THE JERSEY COW A MONEY MAKER. 127 



Anne of 8t. Lambert, which was 36 lbs. 12J oz. in seven days ! 

 Soon following came Oxford Kate, with 39 lbs. 12 oz. in seven 

 days; and when Princess 2d yielded 46 lbs. 12| oz. in seven days 

 no one cared to venture an opinion as to what the possible limit 

 might be. 



How the spirit of speculation took possession of Jersey owners, 

 and how fabulous prices were made and met upon animals carrying 

 even small percentages of blood in common with these great testers ! 

 Animals that before tests were made were valued only at hundreds, 

 afterwards sold even as high as $30,000. At the Kellogg sales in 

 New York where hundreds of animals were offered and taken, the 

 prices received averaged over a thousand dollars for every creature 

 in entire lots. Every corner of the world was searched for animals 

 in whose veins ran, even though much diluted, the blood of Coo- 

 massie, Rioter, Victor Hugo, or Stoke Pogis. 



After running its course, as all booms do, prices settled down 

 until thej' were based on actual worth for breeding aud work. 

 Here, the Jersey cow proved herself a money maker for some people 

 and a money loser for others. 



There is another class of people who receive dividends from the 

 Jerse}', in the way of satisfaction and pride, in the possession of a 

 creature of such beautiful, deer-like form, with large, lustrous eyes, 

 mild and gentle disposition, and the many attributes a young lover 

 sees in the object of his adoration. With poetical fervor he singa : 



"So I let down the bars and my pet comes through, 



With a step that a duchess might envy, and now 

 With a grateful moo and a musical low, 

 She enters, so glossy, and stately, and slow. 



My three-hundred-dollar prize Jersey cow." 



The intrinsic value of a Jersey cow is the quantity of milk and 

 butter she will yield 3'early, for from ten to fifteen years in succes- 

 sion, i.i connection with the calves she may produce. Men marvel 

 how an ordinary sized cow can give such quantities of milk and such 

 extraordinary yields of butter. The secret lies in presistent work 

 day by day. There are no holidays in her calender. A generous 

 diet all the year round has encouraged her to continue her flow of 

 milk until with man}' Jerseys it is extremely difficult to dry them off 

 before producing the next calf. 



Wm. Crosier, in speaking of the Jersey says : "She will milk 

 the year round — at least that is my experience with them. I usually 

 milk them within a month of the time of calving, which is of great 



