Jersey Cattle.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 94, 21 April 1883, Page 3

Jersey Cattle.

m — Jerseys have a weak point in their developement of bone and muscle Tbe limited area of tbe Channel Islands is t o heavily stocked to admit ol allowing than to roam over the lields tor gra7. ; n'^. Tbey are tethpred out, and prohibited, by such confinement, irom the exercise necessary io develop large, bony frames, and heavy muscles. Muscular power is not much called ior in such a state of coofioeoieDt ; ani Nature, declining to waste energy in producing it, builds up only such structures as are adapted to the situation. Use determines size and power. Hence ihe diminutive frames and muscles of this variety of cattle. Other conditions being equal, small muscles indicate a small quantity ot blood and a feeble constitution, with inability to endure hardships^ and cold. An i >-peciion of a Jei-sey cow betrays at once to a physiologist their in.eriority iv those respects, and their inability to compete in rugged pastures and cold climates with hardier stock, which like tbe Devons and common cattle, have, for long periods, been accustomed t<» run nt large and "■ rough it," under circumstances often pretty severe. Imported Jerseys and their immediate descendants must he subject to the effects of the habits under which they and their ancestors have been raised. Time will change them. Raised in this country, where they have the freedom of the fields for exercise, they are gradually improving in size, muscular development, and hardiness. — Montreal Witness.