THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
826 
1908. 
THE FAMILIES OF JERSEY CATTLE. 
Part III. 
As I have said before Mr. Dauncy 
bred for high butter yield, constitutional 
vigor, and uniform unbroken color. So 
well did he succeed in the first that the 
cow Eurotas made 778 pounds of butter 
in a year, which was the world’s record 
at that time, and when she relinquished 
the championship it was to Mary Ann of 
St. Lambert, a daughter of Stoke Pogis 
3d, who was a son of Stoke Pogis and 
a cousin of Eurotas. That he succeeded 
in creating great constitutional vigor is 
proven by the fa.ct that the St. Lamberts 
made their famous records and became 
great up in Canada, with the mercury 
down below zero, and that the son of 
Eurotas, old Pedro, headed the Madison 
Square Garden show at 16 years old. He 
also succeeded so well in eliminating 
white from his herd that even to-day it 
is very rarely that a white hair is found 
on a pure St. Lambert. Then why, you 
may ask, are not the descendants of Mr. 
Dauncy’s cattle the best Jerseys in the 
world? Well, that depends on your 
point of view. Mr. Dauncy was so eager 
to eliminate the white from the hair 
that he seemed to pay no attention to the 
shape of the frame under it, and for 
that reason the descendants of his herd 
are the coarsest and poorest formed of 
any family of Jerseys that I am ac¬ 
quainted with. It is true that Pedro was 
a great prize winner, but he was only 
one-fourth Rioter, and traced six times 
each to Saturn and Rhea. Yet this 
25 per cent of Rioter blood has had a 
decided effect on the descendants of 
Pedro and I believe that the majority of 
them are not of symmetrical form. 
The next cow to win the world’s 
championship, I believe, was Landseer’s 
Fancy 2878, that made 936 pounds of 
butter in a year. This cow was of a de¬ 
cidedly different type from the Rioters. 
In color she was light fawn and white, 
white star, white on shoulders, white 
fore feet, hind legs and belly, and white 
switch. In breeding she was close up to 
imported stock, her sire being Landseer 
out of the imported cow Dazzle, and 
sired by a bull on the Island of Jersey. 
Her dam was Young Fancy out of 
Fancy 2d, and she from Fancy Imported. 
Landseer’s Fancy was of the decided 
fine island type, and a wonderfully rich 
milker. The ratio of milk to butter in 
her official test was 5 7/11 pounds of 
milk to one of butter. Her descendants 
are legion and they have made the State 
of Tennessee famous as the home of the 
richest of Jersey cows. 
The bull Signal 1170 inherited the but¬ 
ter qualities of a rare line of ancestors. 
He produced only 14 daughters and was 
killed by his owners before his fine 
signal qualities were known. Of his 14 
daughters, 11 made an average test of 
18 pounds and 11 ounces of butter. 
Twenty-two granddaughters average 17 
pounds 11% ounces in weekly tests. The 
“Signals” have been combined much in 
breeding with the Landseer Fancy blood, 
and they seem to “nick” perfectly, hav¬ 
ing produced many great cows of a later 
day, notable among which are the daugh¬ 
ters of the bull Jubilee of Bois d’Arc 
29041, the most noted daughter, Fern of 
Florence, having made 330 pounds of 
butter in 120 days. 
Southern Prince 10760, sire Forget- 
me-Not 6291, dam Oxford Kate 13646, 
dropped March 7, 1883, white on brisket, 
sides and belly, red tongue, and brown 
and white switch, bred by S. M. Shoe¬ 
maker, of Stevenson, Maryland, sold to 
the South, was neglected and given but 
small opportunity to distinguish himself. 
He has by the few cows that he has left 
acquired the name of being the “best 
bull ever owned in Tennessee.” His 
sire and dam were noted Island prize 
winners, and his dam, Oxford Kate, has 
an official butter record of 39 pounds 12 
ounces in seven days. His blood has 
been greatly intermingled with that of 
the previously mentioned Tenneessee 
Jerseys, and the resultant animals, while 
retaining the symmetrical form and rich 
quality of their Island progenitors, have 
added size and constitution by their 
American environment. 
Coomassie 11874 (F. S. 1442 J. H. B.— 
H. C.) color, brown; white belly, flanks, 
legs and tail, also white stripe on left 
side, was dropped 1871, imported 1881 
by S. M : Burnham, Saugatuck, Conn. 
Coomassie, with different judges every 
year, took the following prizes: 1876, 
first prize over Jersey young cow class; 
1877, same prize; 1878, 1879 and 1880, 
first prize over Jersey in champion cow 
class. Coomassie was not only a show 
cow; she was a good butter cow, hav¬ 
ing made 16 pounds 11 ounces in a week. 
