SEMI-TROPIC < . I UE< >PXI I. 
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AXSWER9 TO OB/tCTTOKS. 
One objects to the Jnrsov because it in 
too small for profitable bee/ making. Mr 
Barret to replies tlmt hr is not Weeding 
for beef, but for bulter. That, in six, 
seven or eight years, the Jersey w ill return 
more clear money than any other cow. 
That, if the Jersey herds turn out n 
smaller Umnago of beef, they conKiinm 
u sn.ilHer touuage of fond. Clint olnine, 
\vi-i;;hin^ 1,000 pound", the mother of Mr. 
Bnrretto's Churtnisn yielded 9,289^ lt» 
milk in 3‘24 days ami 393 \ Ih more than 
ton lions hor weight m 90S days. Mr. 
Bnrretto's 1 'i.nv.i. fed on alfalfa, beets and 
pumpkins, yield f i tun ‘20 to HO pounds of 
milk per day, or about ten Limes their 
weight per annum. The crcnin test ie 
from 25 to 34 per cent About 1 15 of the 
mills is butter, or about 15 pounds of milk 
in eke one pound of butter. Mr. Barretto'* 
Jersey cows weigh from 800 to 1,000 
pound h each. The best of them yield 
about 6-10 of then weight in butter each 
year Mr. Barretto has year-found enga¬ 
gements for bjs butler, at thirty cents n 
pound. Tins is only about ^ of the 
price nf Jersey, Philadelphia 1’nnt. Mr 
Barretto pots so veu crops of alfalfa hay 
annually, 1| tons per acre per inuwiug, or 
10J tuns per uere per annum, from hi* 
best land. The hay of one best aero, and 
the beets of | Here will keep two Jerseys 
a year, in full flow of milk Mr, Barretto 
thinks that he ought not to envy the owner 
of Durhams, mu do i-h ho think Unit the 
beef grower ought to envy the owner of 
Jersey*. 
It, is now less difficult to understand 
why, Honey drop (1.082), 3 years old, and 
the full -lister of Mr Barret Lo’s Body 
Ktlicl sold, in New York, on the 2fj|’h 
May, 1880, for f(i05. And why, on tlm 
sumo day, Eurotus, a Jupiter Bull cull, 
and ciiDsin of the Alphcas, who eompnsed 
I of Air Barretto'* migirml hold, sold for 
i'iOO. Ami why, another Jupiter descen¬ 
dant, sold fur i 1, 400. 
i’omimrA'IIvk oii'-ii iru , run ucU'OdiXOir. 
Tin re in a part of Forest drove J emey 
l'liriii, which eonsisU nf utmost pure Hand. 
This Inis lu en almrnbineil to stunted luish- 
cactus, “ultgrtwa, a I kid i witftdit, and 
wire glass. Ill ,, pastille, and .It-ci-h illy 
rough it. tin: young . fink rnltl. . Hi re, I 
hail a rare opportunity of witnessing the! 
mm punitive ouimcitif m for roughing it, liy I 
Ji'iHi^vn, .ShorltiorUB, and cios-c* wilii 
Spanish Longhorns, foi all lliesn vnrietic. 
pastured thou- together. Tim Jorm vs 
weiM ill I Mfdlent eondition; the shut I horns 
in 'll ; Ilia crosses with LuUtftmrtiH next. | 
I will uol even eonjerturi what would have 1 
been tlm icliitivo coiidlliuii of u genuine 
Hpauith Longhorn, which, on Florida wire 
gniHh, is the " Hurries!" cow, siuOe I'lm 
ruoli h no veil I can Linn. 
BCAl.K OF I'OISTB. 
