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PAGE EIGHT.
OBSERVATIONS ON
BREEDING OF JERSEYS.
The following paper was read by
Mr. Henry Odum, of this city, at a
meeting of the Georgia Dairy and
Live Stock Association held recently
at Athens, Ga It is of special in
terest to the people of this county,
It follows in full:
The enthusiastic breeder of Jerseys
after having found much pleasure and
profit in his herd, and after having
tried many tests and examined the
tests of his neighbors and those re¬
ported in the "papers,” comes to the
happy conclusion that the breeding
of Jerseys offers a larger opportunity
to the farmer, the dairyman, the live
stock industry than does the breed¬
ing of any other breed of cattle. If
he inquires in detail for the basis
of his conclusion be will generally
find that his preference for the Jer¬
sey is based roughly upon the follow¬
ing facts gained from experience:
1. For the improvement of lands
the Jersey herd is as good as any.
2., The Jersey produces more but¬
ter and milk of a higher quality for
the same amount of feed and atten¬
tion, and her products find a better
sale in the market and give more sat
isfaction in the home.
3. Young Jerseys.—cows, bulls,
yearlings, heifers, calves—sell for
higher prices and find a better mar¬
ket, thus bringing a good margin of
profit.
4. The Jersey is especially adapt¬
ed to a high degree of specialization
in breeding for milk and butter pro¬
duction and for beauty of form, thus
combining the two / most valuable
characteristics.
Having proved these facts to his
own satisfaction and having added the
consideration that the Jersey cow is
especially suited for the farmer in
the Southern States, the Jersey breed¬
er concludes thajt there are at lpast
three large reasons for his breeding
Jerseys. They are :
1. Profit for himself and family.
2. Pleasure for himself and family
3. Service to the community in
promoting a high grade of live-stock
industry and in increasing the wel¬
fare of the community. |
And the best part of this conclu¬
sion, he will tell you lies in the fact
that everybody who has tried it
agrees with him. From this general
conclusion many observations arise.
It has been said on good authori¬
ty that the placing of a thoroughbred
Jersey bull in every community
would double the butter production
of that community in the first gener¬
ation of offspring, and there is plen¬
ty of evidence to substantiate this
statement in communities w'here it
has been tried. There is a good
deal to think about in this state¬
ment. Last year there were sold or
exchanged in Georgia only one hun¬
dred and forty-six registered Jersey
bulls and bull calves, or scarcely
more than one for each county, if
evenly distributed. Instead of this
number there should be placed, in
order to approximate the above
ideal, at least one thousand bulls
from good dams. This means that
Georgia is only beginning to take ad¬
vantage of the opportunities which
are open to this field and that by
al 1 means "the best is yet to come.”
This is one of the practical aspects
of breeding Jerseys which should be
kept in mind constantly.
There seems to be practically no
limitation to the improvement to a
herd which can be brought about by
careful breeding. We know of two
large herds where the Jerseys have
been bred by the owners for more
than three generations. Let us take
three generations for example. The
first generation cows are good,
strong producers, hearty and consis¬
tent milkers, but rather ordinary in
both appearance and production. In
fact, compared with the third genera¬
tion they appear very inferior. The
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second generation appears with bet
; ter conformation, better production
arid tend to reproduce their type bet
; ter. These are the result of breed
j ng the first cows to a prepotent sire
having the desired qualities. The
j third generation, produced in the
sam e way, show almost uniform type,
large udders extending well up in
front and back in rear, broad
hips, with plenty of room, splendid
depth of body, and with these a con¬
formation to the best type of Jersey
for exhibition purposes. Likewise,
tested at the pail, these cows show
not only remarkable records but con¬
siderably more than double that of
the original cows. This is another
aspect of the possibilities in breeding
Jerseys which should be kept in
mind constantly. A motto "Every an
imal a specialty and everyday persis¬
tency,” with well-selected sires will
accomplish these results.
We know of a boy who, at eight
years of age, was presented with a
grade calf. When he was ten years
of age this calf had become a cow,
and by the time he was eleven she
was giving almost five gallons of
milk. Surely this was a good cow
and the boy was foolish to exchange
her for a young registered Jersey
heifer and give $30 additional to se¬
cure the exchange. But not so, the
old cow’s milk tested only four per
cent. In one year the heifer had
become a cow and in two years she
was giving daily almost five gallons
of milk that tested nearly six per
cent, butter fat. Her heifer calf by
a better sire is extremely valuable
and the boy has refused •to price her
bull calf at $100. For both the first
and second dam of this bull calf are
great producers and his sire is bred
up close to the tops. Bull calves
from cows like this don’t have to be
killed. This boy also secured an¬
other registered heifer calf one day
old with the money for which he
had sold his other grade cow, which
was a daughter of the old cow. He
is now the proud possessor of two
extra fine registered Jersey cows,
soon to be fresh with calves from a
son of Noble of Oaklands and Baron
netti’s Golden Lad. This is just an
example. For the same cost this boy
might have been raising common
cows. This example points to an¬
other practical aspect of breeding
seys—namely, exchange your sorry
stock for fewer but better ones, and
get larger returns.
