimatsd Last II,s~mber they
were removed 20 ~ Louis. The COWS
are the property of lndivi dual members
VI the club aud are loaned for the term
of the test 4. 7. Graves. . breesieT
at Maitland Mo. Mss selected a. the
superintendent 20 have charge u the
cattle and be has BEEN highly com
I,limsmted by Ia Richardson and In
sp.ctor spann Tor the wonderfully nne
condition In which he has placed the
hsEd.
A series of model dairy barns have
been built fOF the breeds competing In
the test. The barns are OcthgOnal la
form. aud are - arranged that the
cows Ar, In the center and vide
PrOIlehade permits visitors 10 pass
around aud view the COWS ~ they
siaRI In their stalls.
The milking sad feeding are 10 -
due la plain Virw of the public. AMI
Representatives ~ the various herbs
will at all tinsr~ have sce-s Ca all tlse
baFns e. SO that no sharp praCti'e-
are Indulgesi In.
The tsrt ust only consists In shaw
Ing the an"uni of butter. milk ahI
ehssse prOduC,,l sui the cyst Of pro
durtion l. taken into consideration.
livery ounce ~ fosi given each COW j.
weighed aud carefully r~Opls,i. wben
the COWS are milk',i the milk h ,n
ytys,l "a a mo-t,i CreamsTy la the ~.
ricultur.il buihiing. whsrr % IL tested
aud made into huttsr and ches--e afId
where all r,curvls aTr carefully kept.
The Jsrsey caitl- participated la
similar 2e~t NJ ,hicaEO durinE the 60
lumbar Extosltish and CARRIED Oi
hrst h1ssorH
Superintendent GraveS u sanguine
over th- r'.Suli 10 the I'rs-S~Hi tr<i. Tie
says that the Jerseys have always
DEMONSTRATED lilrir suIs'Ti'sity over all
other hr,s,is Wl,en Plas--l Ia c',uII'rtl
tiah aud this tinI- they will show ."
Lettcr ada aRtaEr than ever. Nd ORly
h the Ist--y milk Fi,h-r Ia butter TAT
than the uiiiE uf any othsr lsFssSl. says
Mr.. GRAVES. bat u can h. pf,ulucs-i No
a Isss c,,St. The Jersey COWS arr the
sulalls-St 10 the standard bTecsis. AMI
he us--rts that they cOHsuane les fed
They asslnilate their foot. aud Il II
e0Rvcrted into u,iIk ami butter and 10
not uSeyl In building NJ and sustaining
. large carcass
We are going 60 make al other
breeds take 10 the w"o'ls after this
tesi.- said Mr. Graves "A feW days
ago . Was testing sonr 81 cur Jersey
milk. and my hands were all sticky
AMI greasy trom the ensFmous amount
% bnttsr Cat the mia contalneSi. Mr..
Won lieyne. who II In charge 90 the
Ilolsteins, s~nt over . quantity of his
mIIk Zoe me- ca test. 90 course. fr0m q
commencial StaBiPaint there was no
eonpaFisOn bsfwe~h the IniIk. bat ~
Was . plsasurr 90 test his milk. for
Shsn . s"t through th~Fr was M
RTease "n my hands After this
vii have = busksf % Iiolsteln milk
around handy b. wash my hands 10
after ts-tiRE Cur own rice Jersey mia .