THE JERSEY’S POSITION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 3 October 1911, Page 3

THE JERSEY’S POSITION.

The capacity of the Jersey as a butter-producing animal (remarks an exchange) has been demonstrated all over the world. The i American Jersey Cattle Club, for instance, tested 39 cows of this breed, which yielded over 70Ulb of blitter in one year, while 84 cows gave 81,0001 b. of milk, three cows ceding luOOlb. In some importaiijt tests madehby the Professor of Dairy. Husbandry, ■ at. the Ontario Agricultural College, Jerseys were shown |to have milk for the greatest number of days (704). They are also credited with the highest average percentage of casein and fat in the milk, the average percentage pf the tried cows being respectively 3.9 and 2.38. in a comment on the results of these tests, it is noted that the Jerseys produced ,1.76 lb of fat for each lb of casein in the milk. No doubt at all can be expressed that the best Jerseys are the best producers of butter. Moreover, the produce of this breed is of far better quality than that secured from, say, ordinary Shorthorns; and we have it on good authority that this superior quality of butter is worth 2d to 3d per lb more than that of any other breed, with flic exception of the Guernsey.