DENMARK CHOOSES THE JERSEY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 78, 14 November 1911, Page 8

DENMARK CHOOSES THE JERSEY.

(“.Jersey Bulletin.”) The Danish farmers have been reeommcndbd by their own Royal Agricultural Society to use the Jersey cow in order to meet with the greatest success in their work. The society has arrived at this decision after a series of- trials of all the leading breeds. In commenting upon this notable and significant situation, under the caption, “The Jersey Cow in Favour,” the “Dairy,” published in London, goes into some detail in regard to the achievements <of the Jersey breed in this country. To quote:— “The Jersey is doing a great work in America. Since the present year commenced no less than 780 cows, tested by the officers of the Experimental Stations, have been accepted by the American Jersey Cattle Club, their average yield of milk having been VS-1 gallons,,- containing 5.4 p-'v cent. of fat. At this late the buttm-l:.; p-educed averaged 12libs, ecjual to lOOlbs of commercial butter. The capacity of the Jersey as a butter producer may be shown by the fact that 39 cows gave over 7OOlbs of butter in a year, while 8! gave over 1000 gallons of milk, three cows exceeding 1500 gallons. Four of the cows yielded over half a ton of butter in the year, the highest yield of all being li26lbs—a figure so astounding that were it not authenticated ;.v tne Jersey Cattle Club it w mid be almost impossible to accept. “It is worth remarking that the best average was made by cows above the ago of five years, of which there were 210. 'these cows, which wo may regard as in their prime, reached an average of 928 gallons of milk and 19! lbs of fat, equal to nearly 5501hs of 1 ultei. tu i ingucst yield of milk being 1725 gallons. The averages of young,or cows taken in half-yearly stages decreased with their ages. The younger cows—those under two years—aver-

aged 605 gallons, containing 32dlbs of fat, hut only 10 of the whole number tested gave less than 500 gallons. Wherever Jerseys have been tested for any length of time against cows of other breeds they have produced the largest yield of butter, and their power of production appears to lie gradually increasing. Wo are always delighted in this country when a single Jersey in a competition exceeds olhs of butter a day, but it is now a common practice in America for this quantity to bo yielded for months in succession.”