Vol. LXVI. No. 2987. 
FOOTING IT WITH JERSEY COWS. 
Some Mistakes of Breeding. 
I have recently made ;i trip tli;iI was so full of 
11il«•»< I !<• lUC, add wluri- I saw so i lc.il ly exemplified 
certain lawn governing ihe hm-ding of rattle, that I 
cannot refrain from telling the K. N. V pi*«ipli* about 
it. I lii'i 1 rip was to attend a ' air of Home lilty bead 
of registered Jersey rattle. Among tlieni was sonic 
Idootl dial I was anxious to obtain, provided die in<Ii 
vidua Io were up to 11slandaul. 'I lie place wa'« but 
00 miles from home, as die Clow 11 ic ., but il look all 
day to reach till! man I town by tail The 11 <* XI i HOI II 
iiIK wc (some other men and myself, who were lo 
attend Ihe sale) got an early break la I, and willi a 
livery i Ik started for die place, which proved lo be 
live miles, nearly all up bill from town. I lie country 
Was very rough and die pastures particularly so, which 
brought out the remark that the cattle bred there 
ought to have robust constitutions. I lie first glimpse, 
inside the barn caused our hopes of finding good 
animals to tall. Ihe barn was badly over-crowded 
and very dirty, although ail evident attempt bad been 
made to put things to rights for the sale. And, oh, 
sm h an example 1 id mismanagement of pure 
bl'ed i allb | ||| could only have a set of 
moving pictures showing first the niagni 
licent foundation animals id this held, then 
showing the 1 inlet icu oilspring produced by 
mi inuting, and followed up by mi raising, 
what a lecture one could give on this sub 
jci l id In celling I 
For instance, there was a grandson of 
flying fox (the great $7,BOO bull owned by 
I lioinas UlWsOli) only lit lot bologna sail 
sage, Hig of head, coarse of horn, a body 
much too small for his extremities, and 
hind parts so humped and peaked that one 
man aid he didn't See how lie could de 
seend those bills without a weight lied to 
his tail to balance bis head I his animal 
was well sold foi $M7, Now, how did i 
grandson of flying fox happen to be such 
an animal? I lie answer is, uuwi < mating 
of his sire and dam, followed up with pom 
care, I be dam of this bull was of the 
lilolei strain, the very antipode in (ersey 
breeding from flying fox (a Golden fail 
hull). Merc i, a vital mistake that many lie 
gimu'is in cattle bleeding make. In then 
fear of in breeding they gel animals of such 
dissimilarity that they undo all the work that cureful 
breeders have spent years in producing 
Seven yearlings wcr< huddled ill a pen large enough 
fot only two Nicy were driven out in a bunch and 
old (unregistered, but eligible) bn $10 each, Ihe price 
id two good ones Mow much easier, cheaper, and 
more satisfactory to all it would have been il this man 
had raised but two in this pen I These Ipdfcix should 
at least have been registered and marked Indore the 
ale. Many were detected from bidding because of 
the uncertainty of gelling them properly registered, 
Ihe older cows sold very well, considering (licit 
condition 'I here were many blemished cows, those 
w ith big kllcey and liips "knocked down" prcdomiiial 
mg tine line young cow, but thin m llesh, brought 
■i'MU. I mention this to show that there were buyers 
ready |o bid on if liable animals 
I secured a pri/e in Ollir I'edro No (BUM I, test 
I 1 pounds, eight ounces bull' i iii seven days, 17 pounds 
milk in one day. < )bl "< )llh " is in her ninth year, but 
I shall try to make hn last nine more Met dam, 
* *1 lie Wilkes, made (Jfl pounds of blitter in MO days, 
and liei gi uidsin was "I’edro," the great $10,000 bull 
formerly owned by I S. Cooper. I secured "< tllie" 
lor $Hft Why? lie-cause many considered her old, 
and others ridiculed her because '.he is spotted, call* 
5UBU R BA l\i 
NMW YORK, APRIL 27, 1907. 
Wiciciua, #1.00 nett visa it. 
ing liei "old Durham," I submit her picture, fig. If>7, 
taken when she was younger, and before she had y|e 
vedoped the great paunch which ilu* now carries, 
Alter the sale the question was, liovv vv.'c. I to get 
my cows home? ( I bought a few others to go with old 
"spot"). I found that I should be obliged to ship 
over three lailrnads, and that a car would cost $00, 
I was about 00 miles from home, and I concluded that 
I might drive the cows through im font day; $tft per 
day is more than I am in the habit of earning, so I 
walked. I • tailed my cows as soon as I could pay 
foi them, and got to a small settlement by nightfall, 
I lie man where I stayed said he wouldn't drive 
"those Jersey tilings" as far a I was going to for them, 
Hut one u| the tows was milking, and we had tome 
of In i milk foi supper, and more wa > left in the 
piti her over night I In next morning lie made Ihe 
remark that was "the all fii'edesl riche-.I milk" lie ever 
saw, 
Aflei breakfast I Marled my cows and soon struck 
a very steep lull descending to a lake, which is a very 
pretty Simunci resort, but an awful place to drive cows 
in Winter I wa all the forenoon gelling down to this 
lake and up to the top of the lull on Ihe other side. 
