THE JERSEY BREED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 86, 8 November 1916, Page 3

THE JERSEY BREED.

ANOTHER TRIUMPH. , In the great da>>y State of Minnesota, the Jersey cow has just added new triumphs to the history of her breed, signally defeating the Guernsey and Holstein in an official year's

contest. By virtue of her native ' superiority as a dairy cow the Jersey surpassed her rivals in those points that count in advanced dairying. She "earned more money, she made more butter, she saved on feed bills, she rated higher in breed type than the Guernsey and Holstein. And, as a crowning honour to these performances, she leaves to her owner a legacy of unmeasured value in the dairy' breeding world. Her seed, the normal and expected return from living things, ripens in her image for the development of her equal or better. She breeds and breeds on. Record breaking does not stunt or murder the calf of the Jersey cow. The champion Jerseys in this contest are regular and prolific breeders. Briefly, in the Minnesota Grand Champion Dairy Cow Contest, measured up to a standard of 100 for perfection, the five winners were: —

Total score. Per cent. Ist—Jersey cow ... 94.75 2nd—Jersey cow ... 93,715 3rdT—Guernsey cow 89.82 4th—Holstein cow ... 87.99 sth—Holstein cow :: ... 74.375 It was riot,'a ono-day contest, nor for seven days, but a full year's work, adjndicateo. at the recent Minnesota State fair and exposition of 1915. The; results were determined in year's authenticated tests, con-

ducted by the State College of Min-

nesota, in conjunction with a scoring on breed, type, and conformation by disinterested judges of national repute. 1 On those, points most essential to

the-owner of dairy cows the Jerseys again showed their advantages,, viz : A yield of Witter ,i'u n ] A lower cost for food. j : _<>* ;sJ j And a greater net profit. ;/f

It is characteristic of -the .breed. This fact should impress itself .on the mind of every dairyman. Of 'what value is a big flow of milk when it lacks in market value and the feed bills eat into profits? The two Jerseys 1 winning the' Minnesota championship produced an average of £29 14s 6d worth ot butter fat. The Guernsey and two Holsteins ranking third, fourth and fifth, produced an aveiage of £29 10s worth of butter fat. It cost £5 a head less to feed these two Jerseys than for' each of the other three cows.

The net profit giving .the Holsteins an advantage by valuing the skim milk, aveiaged for the Jerseys £23 Gs each for the year, and £2O 10s each for the other three cows. The thing that wins for the Jerseys is not a big flow of milk at flush, but a persistent year-a round return, a higher percentage of hutter fat and economy of production. The. best Holstein, in "her fourth month after freshening, gave nearly eOOlbs less milk than in the first month. ...

The second prize Jersey milked an average of 331bs a day when fresh, and nine months after calving was still milking nearly 20lbs a day. Her average fat test for. the year was 5.387 per cent., so that her milk would have been worth 8s 6d per bundled pounds in the Chicago market. The. Holstein milk, averaging 4.19 per cent, butter fat, would have brought 5s 9d, or 2s '9d*less on the hundred pounds than the Jersey milk. Not to mention having produced it at a food cost of £4. less on the year.

To better illustrate the greater economy and consequent net profit of the Jerseys, we append the official figures of "cost of feed" and "not profits" :

Cost. Profit. Ist-Jersev 10 13 10 24 11 3 2nd-Jersey 11 17 6 22 13 4 3rd-Guernsey 13 18 9 23 0 3

4th—Holstein 15 16 9 22 0 10 sth—Holstein 16 1 6 16 3 4 The five cows were all tested by the Minnesota State College, Hamline, and were scored on tlie State fair grounds by Prof. H. H. Kildee, professor of dairying at the lowa State College, Ames, and Mr Hugh G. Van Pelt, editor of "Kimball's Dairy Farmer," Waterloo. The two Jerseys winning first and second prizes were owned by MiGeorge T. Slade, Fenlea Farm, White Bear Lake, Minn., and their names, respectively, are ; Majesty's Rosabelle 233435, and Bright Prince's Jolly Girl 309692.

The Guernsey in third place was Imp. Duchess a l'Etac 34374. The Holstein?, standing fourth and fifth, were Kaan Marie Machtilde Canary 95686 and Crown Cornicopia Champion 137542. We refrain from naming their owners, as it is not necessary to offend by dragging into publicity (the men who happened to possess the cows that "also They may some day "see the light" and buy Jersey cows. The names of the cows are given merely to assure the public that they are registered in the 'Guernsey and Holstein records—and to prevent the possible repudiation'of this comparison on the assumption/that the animals were grades.—Jersey Bulletin.