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MILCH CATTLE THE JERSEY 



Dauncey was the great pioneer, whose achievements have 

 not only recently been equalled, but surpassed, at Buckhold. 

 He bred Jerseys for about forty years before the days of cream- 

 separators, which introduced a ready means for testing the 

 quality of milk, and the account of his displenishing sale is 

 recorded in Vol. I. of the English Jersey Society's Herd Book. 

 Dr Watney, who has so successfully extended the lines laid down 

 by Dauncey, speaks of him as " the greatest breeder of Jerseys 

 ever known " ; and claims credit for English Jersey breeders 

 from the conspicuous fact that many of the winners at the 

 great Chicago and St Louis butter-tests were descended 

 from Dauncey blood, which Thornton exported to America. 

 American farmers were not slow to recognise the merit of the 

 Dauncey strain, in spite of their reputed coarseness the large 

 useful type being better able than the deer-like, refined varieties 

 (more notable for beauty than for performance), to compete at 

 milking trials against cows of other breeds. The practical 

 result has been that, at the two great international contests 

 named, the Jersey breed carried off the prizes for economical 

 production of butter and " milk for all purposes relating to 

 dairying." 



At the six great shows in England, viz., the R.A.S.E., 

 Bath and West, Royal Counties, Tring, Tunbridge, and the 

 London Dairy Show, Jerseys are judged in two entirely 

 different ways : 



A. In the inspection classes, solely by their appearance ; 



B. In the butter-test and milking classes, entirely by their 



milk and butter production. 



It is more or less rare to find an animal in the front rank 

 in both classes. 



The relative showyard positions of the English and the 

 Island bred cattle in trials of performance may be seen from 

 the subjoined results of the butter-tests during the last ten 

 years in England (1896-1905), at the six shows referred to, 

 where medals are given by the English Jersey Cattle Society. 



