FAMOUS JERSEYS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1367, 19 February 1912, Page 8

FAMOUS JERSEYS.

Till) 13HBED IX AMERICA

Tho popularity of the Jersey breed in New Zealand lends interest to the following history of the breed in America, written by Mrs. T. L. llaccker, .Minnesota :-- ".Moro than half a century ago a Hartford club .... became voiy interest-

Ed in this reports of tho wonderful work done by the Jersey breed of cattle, both in Jersey and in Jiiiglaiiil. Alter studying the matter carefully, they decided to import a few for themselves and .'-re if they were such superior animals—the cows leading all other breeds in milk; in butter, perfect in finality and colour; and, best of all, in economy of production. In view of these claims, the club imported in IS3O, in (he ship Splendid, and this is believed to be tho first attempt to breed pure Jerseys in America. If her tmiscendonr. qualities for milt and butter production were recognised sixty years ago, when almost no testing was done f.nd then onlv by the chum, it has been proven true, again and again, and officially confirmed at the World's Fair in Chicago and at the St. Louis Exposition. I do not find the names of this importation, but the first importation recorded in A..T.C.C.H.R. wa.s Splendcns, 16. the first bull from the Island of Jersey brought to the United States, and ho proved a great success. Tho superior dairy quality of the breed soon attracted the attention of the most advanced dairy farmers ' and breeders. Other importations soon followed, John T. Norton", of Faniiiughnm, Conn., being one of the first to recognise the merits of the beautiful Jersey.

Mr. Xorton imnorted many Jerseys in lS'il. among Iheni being the progenitors of the great Pansy family and others as noted. Tn this year, also, came Czar 273. imported in dam, .fenny, (IOG, dam and grandnm of tho "choicest model of perfection ever known," Jersey Belle of Scituate. The first butter test in Connecticut was by Mr. Norton in ISS3, of Pose 211). She gave seventeen pounds of butter in seven days. According to the Herd Register, Mr. Tims. Motlov imported tho first adult bulls into Massachuselts in JS.lt. such as Tvnhooii 77, Colonel 70, and Sam Weller, and such noted cows as Flora 11.1, Countess 11-1, and others. The first butter lest made in Massachusetts was by Mr. Motley in Februarv. 1553, of Flora 11.1. On average feed'she made fourtren and oneMialf nonuds in fi'wn days, and after third calf s'he made all miunils 2 ounces in filty weeks; then Connie-* 111, tested as aged cow on erass onlv, s-ixloen pounds in seven (lavs. These two were among the best in quality of the early inrocTlations and are i-'liss un to Jersey jiello of t-'ciluate.

'Nip Jersevs were coming faster, as people began lo see ami hear about these wor.derf'il little cows. Spbn lid II was amen* the best, with such, cows ns \ alive It GSSI. Landseer's Fancy »S7fl. at the Ir-ail of his lronv descendants—Value 11, with 231b. 2 11-1207.<, and landscer s Fancy, 211b. 15oz. in seven days. Afore are coming all the lime, as Pansy- VI 38, born Februarv 16, 1802, and Alpaca lil, sire Saturn O-l". dam Eliea 'IGC, bred by It. M Hoe. Alohea made at the rate of 3011). of butter in seven days; partial tests later show that the early-test of her e.ir.aeity for butter was correct. iSow comes huner II Jfii). dro'Jiied in February, ISB-1, wed bv Philiu Doimccv, England, one ct the best, if. not'the very best, breed?!' who ever lived. It is impossible to insfly estimate the value of his services to all breeders, but especially to the Amst'ican Jersey breeder. His stock, with Duncan s, -ave some of the best Mood of Lngland to

