dation stock of the Jersey is also excellent, 
and that when bred for butter only the Jer 
Fey can be made a great dairy cow. It has 
been assumed by certain writers that no 
Guernseys ever equaled this. That is, how¬ 
ever, only an assumption. Guernseys are yet 
comparatively few in number. Their owners 
are yet more anxious to increase than to ad¬ 
vertise them. Tests take time and money 
and sometimes they cause a sacrifice of much 
of the value of the animals tested. On the 
islands, where but few tests are made, both 
parties claim superiority in quantity, whereOB 
the better quality is conceded to the Guernsey. 
The Jersey breeders have the advantage in 
numbers; in the wider range of country over 
which their favorite cattle are now scattered; 
in the greater wealth of the owners, and in 
the published records of a few of their prodi¬ 
gies; and, perhaps I should add, in the great¬ 
er beauty of their cattle. 
The Guernsey breeders have larger, hardier 
and more docile cows, and bulls much less 
vicious. They have o">ws that give the high¬ 
est-colored milk, and, to say the least, as much 
of it. Their calves are larger, and more 
readily turned into veals. As a breed, Guern¬ 
seys have not suffered by breeding to suit the 
whims of fashion, though there is room for 
improvement. Ud er the fostering care of 
the American Guer sey Cattle Club, and the 
intelligent gentlemen who have become inter¬ 
ested in this superlative breed of dairy cattle, 
their future is a certainty. Their merits, 
wherever known, will compel admiration. 
Those who expect to buy them for less than 
they are williug to pay for inferior Jerseys, 
however, will be disappointed. Inferior ones 
should never be imported. The cost of trans¬ 
porting such is the same as that for superior 
animals. Pay the price of good ones and buy 
less of them; the increase will be slower, but 
it will be surer and much more satisfactory. 
There is plenty of room for both breeds. The 
little State of Delaware contains many times 
as many cows as do Jersey and Guernsey and 
the adjacent islands combined. There is room 
for all the good ones of both breeds in some 
of the counties of the Western States, and 
there would then be a scarcity, for the de 
maud for such iocrease3 as the supply in sight 
increases. 
Let there be au honest rivalry, but no jeal¬ 
ousy, and the best cow will win. Breeder. 
seys in theirs; but as the latter have thus far 
sold in this country for much more, specula¬ 
tors and importers have given the latter the 
preference. The best Guernseys have sold 
there for $500 to $900; here for $600 to $1,200. 
Jerseys have sold on the island for as high as 
$2,000, and in one case recently reported at 
$5,000; here they bring from $1,500 to $5,000. 
In one case within the knowledge of the wri- 
having the start, largely predominate, and 
as the source of supply of the Jerseys is much 
greater than that of the Guernseys, the former 
will undoubtedly continue more numerous in 
this country. Guerneey contains about 5 000 
animals, and exports about 1,000 annually, 
mostly to England: and although more Guern¬ 
seys are scattered throughout England to-day 
than exist on their native islands, there is no 
40 feet long; the cupola is covered with tin and 
is one eighth pitch. Fig 49 presents a per¬ 
spective view of the barn from a southwest 
direction, showing the south and front side on 
the highway as well as the west side with the 
granary windows and door; also horse stable 
door in basement and tool-room door in same. 
Leading up to front door there is a bridge 
not shown in the cut. 
Fig 50 is a view of main floor showing the 
granary with its arrangement of bins in the 
southwest corner; al.-o the position of four 
posts that reach up into the corners of the 
cupola. These are 8x8 and 30 feet apart 
and are the only obstacles in the way of 
driving over the entire floor. It also shows 
front, or entrance, doors, and back, or straw, 
doors. 
Fig. 51 is an inside view of one end showing 
section of frame from line of two of the long 
posts to one end. From this some idea can be 
formed of the very ingenious method of fram¬ 
ing so as to support the entire roof from the 
outside and from these center posts, rendering 
the barn very strong and substantial with 
comparatively little timber and very little ob¬ 
struction to storing hay or grain or to the use 
of the horse fork. 
Fig 52 is the plan of basement showing ar¬ 
rangement of horse stables, cattle stalls and 
sheep pens, also tool-room. The cut suf¬ 
ficiently explains itself: all that need be said 
is that the basement is nine feet high and the 
walls are stone, and two feet thick. 
