THE POPULARITY OF THE JERSEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 August 1907, Page 3

THE POPULARITY OF THE JERSEY.

IS IT A PASSING CRAZE? i-'UU/liKS AKD FACTS AXSWKK. The liiirii prices of late commanded by .Jerseys has attracted notice in various .: :;l it hay recently beon given currency, on the authority of a well-known dairyman, that the fuu.y U but a passing one, that will speedily become unfashionable, and that the •jersey will become as unpopular as it is now undoubtedly popular. One ol ! t'm be.U authorities in North Tavannki. writing in reply, states tliat time plow can prove these assertions, hut il! lb" evidence before us indicates Unit tiie popularity of the Jersey is only h"!>imimii and is as nothing compa/cd with what it will be. It will be found that all -Jerseys are being pmvku'd, not by peop'e who want to be in llie< fash-on, but by h ird-hcatb'd prosperous

farmer-; who have jriven some attention in the actual net returns of the various breads of (hiiry cattle and have fiinnd the little Jersey in front, everyi

iiuie. At tin- recent World's Fair at st. Louis all dairy cattle associations were invite,] lo send the best individual representatives of their breeds to a test e\t"udiiui over I*2o days. The test fov prt result - showed nine Jerseys and 'folstein holding the first t-"n places. Sever h s there been in the world before or since suc-h a comprehensive

breed ie,-t as tint held at St. Louis. Should .not such results make Jerseys popular?

For nearly 200 years the Island of Jersey has iirnhihited tlie importation of e-.tile within its shoves, thus strojjji licnin-i 1 the typo of Jersey cattle. Dnrinir fhh period the severest onllincr has continued. fhe object hein<v always in-

erensed butter yield. .At the last reported show nil the Island (hi* tmv '.vliicli M'lHi till' nnld modal -was milked on itlie fair frrmmds, and the milk?}'™ for the 24 hours wis churned and produced olhs On?, Tditlf-i. Never has a fiise nf t'lhnrriilnsis been known nn the 1s-

ln"d of .Tor-tv. It must lint be : M]>|m«od that Itemise a row is a Jersey she is n fli iinjiion, lint as tliev have Iwi'ii lived lor butter production fov nearly 100 rrencrations liy far the .'renter proportion of Jerseys are firstlass lint lev producers. As to whether t is a erize or not depends 011 tin; mits. When bicycles first became popnav they were spoken of as a passing •raze thai penple would tire of. Hiay■l"s were never more ridden than 1o-

(I-iy. Aiv they a craze now? \ wr.) nnol'* hvo nuclion snlos oF Jov--cys i:i Ann-ric;! to show tlisit farmers th'H' arc ivit living of tltoin. Tn ISB3 (knnv.n as tho ihooni days) 110 liencl \von» sold under <lu» Tninmer at an :«ver:iLT»' of ClfO. This was an cxtraorilinary record and still holds, but saVs have I)c(>n sinfi' held annually l>y rho same firm, f'fli year prenerallv friviiu* ai higher |>cr lmad than Hie pro-' vious on- 1 . On .'!0, UK)7. 124 h-ad wore sold fov a total of £14,700, ov an avoiMpe of Cl-"»1 eaeh. At this sale a vonn<r l»nl! sold for C 2300, Th»se eolile were all sold, to genuine Jersey enttle farmers (not inillionaires). know ilirir value.

in \ow. Xnaland are far ebo>pov than in other countries, ~nd will be eonie more valunblo as thov 1 reome bfttcr known. Thi* is n lxM-od wlien wo Mine) j ( n i lO ppoeialistri. If'w- 1 l'H'cd fov d-'irv nnrposos it mu-t be for ! dairy alone, or we will be Wt. luhind bv <vn- 'u>i«fh;bor«i. Tito fi'.'-n' wTlr> 111:--: to b'Tf'd for |>W']H'-;p cou* will lii~ 1 ifo in f-ilurps. T*«c»| .Trv-fy mw I>m- nnidc herself popular by | ItrT uor.d work.-ind in n eontnry horicc| -h» will b<> more pojmlar than 1 o-day. SOME SKV;.\TTO\ T AL PPJCES.

VBSTKI!DAY'S SALE AT WAIWAKAIIIO.

Much more cll'ectively than our correspondent's answer to the question contained in tile beginning of this ;irticrc. was the verdict of the representaing of fa••'iicrs : u the sale at Waiwaka:!io by Mr Xewtmi King of Mr A. K. Wilkin's renowned strain of .lerx-y-. Sensavional prices mled ri'j.il the sale, which should "»i;--i 1 nte a leconl for fhe colony. A t*. 1 ;i;>I< 1 1 (; !i>i i. not vet obtainable, but tlie prini-ipal p--ices quoted btdow -<"-vp l(nbM:i;)ii-irate the mujuestionaob' hold the Jersey has on the Successful dairx* 4 farmer. 'iliree pedigree cows in milk sold ie specfivelv i-1 c\c\. and C4O. Pedi-xree s]»rin»ing cows realised 1 lie following pri'-.-s-.o a t 2 at ,€U, 1 at M-2!. -2 C2O. others eil.i CM. I'M. Cm, '.C45. and H 22.1 A ionr-Vi-ar-fd 1 cow. bydoldfinch—Lady .tfasneMa, reached the reord figure of ClO4. heifers realised C 22, ;C2t. !'27. i'.W. and i'A(\ recpoctively. Vearlirtix Indfers brouirht -Cl?>, 'rC2l, •:±2. C-M. C 27. and -C2S. f'.lres fefchvd I'll Clfi, Cl.l. CIS, fZX C-21. ClO and €17.. and one in-ifer a- much as C4O. The imported pedigree bull, "Yankee Sweet" was-run to £l2">. Other pHi-i-ree bull-, rnr/ing from 7 months to 2 vears. brouirht €l2. Cl 5. .CIS, €l7 €2l. C2.'l, €2O, €3l, ',€: m, and £4O. Twenty grade yearling heifers sold at. from €-( ."is to €lO each- Grade springing heifers also brought veryhiffh rates. Buyers were present from all over Ibe couth and west const of the Tsbvirl

TO-DAY'S SALft Farmers prohnldv need no reminding of tile of Mr Dielc fonuvall's purebred Jer-ev herd at the homesfoad, ep posito the Corb-.'H Road railway nation. this aflernoon, by l\ressrs Orilliths and Co. The herd, whieli eom pines several ehampion eows. is to bo Avitlumi veserve. the sale eom "leneimr ft 1.1-") shari). The auefioiieers 1 advice ihat animaU sold outsidft hnyers will be trucked to destination | free.