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'THE! RUF4AI> NEW-YORKER. 
February 15, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
JERSEYS THAT “MAKE GOOD.” 
The cow shown below, Sayda’s Queen 
of Ventnor, 168033, is called “one 
of the most persistent milkers of any 
breed.” She is now in her eleventh 
year, is a regular breeder, and since first 
coming in milk as a three-year-old has 
averaged 7,300 pounds of milk and over 
500 pounds of butter per year. She has 
twice qualified for the Register of Merit, 
making 520 pounds six ounces butter as 
a three-year-old, and 599 pounds nine 
ounces as a mature cow. She freshened 
last August, and was promptly started 
on another test, making in four months 
4,551 pounds five ounces milk, 299 
pounds 11 ounces butter, an average of 
two pounds 7 ounces a day. She is 
stamping her dairy quality on all her 
progeny. 
This cow is one of the Meridale herd, 
owned, by Ayer & McKinney. In a cir¬ 
cular issued by this firm are some state¬ 
ments about the Meridale Jerseys which 
are of more than ordinary interest to 
the public. 
Meridale Farms are 200 miles from New 
York City, and " at least 100 from any other 
city of considerable size. At Meridale 
Farms, therefore, dairying naturally re¬ 
solves itself into butter making. Meridale 
Creamery is the principal industry, and 
Meridale .Terseys are judged by their ability 
to make butter, and to do it day by day, 
year after year. To remain in the herd, 
a cow must prove herself a profitable pro¬ 
ducer at the pail and churn. We expect 
her to do her level best every day, year in 
and year out; but we make no attempt to 
secure phenomenal records at the expense 
averaged 601 pounds, 3.1 ounces butter per 
cow per year, their milk product averaging 
10,019 pounds, 14.8 ounces. 
A 15-.vear-old cow, with an authenticated 
record of 7982 pounds, 6.4 ounces milk, 442 
pounds, 12 ounces butter, has a daughter 
with a recoi-d as a three-year-old of 7459 
pounds, 1.6 ounces milk, 363 pounds, four 
ounces butter, and her daughter in turn 
has just completed a year’s authenticated 
work with a yield of 5768 pounds, eight 
ounces milk, 348 pounds, four ounces but¬ 
ter, with first calf. 
These cows are doing continuous economi¬ 
cal work under normal dairy conditions, 
with ordinary farm help, and feed and care 
which any good farmer can match. No 
Meridale Jersey is specially fitted for a 
test before the year’s work begins, nor 
rested after its completion, but each cow 
is expected to drop a calf within a reason¬ 
able time, and to continue her work year 
after year. Yearly profit from each cow’s 
production is our first consideration. 
A large measure of the notable herd im¬ 
provement is due to the careful selection 
of sires, and the development of family 
lines in breeding. For many years each 
sire in the herd has been succeeded by one 
we believed still better for mating with 
these particular cows. One of the results 
has been the breeding and development of 
an unusual collection of cows notable for 
profitable persistency in production. While 
it goes without saying that in the selection 
and development of such cows we have 
studied performance rather than appear¬ 
ance, it is equally true that the two have 
gone hand in hand, as is evidenced by the 
score card in the hands of so expert a 
judge as Professor Wing of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity. 
We wish to reassert our frequently ex¬ 
pressed convictions that herd improvement 
is possible to every breeder, and that it 
comes only as a result of persistent effort 
along practical lines. It begins in the se¬ 
lection of a hull which possesses by inherit¬ 
ance the qualities one wishes to develop 
in the herd. Females which are added by 
purchase should have like inheritance. 
Island birth and fashionable pedigree will 
never atone for the lack of productiveness. 
A herd developed pursuant to these sug¬ 
gestions, and maintained with ordinary in¬ 
telligent care, will give increasing satis¬ 
faction to its owner. 
SAYDA’S QUEEN OF VENTNOR, 168033. 
of the cow. Authenticated test work was 
begun by ua January 1, 1909, and we have 
found it very helpful in working out the 
proposition. Definite information, compiled 
month after month from exact records, lias 
greatly aided our efforts to further de¬ 
velop persistency in the herd, and we be¬ 
lieve others will have like experience as 
the result of similar effort. 
Some Meridale .Terseys are American bred, 
some are Island bred, others combine both 
American and Island breeding. Persistent 
production has not been sacrificed in any 
effort to follow particular breeding lines, 
but in the selection of the families we have 
placed persistency above all other Jersey 
qualities. Two years ago there were 52 cows 
in the herd which had qualified for the 
A. J. C. C. Register of Merit; a year ago 
there were 97 ; we have since parted with 
14 of these, but to-day have 117 which 
have qualified for the Register of Merit. 