But what was of greatest importance 
she was a prepotent cow of the highest 
order, and her blood flowed in the veins 
of many of the greatest cows of the 
breed in after years, among which are 
Princess 2d, 46 pounds 12% ounces; Ox¬ 
ford Kate, 39 pounds 12 ounces; Ethleel 
2d, 30 pounds 15 ounces butter in seven 
days, and the last as a two-year-old 
heifer. Coomassie’s blood, mingled with 
that of, the bull Farmer’s Glory, has 
produced the greatest show animals of 
the world, both on the Island and in 
America. On the Island of Jersey they 
produced Golden Lad, whose blood pre¬ 
dominates in most of the Island prize 
winners of recent years. In America it 
has produced Czar Coomassie 40036 that 
won first prize at five State fairs and 
sired Silverine Coomassie, whose get has 
won more prizes than any bull in 
America. 
The Golden Lads have without doubt 
been the “fashionable” Jerseys of recent 
years. They have been imported to 
America in great numbers. In fact nearly 
all of the great Island prize winners 
have been brought to this country, 
among which are Golden Fern’s Lad, 
Flying Fox, Golden Lad’s Successor, 
Oxford Lad, Eminent, Eminent’s Ra¬ 
leigh, and scores of others. Last year’s 
most sensational importation was “Stock- 
well,” that sold at auction for $11,500. 
These Jerseys are very beautiful 
animals, and the cows carry splendid 
udders, but the. charge is freely made 
that the majority of the imported ones, 
which are selected animals, have small 
teats, and that when bred in this coun¬ 
try, the short teats are greatly in the 
majority. As they are mostly bought by 
rich men who do not help do the milk¬ 
ing, I suppose this defect is not given 
the attention it would receive from us 
farmers who have to go ahead with the 
dairy work. I expect that the real prac¬ 
tical value of these importations, in after 
years, will be to counteract the tendency 
of the American Jersey to get coarse 
through American feeding and manage¬ 
ment. They seem to “nick” best with 
their American relatives—the Coomas- 
sies. Yet some American breeders of St. 
Lamberts have had the courage to in¬ 
troduce Golden Lad bulls into their 
herds, and a prominent Ohio breeder re¬ 
ports great success in the venture. There 
is _ no doubt that we have our Island 
friends beaten out of sight as far as 
butter production goes, and with nearly 
all of their prize winners in this coun¬ 
try, we ought to be able to produce 
just as beautiful animals as they. In 
our big country we have all kinds of 
climate, and I can see no reason why 
we cannot get all the outcrosses we 
need from different sections of our own 
country. Why cannot we draw from the 
South for our bulls to counteract he 
coarseness which may develop in our 
northern herds? The only possible reason 
is that the southern breeder is not so 
skillful is his Island competitor, and 
this is very doubtful. There is no 
reason for jealousy among the breeders 
of Jersey cattle. There is a place for all 
strains and families. The trouble is that 
there is not enough of them to go 
round. Let every breeder produce the 
best he can of the family he most ad¬ 
mires and let him above all other things 
guard with fidelity the purity of the 
breed, and the authenticity of the Herd 
Book, for without this, the great work 
of American breeders will be ruined, and 
we shall have to go back to the Island 
and begin all over again. In these 
articles I have left out hundreds of 
animals that deserve mentioning and 
have given but a very meagre and im¬ 
perfect history of those that I have 
named. But if they should cast a ray of 
light for the beginner and help him to 
start on the way of improving his herd, 
I shall feel that I have made the work 
of earning a living just a little easier for 
some one. j. grant morse. 
The Calf’s Horns. —F. C., of Mid¬ 
dletown, N. Y., may dishorn his calf 
with caustic potash any time up to three 
weeks old. Clip the hair off the “nub” 
as told by C. S. Greene, on page 218; 
then rub the spot briskly with the 
thumb for a few seconds, which be¬ 
numbs it; then with a sharp knife clip 
the top off the bunch making a raw 
place rather smaller than the little finger 
nail; a drop or two of blood will ooze 
out. Wrap the caustic pencil in paper 
to prevent burning the hands, leaving 
the end exposed. Apply the end to the 
bleeding spot, which will moisten the 
caustic; rub it around on the raw spot 
for about 10 seconds until the blood 
turns black and the skin a snow white; 
the older the calf the more thorough the 
application. Mr. Greene is right in re¬ 
gard to bulls. Let them keep their horns 
for a year or more, then disarm them. 
It brings a feeling of helplessness .and 
diverts their minds from war. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. f. britt. 
Bridget, can ye make good bread?” 
“Sure, Dinnis. Can you supply the 
dough ?”—Baltimore American. 
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