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In the face of the numerous records now available, 1 hope the re- 

 proach will no longer be cast on the Jersey that she is a small 

 milker. On the contrary, American bred Jerseys are large milkers 

 when judged by the year, which is the best standard by which to 

 gauge a dairy animal. Moreover, any breed of cattle which will 

 produce a cow such as the one owned by Col. Lewis Walker, of 

 Mcadville, viz: Jimp, 8G488, that gave nearly 500 pounds of milk in 

 one week, and such a cow as the queen of Miller & Sibley's herd, viz., 

 Adelaide of St. Lambert, 73052, that gave 82f pounds of milk in one 

 day, and over one ton of milk iu one month — such a breed, I say, 

 has earned the right, without restriction to yearly totals, to be 

 classed among the breeds that produce heavy milkers. 



As regards the yearly yields of milk in the Jersey breed, I may be 

 pardoned for mentioning a few records which deserve wider pub- 

 licity than they have hitherto received. In the herd of Miller & 

 Sibley, two Jersey cows, Matilda 4th and La Petite Mere 2nd, each 

 gave over 16,000 pounds of milk in one year, while a two-year-old 

 heifer. Fawn of St. Lambert, owned by the same firm, gave within 

 the limits of twelve months ending before she was three years old, 

 over 10,000 pounds of milk. Jersey breeders have paid so much 

 more attention to the quality of the milk than to its quantity that 

 not many milk yields, in comparison with butter yields, have been 

 published; but judging from the herd with which I am most familiar, 

 I should say that there is a large number of Jersey cows that have 

 given with ordinary feed and care and carrying a calf as usual, be- 

 tween 10,000 and 12,000 pounds of milk in a year. Ten daughters 

 of Miller & Sibley's bull Ida's Rioter of St. L., averaged 7,218 pounds 

 of milk apiece as heifers with first calf. It would savor of mere 

 egotism than I trust that you impute to me, if I were to claim that 

 no other Jersey breeders had equally good animals. It is worthy 

 of note that the milk of Jersey cattle when sold for family use com- 

 mands higher prices than that of other breeds. 



But however interesting this phase of the subject might prove, 

 I am warned that to bring this paper within the limits designated, 

 I must content myself with the meagre references already made to 

 the milking qualities of the Jerseys, and proceed at once to discuss her 

 pre-eminent claims as a butter maker. So large is the proportion 

 of cream to the whole milk, that many years ago the owners of Jer- 

 seys in this country, began to set the milk by itself and churn it 

 in order to measure the cows' butter capacity. Well authenticated 

 records of tested animals of the Jersey breed, making 11 pounds or 

 more of butter in one week, now amount up to several thousands. 

 They were made in the cold winters in Canada, as well as under 

 the sunny skies of Texas. They were made by the millionaire fan- 

 cier, and by the working farmer. They were made by college pro- 



