Jerseys as Batter Producers

Southland Times, Issue 15057, 28 September 1901, Page 4

Je rsey s as Batter Producers

Aa in previous years, an elaborate hotter teat formed one of the features of the annual show of the Royal Jersey Agricnltnral Society which was recently held at St. HelJiei s. Thi»t*Bt, Wbich «ai held UDder the eup-r vision of Mr Erneist Matthews, at reeled over twenty competitors.and wu productive of come very creditable p»rformanoef. The fir§i prize went to a nine-year old cow which was 220 days gene in milk on the day of ih<triol. and which yielded 32ib 2 z of milk, or about 34 gallons. On being tested for buttar fat the milk of this cow wa« foand to produce 2 b 4W of batter, or at the ra'e of lib of butter "to every 14lt> of milk. Eveo bett r than thii was the performance 1 f ar. other of the oowa whiob gave lib 13£ z of batter from 241 b 6oz of milk, or a ratio of lib of batter to 13 221 bof milk. Several of the other competit rs ia tba test also gave milk of each rich quality that let* than 1£ gallorn sufficed to produce lib of batter. Ia remarkable cootrasfi with the performances of these, however, was the record of one of tbe cow* whioh only gave 14{oz of baiter out of 251 b 12oz of milk, or lib of butter to every 28.89>b of milk. 80 well did ih* t wen »y-one cows entered for the competitioD acquit themselves a» a wb le, however, thut their net average wt s lib 12^0/ of batter to i- very 291 b 7£oz of milk, or lib of butter to 16 s lib of n>ilb^