The 117 cows with yearly authenticated rec¬ 
ords averaged 7624 pounds, 1.4 ounces milk, 
471 pounds 14.4 ounces butter per cow, 
and their average butter fat test was 5.261 
per cent. Among these 117 are 31 cows 
with first calf (almost 30 per cent), and 
their records show an average yield of 
5990 pounds, 1.8 ounces milk, 380 pounds, 
1.6 ounces butter. Among these youngsters 
are throe whose average butter yield ex¬ 
ceeded by 37 pounds the highest Register of 
Merit requirement for cows of any age. 
The end of July showed 35 cows not one 
of which had produced less than 50 pounds 
of butter per month since freshening. The 
average milking period of the 35 had been 
5 Vo months, and the average production 
1003 pounds, 11.2 ounces milk, 58 pounds, 
seven ounces butter per cow per month. 
In eight months two of these cows gave 
over 9000 pounds milk each ; six others over 
8000 pounds each ; five others over 6000 
pounds each in six months; eight others 
over 5000 pounds each in five months; and 
11 others over 4000 pounds each in four 
months. 
In counting up a barn of 40 cows whose 
work has covered a period varying from 
three to 12 months, we find an average 
yield of 55 pounds per cow per month. 
Twenty of these exceeded two pounds but¬ 
ter a day, having an average of 61 pounds, 
5.2 ounces per month. In their year’s work 
91 Meridale Jerseys exceeded an average 
of 502 pounds butter per cow, with an 
average milk yield of 8171 pounds, 11.2 
ounces. Sixteen Meridale Jerseys have 
Pigs in Portable Sties. 
Tell me how your Jersey Red pigs were 
kept in a portable yard, allowed to root 
and yet not root out of this yard? This 
portable yard is the kind I want to use, 
but I want to be sure it will enclose my 
pigs. As I am to start in the Jersey 
woods I have a little anxiety about keep¬ 
ing the pigs within bounds. Chasing pigs 
through scrub oak does not sound enticing 
to me. 
Make the portable yard large enough 
and change it frequently by hauling to 
a new place. Be sure that the pigs have 
enough to eat and have all the water 
they need and a good supply of wood 
ashes. Pigs need more water than most 
farmers are ready to give them and the 
lack of it makes them uneasy. The 
lack of ashes or bone-forming material 
also makes them discontented. Give 
them enough to eat. As an extra pre¬ 
caution cut stakes with a hook at one 
end and drive down beside the portable 
fence so that the hook or crotch will 
hold the panel in place. The Red pigs 
are inclined to he restless, Cheshires 
or Poland Chinas will be quieter. 
Winter Care of Swans. 
Will you give me any information in re¬ 
gard to the care of swans during Winter? 
Farmington, Conn. j. w. 
Swans are very hardy, and do not need 
any houses in Winter. A good-sized clump 
of thick bushes or low evergreens should 
be afforded them, or if such are not availa¬ 
ble, a rude shelter may bo built. Corn 
and wheat once a day is all the old birds 
need. They will make their own nests 
and raise their young best with no inter¬ 
ference. Small pieces of bread and crackers 
thrown on the water is appreciated by the 
young. The Mute swan is the common 
variety seen so frequently on lakes. It is 
pure white and a native of Europe. The 
Australian swan is pure black. Then there 
is the Black-neck white swan, which is a 
very striking species. There are other 
kinds which are not so' common, all of 
which make beautiful water fowl to have 
on lakes and ponds. a. l c 
The First 
40 Pound 
Cow in 
the World 
•Think of it! 165y 2 pounds of butter in one month— 
nearly 6 pounds in one day. The World’s Record Cow 
of all ages and all breeds. Her milk record for one 
day is 108.6 pounds—for one week (7 days) it is 695.1 
pounds—for one month (30 days) 2933.9 pounds. Just 
think of it, nearly a ton and a half of milk in 30 days. 
All of the above tests were conducted by W. D. Golding 
and Prof. Alfred S.Cook, of the New Jersey Experiment Station. 
Greatest Cow on Earth 
Back of this wonderful performance is a question of 
vital importance to every dairyman. What ration was 
she fed? What feed made this astounding record 
possible ? Here’s the answer: 
FSrtderne Farms, Fmderne, N. J . 
The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, Ill. 
Gentlemen: During the past two or three years we have heen 
feeding SCHUMACHER STOCK FEED and have secured splendid 
results.SCHUMACHER was incorporated in the ration fedValdessa 
Scott 2nd during her wonderful result-producing test last summer. 
Used as abase with a good protein concentrate, SCHUMACHER 
FEED is a winner. Yours very truly. B. MEYER. Owner 
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