ON BREEDING DAIRY CATTLE. 



by Dr. Jenkins were not all successful on the beef-raising stations 

 owing to their tendency to produce cows that gave too much milk. 

 If these cows had been mated with an Ayrshire bull like Earl Bea- 

 consiield we might have expected good results. But it is the old 

 story, " First catch your hare !" Even supposing two similar ani- 

 mais to Theodore and Earl Beaconsrieid were obtainable, how many 

 judges could pick them out of the hosts of animals ol the same breeds 

 in this country to-day ? How many could be found to agree as to 

 how they should be used in order to get the best results ? These 

 arc pertinent questions which draw forth the opinions of all the 

 dairy stock breeders of our day. The same questions arise with 

 Jcrbty-Ayrshire crosses. Here we have aa example in the theory 

 so successfully followed by Air. David Hyam, of iXowra, Shoalhaven. 

 Me used a purebred Jersey bull on an Ayrshire cow. This Ayrshire 

 cow came direct in descent from Mr. James Robb's imported black 

 and white bull, having been brought into the Berry district by a 

 Mr. Navin, who lived on Mr. RobD's Riversdale Estate, Kiama, for 

 years. The result was Blossom 1. She was a rine cow, and Mr. 

 David Hyam mated her with a purebred Jersey bull, and the produce 

 was Blossom 11., which he in due time tested for the prizes offered 

 by the R.A. Society, Sydney. The writer tested the cows entered 

 for those prizes, and is, therefore, certain of the genuine producing 

 quality of the cow, which may be described as a dark brown and 

 white Ayrshire-Jersey cross. Blossom II. won 'her first 

 butter test prize at Wollongong in 1895, making 2lb. of 

 butter from iplb. of milk, at the age of 3^ years. She won 

 the butter test at the Berry show, making at the rate of 27lb of 

 butter per week in 1896. In 1001 she won the Royal Champion 

 and " Sydney Mail" prize. Blossom II. was mated by Mr. Hyam 

 with a pure bred jersey bull, and the result was Blossom HI., which 

 may be described as a seven-eighths bred Jersey. Blossom III. 

 was a better performer than her dam. She gained the Royal 

 Champion and "Sydney M'ail" prizes in 1906, with a three days' 

 test o>i 811b of butter. The sire of Blossom I. was a 'pure bred 

 Jersey bull, owned by Mr. Solomon Hyam, of Sydney. Blossom 

 II. was by the -pure bred Jersey bull Berry. Blossom III was 

 by Gipsy King. Gipsy King's pedigree is to be found in Vol. I., 

 AJ.H.B." 



It will be seen by the above system of breeding heavy butter 

 producing cows that Blossom I. dam was from a noted strain of 

 Ayrshires, and Mr. Hyam used pure Jersey bulls on this strain. But 

 we have an example in Spinks Bros.' cow tested according to the 

 pan setting and churn system, from December 2 till 9, 1886, in 

 Kiama. For the week she gave 3i2lbs of milk, which produced 

 I4lb IOQZ butter. The dam of this cow was bred by Mr. John 

 King, of Long Brush, Kiama, and her sire was a three-quarter- 

 bred Jersey bull, owned by Mr. William King, of Kiama. Mr. 

 John King's herd was made up from cows of great quality, pur- 

 chased at iancy prices from Mr. Henry Osborne and Mr. Andrew 

 McGill. Spinks Bros.' cow resembled the McGill strain, being dark 

 red with a little white. This cow was mated by Spinks Bros, wjth 

 Musket, and the bull-calf, the result, was sold to Mr. Thomas 

 Cochrane, of the Richmond River, for 30, a very big price in 

 those days for a bull cal*f. The cow owned by Mr. William 

 Walmsley, of Long Brush, Kiama, and tested from December i. 

 till 7, 1879, produced 39ilb. of milk, which was manipulated 

 under the old pan setting and churn system, into i81b 4oz of 

 butter. This cow was bred by Melliday Bros., of the Foxground, 

 Gerringong, whose herd was chiefly composed of Osborne^-brcd 

 cows. The dam of Mr. Walmsley's cow was certainly of that 



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