1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1336 
THE JERSEY AS A BUSINESS COW. 
It is perhaps unnecessary, in comment¬ 
ing on the standing of the Jersey as a 
business cow, to point to illustrations 
outside her native habitat, the Island of 
Jersey, where for centuries she has 
proven a chief source of income for a 
crowded population. The very fact that 
land on the Island of Jersey commands 
a price as high as $2,500 per acre, with 
a rental value of $50 an acre a year, 
proves a condition of prosperity—and the 
business ability of the little dairy queen 
has contributed in no small measure to 
the thrift of the Jersey farmer. 
The condition is all the more remark¬ 
able because on the Island of Jersey there 
are very few herds of large proportions, 
the vast majority of the cattle being 
owned in lots of two or three or half 
a dozen head. As a rule, the Jerseyman 
feeds very moderately, his cows being 
tethered out practically every, month of 
the year, and receiving but little grain, 
lie takes very conscientious care of his 
cows, in some cases treating them almost 
as affectionately as members of his own 
family. He breeds not only for produc¬ 
tion, but for that very elusive thing 
called “type” as well—and the recogni¬ 
tion the entire world has given his little 
Island province testifies to the success 
of his efforts. 
But we need not go so far away from 
home to find proof of the commercial 
worth of the Jersey cow. In the pas¬ 
tures of the American farmer, East, 
West, North, South, she is hard at work, 
tending strictly to her business of pro¬ 
ducing an abundance of milk of excep¬ 
tional quality. She responds readily to 
intelligent care, is a good feeder, is gen- 
tie in disposition, and is a delight to the 
eye—and to the pocketbook. 
Dairying in the United States has 
made decided progress in the past de¬ 
cade. We expect more from ‘a cow now¬ 
adays than we did 10 years ago, because 
scientific analysis of her product and a 
thorough study of her capacity has given 
us a clearer idea of what she ought to 
do. Doubtless none of the dairy breeds 
is as profitable to-day, for the average 
dairyman, as it will be ten years hence; 
and because of the weight of local con¬ 
ditions comparisons between breeds are 
not wholly conclusive. But at two com¬ 
petitive tests at least the Jersey has im¬ 
pressively proven her ability to meet other 
breeds under trying conditions and dem¬ 
onstrate her superiority as an economi¬ 
cal producer—and that, too, in spite of 
the fact that she does not appear to best 
advantage in tests of short duration. 
At the Chicago Columbian Exposition 
in 1S93, and again at the St. Louis 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, 
there were held competitive production 
tests of the various dairy breeds. At 
Chicago a series of four tests was con¬ 
ducted, covering a period of 140 days. 
The Jersey herd gave the most milk, made 
the most cheese of the highest quality, 
made the most butter of the highest qual¬ 
ity, and produced them at the least cost 
per pound. Amongst all the cows of all 
the breeds, the six leaders were Jerseys, 
and the Jerseys won the sweepstakes 
award for best five cows. 
At the St. Louis Exposition the dairy 
test lasted 120 days, and was held in the 
heat of Summer under many disadvan¬ 
tages. Here it cost $5.48 less per cow to 
feed the Jerseys than it did to 
feed the llolsteins. and $3.99 loss per cow 
to feed the Jerseys than the Brown 
Swiss. The average net profit per pound 
on the butter produced was 1414 cents 
for the Jerseys, 1114 cents for the IIol- 
steins, and 10 1-3 cents for the Brown 
Swiss. 
Yet the real proof of business value 
is not to be found in competitive tests 
at large expositions, with their strange 
surroundings and skillful feeding; nor in 
the herds of large breeders, where expert 
care and heavy rations play so promiu- 
ont a part, but in the herd of the farmer 
of moderate means. And as a case in 
point, let us take a typical dairy section 
of New York State—a locality where the 
sale of milk and butter provides practic¬ 
ally the entire income of the farmer, and 
where, as a consequence the Jersey is 
judged on the basis of her dairy worth in 
a business herd and appreciated for her 
commercial worth alone. Delaware Coun¬ 
ty is essentially a dairy section. Steep, 
rocky slopes, fertile side hills and rich 
bottom lands, with short Summers and 
long Winters, present many problems, as 
well as many opportunities, to the farm¬ 
er. Distance from market favors butter¬ 
making, and here the Jersey finds at 
least one factor to her liking. Much 
of the milk thereabouts is sold on the 
basis of butter fat content, and the Dela¬ 
ware County farmer has wisely availed 
himself of the rich quality of the Jersey 
product. And many of these farmers, 
realizing the value of purebred stock, are 
building up their grade herds by the use 
of registered bulls. In the Delaware 
County region you will find some excel¬ 
lent representatives of the Jersey breed, 
both grade and purebred. The confidence 
of the farmer in the Jersey is possibly 
best evidenced by his attitude toward the 
purebred bull. We are told that a young 
farmer one afternoon drove up to the 
Meridale barns, and asked to be shown 
some bulls of serviceable age. He was 
much pleased with the bulls, but felt that 
the price was higher than he could pay— 
certainly much higher than he had ex¬ 
pected to give. The next day he returned, 
accompanied by his father, and they 
brought the money for the bull. As the 
father expressed it, he had some years 
earlier purchased a good bull, whose 
daughters were now in milk and were 
better looking and better producing cows 
than he had ever owned before. He now 
needed a bull to use on them, and no 
matter what the price he had to have the 
right bull, for he could not afford to go 
back. The type of Jersey that has found 
favor in Delaware County is illustrated 
in the picture on the first page, Fig. 516, 
of Owl’s Brown Duchess—animals of 
good size, with strong constitutions and 
plenty of stamina to carry them through 
year after year of persistent work. 
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