THE JERSEY COW A MONEY MAKER. 129 



COW yielding 5,000 lbs. of milk produces, approximately 300 lbs. of 

 butter ; and the cow yielding 7,500 lbs. of milk yields above 450 

 lbs. of butter. 



In my private dairying with a herd of ten or twelve Jerseys, about 

 one-third of which were usually heifers, the average, annual 3'ield of 

 butter to each animal was over 300 lbs. I find these conclusions 

 are similar to those of other Jersey breeders. I might add 

 the testimony of Guild, Floyd, Pike, P211is, Briggs, Alden, 

 Crane, Gardner, Litchfield, Ingraham, Reed, Snell, Robbins, 

 White, Robinson, Whitney and man}' others. I have failed to find 

 any one who has an extensive experience with Jersej^s in the butter 

 dair}' who is satisfied, even when a large part of the herd consists 

 of heifers, with a less annual yield than 300 lbs per animal. 



In order to secure such results, only the best of management can 

 prevail. Comfortable, frost proof, attractive homes must be theirs 

 in winter, where the genial sunlight may stream in upon them as 

 they repose and ruminate. Provender must be fed — not in large 

 quantities, for a time, and then withheld, but regularly every da}' 

 while the creature is in milk. 



A moderate grain ration for a cow for the year, is something like 

 this : 2 quarts of wheat bran per day for the whole year ; 1 J quarts 

 of cotton seed meal and 1^ quarts of corn meal for 310 days each 

 year. Or, 700 lbs, corn meal, 700 lbs. cotton seed meal, and 600 

 lbs. wheat bran — a total of a ton of mixed grain fed to each cow 

 per year. When we speak of feeding grain to cows continuously, 

 in however moderate quantities, there are lots of people who always 

 hold up their hands in holy horror and exclaim, "You will ruin 

 your animals I It is unnatural ! You will drive all the milk out of 

 them in a year or two at most, and then you will have nothing but 

 old burnt out, worthless cows left on your hands !" 



Lamentable as sometimes is the troth, it is nevertheless the fact, 

 that large numbers of our people, either through ignorance or a will- 

 ful determination to adhere to preconceived notions, are not able to 

 discriminate and adapt themselves to the changes that have been 

 wrought in our agricultural problems during the last thirty j^ears. 

 The grain ration which I advocate is a moderate one, extending 

 over the whole year. It is just sufficient to nourish the cow and 

 keep her in that rugged, vigorous, healthy condition that she must 

 enjoy before she is able to yield to her possessor, her greatest 

 measure of good. Let reason and experience answer how long this 

 work can continue. 