In constructing this barn the following ma¬ 
terials were used: 40 000 feet of framing tim¬ 
ber; 10 000 feet of matched siding; 12,000 feet 
of roofing boards; 1300 feet of tongued and 
grooved flooring; 78 squares of shingles; 
13 squares of tin roofing on cupola; 24 
4-lighted windows in cupola; 16 12-lighted 
windows in basement; 2 4 lighted windows in 
granary. The building received three coats of 
No. 165 Masary’s Railroad paint, 450 pounds 
of paint and 36 gal'ons of oils being used. 
The whole barn, completed, cost $4 500. 
Mr. Rollin Cushing, of Maple Street P. O., 
Niagara Co., is the architect and builder aDd 
deserves thiB notice for the very ingenious and 
novel plan of the frame, and those contem 
plating erecting farm buildings would do well 
to cousulthim, Mr Tennant is also to be con¬ 
gratulated on owning so fine a barn building, 
and the neighborhood may well feel justly 
proud of such an ornament and of having a 
farmer who would do so much to improve the 
vicinity. But barn building is like story 
telling—the last one has the best chance, and 
I am always glad when any man in a com¬ 
munity erects farm buildings that excel those 
of his neighbors: it is a stroDg incentive for 
them to do likewise. The possession of fine 
and commodious barns is a strong incentive 
to an increase in stock feeding, and this leads 
to a larger manure heap, and this to increased 
crops. Mr. Tennant now certainly has the 
finest barn in Niagara County, if not in West¬ 
ern New York. J. 8 w. 
Inside View—Fig. 51, 
ter an importer brought over a few of the 
best Guernseys he could find on the island. 
He offered them at public sale, but failing to 
get a bid at oost, he withdrew them and sold 
them at private Bale, and although the prices 
received would have been considered, a few 
years ago, very liberal, they were still below 
the cost. 
The Guernsey cow is generally conceded to 
give the highest colored milk of any known 
breed. She is of good size, hardy and very 
docile—the bulla much more so than the Jer- 
sey, which is a positive recommendation. The 
average Guernsey is a good dairy a limal, 
and will excel the average Jersey at the milk 
and butter pail. This results from the fact 
tnat the foundation stock of Guernsey pos¬ 
sessed remarkable merit as a butter cow, 
rather than from any great skill possessed by 
the native breeders; for they are generally 
acknowledged to be less intelligent and pro¬ 
gressive than their Jersey rivals. The Jer- 
seyman has given oloser attention to beauty, 
as this quality in his animals is supposed to 
add to his bank account, but at the expense of 
Herd Book Society there, and few if any dis¬ 
tinctive herds; they are used to color the milk 
of other breeds, and so highly are they appre¬ 
ciated for thiB purpose that very high prices 
are psid for the better classes. The “solid- 
colored” Jerseys appear to he preferred by the 
wealthy landlords to form their herds on ac¬ 
count of their more symmetrical forms and 
greater beauty. In fact, this color-class was 
created to meet the views of these wealthy 
fanciers. The homlier Guernseys, while high¬ 
ly prized for the extreme richness of their 
milk, would not do for their extensive lawns. 
Jersey contains from 12,000 to 15,000 cattle, 
and exports about 2 500 annually,a larger per¬ 
centage going to the United States than to any 
other country. The prices of the more select 
animals have increased from year to year un¬ 
til now, when $5 000 are promptly paid for the 
best. Not much over 100 Guernseys are now 
annually imported to the United States, but 
the number has rapidly increased since the 
organization of the American Guernsey Cat¬ 
tle Club, the first volume of whose Herd Reg¬ 
ister was issued Dec., 1871; while the first vol- 
THE RURAL PRIZE CORN REPORTS. 
How the Crops were Raised, etc 
McLean Co., Ill.—The size of my corn plot 
was 83x33 feet square. The soil was creek- 
bottom timber soil inclined to sand. The land 
produced an early crop of tobacco in ’81, and 
produced a heavy growth of suckers or second 
crop, which was plowed under eight inches 
deep late in the month of October. There is 
an under-ground drain running directly 
through the plot. The manure used was hog 
and barn-yard dung, well rotted—one good 
two horse load as a top-dressing before plant¬ 
ing. Ic was worked in with a 5-shovel plow, 
the soil being stirred about four inches deep. 