Mr, Bane tin's herd of thorough-bred i 
Jerseys i« a valuable study of the point* 
developed m this variety. By study lug ! 
this herd, one intiy learn how to .aleutaj 
null, cow ol any variety, f.,r the more tlm! 
points of a cow nf any variety are like the 
lioiuta of the Jersey, the mule apt is that 
cow to bo a pm>d milker. Withal, tlm 
sl iiily of Mr. Barridto's In rd disclon-H n 
definite, and entirely assuring nu- i-r to 
swu.iar.l (levelopnmnt, Ilm scale of point- Ul „ s . xU J air , S,, u ,. 
aib-iitedby 1m "Amermun Jerr.y (,'nftle : ani , t .,- u wf . ljru] pjt 
( bit. 1 Imye believed, upon gmmiiil, J, V »II.-v Fan, m„.-k»..n; u, 
pmiuipled, Hud . genial but in no reuse - pn.oiim,* at the 1." An-1, 1 ; 
HRJ7.B /EM ITS 
To Mr Barretto, for his Jersey*, were 
. ~ awarded five first and three m .■ .ml pre- 
, l-lio huatorn inquiry * to how tlm J. , - v.: ntiumH nt ,| l0 Golden Gate hair, 0„k‘ J,,.] 
in senn-tnipieal ( alifortiia, mnnUlris in : <'*| . four Ri>t ind two -m-vl , JIVl «, 
standard development, th. HCale of points;,,, Ult state Fair, S-mran, first 
>.<• Ban 
i ail the 
. - premium* at the I^os Angolt 
opprcasivo climate, fm-doin from insi-et 
now-pent**, perennial green alfalfa (it pawn- t, ‘" 1vrB br < > lam*, 
full Htinnilaiit of lactcul accretions), would Not nnlv Jersey-, but Hh"i'-t,orns attain 
gradually, from goninition to generation, perfection in Hctni-tr--pic.il <\.hf--reia. 
enlarge the Jersey, inisrermo the flow of I be Jenny, by no no .on, lm u iver-.il 
milk, and imprUTS mime other points, j prefrt.nre Otbei mriefii nund -r Ik <ts 
wilhout expanse to any point. In tlii«."f ml incut os among (' diforn.iT, The 
connection, u-rniiidnd Mr. Ban. tto of tlm truth i,, <-.,i-h v.-irirty trAieHi-nd- the >ib«.-r«, 
Diirliiim |iropui lions of some of the udder- •»* ►onus i- -pen., for woiin pu.rj..,u t *. and 
in Ilia herd ol -Jerseys, espcu-ialy that of the f” 1 aomo localities!. 
Beauty of Ipswich,’ While Air, Bunelfo 
admitted the logic of the propOMition 
remarked that tlm flow of milk, in his lit-rd 
of Jerseys wan not greater in the ratio, iu 
which the size of the udilcr was grnutiir 
That, our M-rni-tropieal climate does not 
lower the point*, either of Southern t ub 
oow»n rRAii-n ronar.it. 
In order to the better UiiderslunJoig of 
Bin intimation!, which imply a -■ -rt --f -.. -1 
like coDcei, trai ion of tiutiilion, m alf.dfa, 
it i« here adduced, that Mr It irretto's 
uiipouimonly clo«i made llerkshin *, des- 
ifornia bred Jersey thorough l.mls, or of' c ' fi r " U '' 1 f, " m C,>l 11 M 
CO PUT* 
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their lmpoitfid progouitora, may bo ascer¬ 
tained with precision, by eianiining' Mi 
Barrotto's herd, tabulating the points, 
unuflinig the counts, comparing w ith like 
tabulations of the best Kastnu herd, and 
hy a rnferunco of all the tallies to the 
following scale of points of the Jersey, 
adopted multr an authority, now defeired 
to throughout tlit United States. 
r'HMi. 
I 11 r>m] Kfiinll, Into mill rather Imjg 
‘1 Faro di>-lusl, I'l-Hfi'l bel vii--n I lit eji-g, 
«ml nurrnw bitwni'ii ilu> linru*. .. 
Alatelo ilnvh anil tncircleil liy a light 
rivlor ... . 
i Fyen lull and jiluciil .. . 
B IfliriiH amall, crumpled nod nud'-r 
color . . . 
it fc,ni». ""mil mid ihiu. 
7 Neck uiiTiight, ilim, r»dj'r long, with 
ohMii I Ur oat, mid not lunivy at the 
Nlioulilcra . . .. 