J f KSfY row 01.IJ K IT.D'KO NO. lflUMI. hn;. 1 57. 
Mere I inquired the distance to the next town oil the 
map, and was told five miles. I lollowcd my cows 
patiently until nightfall, but no town. On inquiring 
again I was told eight miles. Aftei plodding steadily 
all the afternoon I was three mile, further away I 
didn't believe it. Somebody must bars been "fooling," 
A nice brick bouse, backed by a large barn, here 
showed itself, and I made for the door, but I was un-t 
by the discouraging statement that the women were all 
alone, and they couldn't think of taking in a slrangei 
I was tired, and "< ihl < tllie" was tired also I was on 
the point of turning away when an idea occurred to me. 
Mil the holy belong to tin (iiange 1 Sib certainly did, 
and I was not long convincing hn that I was ,i Patron. 
Then wc were acquainted She told me to take my 
cows to the bam and cate lot them As I finished 
this pib the hired man came home with tin team, and 
we were toon ready fot the house, I he good old 
(iiange, many a is it bene lit s I 
I found that this farm was being run by ti widow, 
hci husband having died several years before, leaving 
a son and daughter, besides an aged mother Tllfl 
mother, over no yearn old, was a vciv line old lady, al 
though unable to gel about; bet mind seemed as chat 
as ever, and she told me ol the early struggles she 
and her htlsb&tld bad in getting the home many years 
before. I lie son bad gone through college, and is 
now a doctor. I lie daughter, now IH, has just begun 
teaching. Il seemed loo bad that this young man should 
( boose to leave the e three women on the farm Hut 
lie seemed lo lie the pride of lus mother, and sin- was 
bravely bearing the burden of miming a farm with 
hired help May she succeed ! 
The next morning I continued my travels, and before 
HOOD I reached the town that was said to be live miles 
away Hie preceding noon. Soon after leaving this town 
I found some awful roads, and it continued to get 
worse, until there wa no track visible, Upon inquiry 
I found that there were three abandoned farms ahead, 
and that beyond that the farmers went the other way 
to the next town. I hired a mail here |o help me, and 
In- being acquainted with the ground wr managed |o gel 
the cows over (bis tmtravclod section. I reached the 
next town at nightfall, but my cows were very tired, 
especially my obi (tllie, who was largei and heavier 
than the rest I made another appeal lo the railroad, 
but was told that a ear would cost tile $M<) from there 
home I took the best possible care of my cows, bed 
ding them well, and in the morning we started again 
I bad a grand opportunity to see the country and talk 
with the farmers along the road. I met many 
of I lit' K, N. \ . leader., and of course they 
and I were "acquaintances," This section 
Was blessed with good crops la I year, e pe 
dally a great yield of bay and coin, so a 
heavy stock of cattle is being wintered, and 
I found many barns overcrowded. 
One man asked me in to see Ids calves. 
They were breathing in a quick, unnatural 
manner, and were coughing. I found a barn 
crowded full of cows, excepting two box 
stalls, which were crowd'll full of calv>- 
The stable lacked light badly, but ventilation 
tmn li worse I remarked that tin-ait seemed 
very close, and suggested that that might 
have something lo do with the condition of 
hi*- calves, but lie (old me that I noticed Hie 
til because I bad been mil in the cold all the 
advised him to (.ill a velci 
morning, I 
in,n tan 
I had an 
young man. 
Id 
interesting talk with another 
I started it hv telling him that 
I could guess where lie got Ins silo. "Yes," 
lie replied, "I am olle of tin- fool-, that Huf 
lain company I alight." Il seems that lie bad 
Worked very hard and paid oil the mortgage 
on hi, g i and I al In i' farm, arid upon gelling 
out of debt Ik* bad begun improvements Unfortunately 
the first wa-. tin- high priced silo ol poor quality I bis 
..ned lo have disc (imaged him to such an extent that 
lie bad slopped Id plan of improvements, and bad 
settled back upon grandfather’ll ways. At present In¬ 
is milking, ..II alone, !.'() cows in an old, dark, lillliy 
stable, wln-re the floors are rolled out so that il is 
simply impossible to keep tin- cattle in a decent coinli 
timi. Mow iiuicli easier il would lie to milk 10 cows 
and cate fot them as they should In- I lie money profit 
would he larger, mu! oil, bow mill'll more satisfaction I 
I licit- is no wondci that hoys brought up iii . 11 < li sin 
roundings leave tin- farm as soon as they can 
Soon aflei leaving tlii . young man I e.uiie to » large 
farm being managed by a young couple just beginning 
life logi-tlmr. Wc began our acquaintance by quarrel 
ing over mil rows lit wen- llolsleins, and a good lot 
they were, great big rows that nude me shudder when 
I thought of feeding them, in connect ion with the 
price of grain, hut as we wen- both Grangers wc didn't 
quarrel very badly I conceded that bis cows were all 
right for selling milk for tin- New York market, and 
win n 1 diicovered a little Jersey away in the hack pail 
ol ilie barn we both laugln-d, and lie declared that Hie 
little wife insisted on tin* |ersey for tin- home- u-.e a 
wiic little wile. | passed a very pleasant evening with 