When thoroughly worked it was leveled and 
the plot lined to eight rows and planted with 
the hoe, 20 grains in each row, and one grain 
in each place. Number of grains planted 160; 
time of planting. May 4th; 135 grains germi¬ 
nated and produced stalks. The average hight 
of stalks was 12 feet. Ripened about the mid¬ 
dle of October. Number of large ears 174 and 
20 nubbins. Weight of ears 217 pounds; 
weight of shelled corn 160 pounds. Ears 
weighed Nov. 7th and shelled corn Nov. 3d. 
Ears were uuiform and measured 12 to 13% 
inches in length, well filled at the ends with 
large, d°ep grains. The corn was cultivated 
four times with a shovel plow and hoed twice. 
It grew very fast, the ears being high on the 
stalks. Two stalks were broken off by the 
wind. The suckers were all kept off except¬ 
ing on two Rtalbs which had four suckers each 
and not much corn. 1 think the Rural Heavy 
Deut Corn will do well here. 
A. L. Stutzman. 
[Yield at the rate of 115 bushels shelled corn 
per acre 22d prize revised list.] 
0TJR ANIMAL PORTRAITS, 
PEKCHERON-NORMAN STALLION 
*• ALMO.-’ 
The engraving, Fig. 53, represents the Per- 
cheron-Norman stallion “Almo” (No. 1969, 
P. N. 8 B.), an excellent specimen of this fine 
breed. He is the property of M. W. Dunham, 
of Wayne, Du Page Co., III., the most exten¬ 
sive importer of this valuable race of draft 
horses in the United States. 
GUERNSEY COW QUEEN ROSIE— 
FROM LIFE. 
At Fig. 54 is a fine portrait of the Guern¬ 
sey Cow Queen Rosie 803, American Guernsey 
Cattle Club Herd Register, the property of 
Mr. Silas Betts, Camden, N. J. She took the 
first prize in the first class at the Royal Agri¬ 
cultural Show in the Island of Guernsey in 
1881. Mr. Betts has since purchased her dam 
Rosie of Otranto 1020 A. G. H. R. This strain 
has Deen bred by the same families on the isl¬ 
and for 20 years, and is believed to be one of 
the best to be found. Queen Rose possesses 
all the well-known characteristics of the 
Guernsey cow, with more than usual symme¬ 
try and beauty. 
Sea/t Se ft it <!>• 
CrawkordCo., Mo.—On Nov. 21 we shelled 
and weighed the Rural Dent corn; weight in 
ear 254 pounds, shelled 205% pounds. I 
planted 150 kernels and 90 grew. The four 
previous crops on the land were onions, for 
which the laud was heavily manured every 
Fall with well rotted jnauure made in the 
sheep barn, besides WJOt, ashes and night soil. 
The corn ground was not plowed in the 
Spring but just harrowed uud laid off in eight 
rows with seeds about 19 inches upart, that 
is such seed that I was pretty certain would 
germinate; doubtful seeds I put in with some 
/ooi' 
GUERNSEY CATTLE. 
A few years back, all cattle imported from 
the Channel Islands were commonly known 
as “Alderneys,” though very few animals 
were ever imported from that barren island, 
Jersey and Guernsey being the true sources 
whence all these cattle were shipped. A few 
animals, mostly crosses of the Jersey and 
Guernsey, may have been shipped to this 
country from Alderney before the differences 
in these two breeds were clearly understood; 
but now none are thence imported—all come 
-rom either Jersey or Guernsey. The Jerseys 
Plan of Basement—Fig. 52. 
quality. The native Gueruseyman by bis ex¬ 
treme conservatism has generally succeeded 
in preserving the quality of his animals, 
though he has shown a lack of intelligence In 
other respects. A few Jerseys of the old- 
fashioned type or th*>ir descendants have 
shown remarkable capacity for butter mak¬ 
ing, some cows having made, according to 
reported teBts, as high as 20 to 24 pounds In 
seven days. This only proves that the/ou’ t 
ume of the American Jersey Herd Regis¬ 
ter was issued in 1851. Guernsey cattle, 
however, from necessity must continue in 
limited supply for many yeurs to come, for 
the supply is very restricted on the islaud. 
The price there for an average animal is as 
high as, or higher than, for an average Jersey 
on the island of Jersey. The very best Guern¬ 
seys in their native home can be bought now 
undoubtedly, for less than the very best Jer- 
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