Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-07-06

herd, and breeding, selection of new
stock and culling is all done with the
idea that every animal in time will
closely conform to the ideal Jersey
type. Production is equally empha-
sized and official testing is conducted
with the purpose of having only high
producers as well as fine lockers.
The task of getting high producing
animals of ideal breed type is not
double task, or doubly hard task,
because form and performance nat
urally accompany one another and
exceptions are normally unnatural. To
illustrate the success in securing type
in this herd, in the National Dairy
show in 1918, it had the Junior and
grand champion female besides
number of other strong winners, to
say nothing of what it has done IN
coast shows. In the herd, which Is
not a large one, there are three cows
averaging over 500 pounds of butter
in year and 21 cows averaging over
SGT pounds of butter. The herd has
been awarded from the A. j. c. c.
four gold and four silver medals. This
is to indicate that type and production
can well run together, and the FOL
lowing statement Of Mr.. Stump's views
relates to the connection between the
two in what constitutes the ideal Jer-
sey cow.-Editor.
Three things are required for an
ideal Jersey COW: type, production
and reproduction. The three are very
much dependent one upon the other.
without considering type, which helps
include constitution, and by breeding
with thoughts only of production, the
breeder in time will have only COW,
no more a Jersey than a Guernsey,
Holstein or Ayrshire, no matter what
kind of stock he started with In
following the idea of production and
ignoring type, he is working against
the interests of dairying, he develops
an animal of less value to the dairy
man than a good animal of the real
breed type would be. The best thing
for the grade dairyman, the best thing
for the breed, is to have animals or
the breed type, with the fullest at
tention to production being given all
the time by the breeder.
1t is possible to find animals well
toward the ideal in type that are poor
producers producing well for time,
perhaps, but not holding up. With
Gates production, or the capacity for
it. Practically everything called for
in the breed ideal, whether the breed
be Jersey or Holstein, has an intimate
relation to production, or constitution,
which is almost the same thing. When
these things are ignored in the effort
for production the breed suffers and
the stock deteriorates
There is natural love for the beau- J
tiful in the human mind, or IN the
mind of all creation. 1t is the hand
some always which is admired and
chosen in mating, and in this nature
rules wisely. When the attractiveness
of the type is ignored results are bad.
Trueness to type indicates strength
and vitality, the welfare of the pro-
geny
1t is not, as many dairymen think,
among them many breeders, that size
and roughness indicate constitution
Rather the contrary is the case. The
symmetrical, well proportioned, well
put together individual is nearer to
the race ideal than the large, angular,
clumsy individual and safer to breed
from in every way. Size is no 1ndl-
cation of constitution, roughness, any
thing but proof of production. The
well proportioned small cow normally
is the persistent mixer the kind that
pays
If the scales and the Babcock test
alone were consulted it is quite GER
tain that before a great length OF
time the fore udder would be getting
smaller and the hind teats larger. In
a few generations the cows would
have hanging udders, with the front
teats giving only pint or so. And
it stands to reason that good cow
with two working teats will not give
as much as one with four.
This is only one example of what
breeding with the idea of production '
alone will do. Good, square, well bal {
anced, well developed udders are {
among the most important things for ,
a breeder to think of, but every time |
anything in breed type is lost sight of ,
and production ultimately l
will suffer 6
These are very closely bound up
with type and production, but not the
same thing. Type will indicate con- {
but not prove it. A COW
may make wonderful record of pro- q
duction, whether she has the right
type or not, but be of little use after .
ward. If so, she will show lack of !,
,
She might give an exceptionally :,
large yield of milk and not breed
again. That would also show lack of I
or whatever it showed,
she would be no good for anything
except the fat she alone would pro- S
luce. This makes the three necessi- W
lies, type, production and reproduce
ion, all closely related and yet dis 6
inct. That is why a breeder has to n
pecialize on production with type and
'annot progress properly with type Sc
lone.
For the Jersey breed ignoring Of
roubles in other breeds) one of the L
most unfortunate ideas has been the 1.
hought that there was an Island
ype" and an american type" 81 l..
ave asked many breeders" said Mr.. :"
tump, ito describe for me the island
ype of Jerseys and without exception u
hey have described what a perfect &C
ersey should be. have then asked
hem to describe the American type of m
erseys and they have without eXcep- 10
ION been unable to even make a start n
[ IT, There is no American type of
ersey for the breeder to breed to.
ssThere is but one true Jersey type. -