Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-06-14
Jerseys at the Worlds Fair Are Elk.
pected to Show That They Are
Superior to All Other Breeds.

vidual Of the herd of forty COWS was
definitely ascertained.
Never was more intelligent and care
full treatment lavished on animals No
athlete was ever better trained for a
contest requiring the development Of
speed, skill and endurance than has
been this herd of Jerseys. When it is
known that this herd is to compete
with selected herds of Holsteins, Short
horns, Brown Swiss and Devons. and
the herd making the best score for the
production of butter, milk and cheese
is to establish the standing Of the
various breeds, the Importance of the
cows being in perfect condition may
be understood.
For solid year the Jerseys haye
been in constant training. Twenty
Eve cows will participate in the con-
test. Cows were selected from the
best herds in the United States.
DR.. ]. ]. Richardson, president Of
the American Jersey Cattle Club, I'M
der whose auspices this entry Is made,
toured Europe and visited the famed
Isle of Jersey, where the breed origi-
mated. He was seeking the best cows,
but returned satisfied that Europe
could show no cows that We're better
than those bred in America.
Though only twenty-five cows will
participate in the test, forty cows were
selected. They were assembled at
Jerseyville. ILL.,, year ago. This is
near st. Louis, and the cattle have be-
come acclimated. Last December they
were removed to st. Louis. The cows
are the property of individual members
Of the club and are loaned for the term
of the test. G. T. Graves, breeder
| at Maitland, Mo-, was selected as the
! superintendent to have charge of the
cattle, and he has been highly COM
plimented by DR.. Richardson and In
spector Spann for the wonderfully fine
| condition in which he has placed the
herd.
A series of model dairy barns have
been built for the breeds competing in
the test. The barns are octhgonal In
form, and are SO arranged that the
cows are in the center and wide
promenade permits visitors to pass
around and view the cows us they
stand in their stalls.
The milking and feeding are to be
done in plain view Of the public, and
representatives Of the various herds
| will at oil times have access to all the
barns to see that no sharp practices
are INDUCED in.
The test not only consists In show.
ing the amount Of butter, milk and
cheese produced, but the cost of pro-
duction is taken into consideration.
Every ounce of food given each COW is
weighed and carefully recorded. When
| the COWS are MIXED. the milk Is con-
veyed to model creamery in the Ag-
ricultural building, where it is tested
and made Into butter and cheese and
where all records are carefully kept.
The Jersey cattle participated in q
similar test at Chicago during the Co
lumbar Exposition and carried OFF
first honors.
Superintendent Graves is sanguine
over the result of the present test. He
says that the Jerseys have always
demonstrated their superiority over all
other breeds when placed in competi'
ton, and this time they will show to
better advantage than ever. Not only
| Is the Jersey milk richer in butter fat
than the milk Of any other breed, says
Mr.. Graves, but it can be produced al
less cost. The Jersey cows are the
smallest Of the standard breeds, and
he asserts that they consume less feed
They assimilate their food, and it is
converted into milk and butter and Is
not used In building up and sustaining
large carcass.
1--WE are going to make all Other
breeds take to the woods after this
test" said Mr.. Graves. "a few days
ago was testing some Of our Jersey
milk, and my hands were all sticky
and greasy from the enormous amour
Of butter fat the milk contained. Mr.
Won Heyne, who is in charge Of tn,
Holsteins, sent over quantity Of hi
milk for me to test. OF course, from
commercial standpoint, there was n
comparison between the milk, but !
was a pleasure to test his milk, 70
when / got through there was NJ
grease on my hands. After this
Will have a bucket of Holstein mill
around handy to wash my hands il
after testing our own rich Jersey milk.
| The test begins May 16 and contin
ues 100 days.