JERSEY V. GUERNSEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 2 August 1911, Page 5

JERSEY V. GUERNSEY.

Superiority in numbers makes the Jersey a more practical animal than her rivals, says an American writer. The animal that naturaly is matched against the Jersey is the Guernsey. The Guernsey has her good points, and doubtless merits the friends she has won. If you like Guernseys better than Jerseys, that may be a reason why you may succeed better with them. Another point in favor of the Jersey cow is her medium-small size. Experiments have proved that it requires' about 21b of balanced ration per day to sustain each 1001b of an animal's live weight; the dairy jroducts and gain in live weight are made from what feed can be assimilated in excess of the sustaining ration. Then if the 9001b cow will produce as much dairy product in ten years as will the 14001b cow, can we afford to carry this extra 5001b of live weight for a term of ten years at a cost of 36,5001b of feed, just for the extra 5001b of poor beef we would have at the end of that time?