January, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Much of the drudgery is done by power, there being 

 in the engine-room a gasoline engine of nine-horsepower, 

 which furnishes power to the bone mill, the feed mill, and 

 the thrasher, besides working the slings which transfer two- 

 ton loads from wagon 

 to loft in four and one- 

 h a 1 f minutes. The 

 pitching of hay by en- 

 gine was done on this 

 farm for the first time 

 in the United States. 



While the "World's 

 End Farm" herd is a 

 small one, seldom num- 

 bering more than 

 twenty-five, it is distinc- 

 tive from others of its 

 kind for the size and 

 strength of the cows. 

 This is brought about 

 by regular exercise in 

 all kinds of weather, by 

 carefulness in not breed- 

 ing before the heifer is 

 fully two years old, and 

 by never using a suf- 

 ficient quantity of grain 

 to force the flow of 

 milk. All these facts 

 have been proved to 

 be of great value at "World's End" in breeding for size. 



In their native home on the island of Jersey these cows are 

 small in size, weighing from seven hundred to one thousand 

 pounds. The specimens at "World's End" average eleven 

 hundred pounds in weight. 



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The Dignified Pose of the Blooded Bull 



The coloring of native pure bred Jerseys is not uniform. 

 It varies from brown to black, or from tan to yellow-fawn. 

 Occasional cows are light red, brindled, squirrel-gray, mouse- 

 color, or even creamy white. Only about one animal in ten, 



on the island of Jer- 

 sey, is solidly colored, 

 without any white 

 hairs, but this coloring 

 is the favorite with 

 breeders in this country, 

 and the "World's End" 

 herd has this solid col- 

 oring, with black 

 tongue and black 

 switch. 



Of course the color- 

 ing of the bull is darker 

 than that of the cow. 

 The leader of the herd 

 at present is Rupert of 

 Hingham, 65,182. He 

 is grandson of The 

 Owl, 54,738, imported 

 by William Rockefel- 

 ler, and also of Mon 

 Plaisir, who took a 

 prize on the island of 

 Jersey, and was sold at 

 the Cooper sale for 

 three thousand dollars. 

 Viking of Hingham, 75,931, was bred at "World's End 

 Farm." He is son of Taurus of Hingham, who traces to 

 Tormenter, King Koffee, Stoke Pogis, Honeymoon of St. 

 Lambert and Golden Lad. 



At "World's End" the herd averages seven thousand five 



The " Bank," Is Three Stories in Height, Affording Accommodation for Cattle and Storage for Hay 