Btill they come and are valued for their be«utv as'well as for their great productiveness, and, best of all, for economy of production over al! breeds. One cannot Vak 0I ill! tllc magnificent animals, it would take too long. The rare quality.ot Mercury -132, the product of very close inbreeding, makes one pause over this much cussed and discussed subject and the good or evil results. Inbreeding is all nglil, at least for a time, if the breeder under-stai-ds the subject thoroughly and the animals are of the right sort. I must sav a word for old Omoo Uii, imported in" 1870 by C. L. Sharpless. She dropped Omaha 452, June 3, 18(0. lie had several tested, registered daughters, and many unregistered, about Madison, Wis., where some were tethered on the low grounds. I have never seen such .immense udders on other cows. I remember one that had to be milked in a large pan; no pail would go under her udder. It is unfortunate that Omaha was bred to so few of this kind. Omoo's next calf was Oonan 1185, testing 221b. 2\oz., in seven days. Oonari was dam of lioonan, 2011). 4oz. in seven days, and Gallic Nan, Kilb. 2oz. Odele Sales lClb. Kim., Oonan 2nd, 181b. 'i.10z., Manalda 1-tib. 2!0z., Oonan 3rd, 141b. 15!0z., and others. Then Omoo drops out, doubtless from some disease attacking very rich cows; but she has given quality and marvellous potency to her descendants. Mr. P. LeClair, of Winooskii M., who, on January 10, 1873, imported Stoke Pogis 1250,'0f pure Danncey blood of tho Kioter family, which combined with Marjoram 3219, 151b., and Alphea 171, rate of 211b., has given us those two grand cows, Marjoram 2nd, 1511). in seven days, and Eurolas 2151, 7781b. in a year. The Stoke Pogis, Victor Hugo, and the AlphcaKurotas families, havi given so many remarkable cows and bulls that one does not know where to draw the line. Kurotas had five sons selling for such largo sums of money as to astonish everyone. Pedro, her best son, is too well known lo need more than a passing w-ord. Polonius was a pure, intensely inbred Alphea, and, with Lady Mel, an inbred M'Clellan, gave us Combination, whose, fame as a sire was shown by his daughters at the world's fair in Chicago, and it is growing all the time. 1 have said very little of the typical Jersey cow, Jersey Belle of Scituate, her perfect dairy form, her wonderful work under such very hard conditions can he said of no other cow of any breed.

Marjoram 3231), we called her "Old Marjoram," was imported by Peter Le Clair, and Stoke Pogis and Victor Hugo, with Marjoram, headed one of the largest, butter-producing families in tho world. Marjoram 3239 passed into the hands of. Colonel C. C. Macßeeve, of Minneapolis, and-whon her days of Usefulness were over he gave her to the Experiment Station of the University of'Minno.-ota, as an object-lessen to the student as lo form and performance. She died at the ripe age of 22. years, badly crippled with gouty rheumatism. Her daughter, Marjoram 2nd, lived lo be twenty-three. Very many cows live eighteen and twenty years still giving milk, and some of them giving a calf as well. Given an owner or breeder who is kind lo and loves animals,. and gives them air treatment, who watches over his men to sop that they aro kind and gentle, ivlin furnishes good quarters and docs nol overi»;d. and she will repay most generously at the pail; her beautiful eyes will look trusliugly at you, wild no fear of a cross word! or blow.

Our Jerseys have had some hard rows to hoe, though some of her friends (socalled) I bought "jockeying" would put money in their pockets, but it. hurt the Jersey cow only for n little while. She has risen to greater heights, doing better and better; she does not need any such methods, and I do not believe that any man will try again to make his cow give cream! L'sc the Babcock tcsl and all will be right. So the Jersey cow has, in my judgment, been proved to to the best cow for milk, for butter, for cheese, and for greatest economy of production, and far and away the most beautiful of all cattle. Already, under our climatic conditions, and after several generations of the best and most careful breeding, Ihe Jersey is of larger size, has a stronger constitution, while the grand faculty of milk and cream giving has been much increased. Continued care in selection and breeding will yet bring tlm average of the Jerseys lo a much higher degree of perfection than has been though! possible by our most sanguine breeders. Already Ibis has proved Irnc. .Sophie lflib, of Hood Farm, winner of champion gold medal for 1910 for highest yield of buller-fal for a cow of any age also champion test cow of the world, between four, and five years— gave over seven lon- of milk and over a half a lon of butter in one year from a cow'weighing under 9001b.; and there are others doing as well. So now Ihe Jersey cow giving one thousand pounds of butler per year is here to stajt#