8 Blinoldi ix V|loj>l||g alnl tuna, witlmi 
linn, lireimt nvillnr ilnlloleiil uor 
licnfy .. .. 
9 Dll( h level pi e* 11 lug on of Iml, mid 
broad HL-rin.- tlm loTti* ... . ., 
IU Dm. I lloopud, lirmnl nml .). ■ n «t tho 
it Oik . . , . 
11 liipn wide »|.mt-, and flu. In thi h-iiw, 
rUIH|i InUg .llni l.r..nd . 
DJ Thigh* Iiiiiu, thill mid -aiiI* ajiml. with 
leg* ..t,iridiii,; •(pnin mat m.i lncri>»« 
In w nlhiiig ... 
1-1 1,1 i:b eluirti .Innll In’low tin kuei-n, 
ImhiIh wuin.ll. 
II tall tlllii, I. "Iiinu It- heck*, with 
g"i"l -iinti 
lo 111 In till It nml inullnw, nil). Olir toft 
h ill' . . ,. ,, 
lfi !'oli-r nl iiiile, win ii Imli in -nhil -, on 
udder and in*i i of' .m- |. ||ow 
17 Fm. mill, i loll in ("Illl. Hint 
well firrwnnl . . 
1M 111 ml lid.li r lull III f.n in, . ■ I 
i el.. 
1(1 IM.i . t, r (rum J..n, : imi■ n nml 
Il-slij..... 
110 T».il» lallisr long, wiilo »|roil and 
eaaalljf placed , 
Milk vi iim (iintiinoiil .. , 
a Mali Mid hi."id, null lull 
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after ivi unmg, are gr.i/ed or «!f ,1' i, within 
portable fences, mid, with re. "tin r food 
th.-iu alfalfa, grow rajiuUy, and finally, 
with pumpkins, beet- or,.r nn, fm i inoiith 
(ir Iwi*. are finished off f r ruaiki • 
Other*, having the K— \, or( Hj* i • Imdy 
built hog, pursue the -nine i nurse H.uiie 
grow lheir hogs on dry iilf ilfn lm ili Ufa 
i* perhaps not so much richer n man 
digestible tlinn othci gru-s 
It i- rxplnincd, that Mr. BarrettoV- herd 
was riot clioson as tho - inrt-o nf facts 
becaiihU Lhero are no other nourcr s r.f >,i.-li 
facts, but boCttUs-i Ids is the iiupm tant 
privatu crtnuuci'j to-uiest lo my Imrnr. I 
have fuller personal knowh I f I .- Ini I 
than of Olliers. The Ji i--y is n< t the cnly 
piutilublo dairy variety here. 
In tin.* next letter, will treat of our 
cherno-fai torv inU rcsl", 
Hill 
lone 
rnihlK 
til Ul' 
Storms axd Tohnadoai! go creshin 
fearing away Iim life-time work i 
l’’,astern friends Every b '■ dnvs 
I he dreadful news of a Unible c> 
dfivaabiting a vast evtaot of nHtufry 
tioylng foiests, kutnea ill the c- nntry, 
laying entire towns in fi i mwbla with 
grrlll h>*« of Ilf- With IIS ‘ ll;.« sin 
j unknown, and life ami 
cuie. I" tin timi-l that ■ 
jful thunder and ligbtnii 
! lml, u p> iff cl arm only i 
living lore -no ilmmier 
I natfv.'H, no hglitnu^ to 
pm petty. 
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Iu judging hulls uuiil, 17, 1 *v, t'J, M ■Old VI 
ircn-li will M> 
it. ml Fipwo 
r WM tiou of 
ora can show 
. «» Southern 
odd inlirimt 
(•thing ready 
t of good 
m a friendly competition. * gen - 
eiid Coining t-vgethfr, and iu -• >• in-; what 
our luighbor* are doing, i» luiidculnbl*. 
til l llk.il.l 1 
Tub nihifsi of our 
fully allowM at Hie Hut 
lion in Oi tuber. No 
i.oiiutry lu tliu wide lam 
m> gicHt n variety of pr 
California. Every cil 
hi III ol lielvidf iu gf-Ullig mini 
for out KxiKitation The auni 
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