But each of these cases assumes
that good sires are selected. And
such must be the case. There is
nothing which injures the Jersey
cause more than the idea that be¬
cause a Jersey is registered it must
therefore be a good one. Several im¬
portant considerations must be kept
in mind if the best results are to
be obtained. First, the breeding of
the bull selected should be good.
That is, he should come from an ac¬
cepted line of successful breeding;
for example, of ..the Golden Fern’s
Lad, Oxford Lad, Eminent Gambage
Knight, or other representatives of
the popular proved families, or of
the great St. Lambert, Signal or Tor¬
mentor families which have produced
such great dairy cows in the past.
Second, the immediate ancestors,
especially the dam and grand-dam, of
the bull selected should be of the
right sort, showing the characteristic
of the family. Third, the bull him
self muts be a good individual. No
one of these three requirements can
be omitted if the breeder wants to
be sure his young stock will be suc¬
cessfully bred. A careful selection
of this sort of bull calves from good
consistent rich milking dams, will
constitute a proper beginning in any
step for the improvement of the
Likewise, the same care should be
exercised in selecting heifers and
cows. The possibilities are only lim-
THE COVINGTON NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912.
ited by tb* amount of selection and
careful breeding which the breeder
is willing to put into his work. Then
we might add that the success of
breeding Jerseys to a certain extent
depends on the quality of the breed¬
er, generally we do not think so. We
are very apt to overlook this impor*
taut fact of human quiality, and say
success or failure is due to some out¬
side conditions. It is personal quali¬
ty that counts, and we should pay
more attention to our own qualifica¬
tions.
In conclusion, we refer to the fact
that the educational institutions are
recognizing the standing of the
breed, the farmer and thee city fam¬
ilies who desire to only keep one cow
also find the Jersey best suited, her
persistent qualities (in some cases
never going dry) alone make her
best suited in many instances. To
speak of the big records would be
more boosting for the Jersey cow.
The produce of the cow are some of
the most prominent make ups in
our daily necessities, and when it
happens as it most frequently does
that it is a Jersey that produces the
very best in most abundant quanti¬
ties, and at the most economical
cost—“Why, then, can’t we say that
Jersey is b^st suited to Georgia?”
NEWTON’S NEW SWAMP
MAY YET BE DRAINED.
Under the above caption the Atlan¬
ta Georgian of a recent date contain¬
ed the following article:
"It is more than likely that the
people of Newton county will get re¬
lief from the malarial swamp caused
by a back water from the properties
of the Central Georgia Power Com¬
pany before summer arrives.
“In ruling on the case, carried
from the city court of Covington, the
court of appeals handed down a de¬
decision Tuesday morning uphold¬
ing the judgment of the trial, court
in overruling the power company’s
demurrer to a suit filed to abate, the
nuisance.
“This means that the case will go
back to the city court of Covington
and be tried befre a jury on the
facts. The demurrer of the power
company set forth that the allega¬
tion in the original petition were not
specific.”
APL1CATI0N FOR CHARTER.
To the Superior Court of said County.
The petition of L. R. Sams, L. J.
Pharr, E. N. Freeman, J. O. Stanton,
C. M. Gay and H. G. Smith all resi¬
dents of said State respectfully show;
1. That they desire for themselves
their associates and successors to be
incorporated and made a body politic
under the name of the NEWBORN
TELEPHONE COMPANY for the
periord of twenty years.
2. That the principal office of said
Company shall be in the Town of
Newborn Said County and State but
petitioners desire the right to establish
branch offices elsewhere whenever a
majority of the stockholders may so
determine.?
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and share
holders.
4. The business to be carried on by
said corporation is to erect, own and
maintain telephone lines, stations and
exchange and to transmit messages on
said lines and to charge therefor and
to do any and all other things that
may be necessary for the equiping and
maintaining a telephonic business.
5. The Capital stock of said cor¬
poration shall be Thirty Three Hun¬
dred Dollars with the privilege of in
creasing same to live Thousand Dol¬
lars by majority vote of its stockhold¬
ers, said stock to be divided into
shares ol One Hundred Dollars each.
Ten per cent of the amount has been
actually paid in.
6. The periitioners desire the right
to sue and be sued, to have and use a
common seal, and to do all other
things that may be necessary for the
successful carrying on of said business
including the right to buy, own and
sell real estate and-personalty suitable
for the purpose of said corporation, to
execute notes as evidence of indebt¬
edness, and secure samefby mortgage
or otherwise.
7. Petitioners desire the light to
ask for and accept amendments to
its charter and desire the arthority to
wind up the affairs of said corporation
and to discontinue business at any
time it may so determine bj- two thirds
vote of its stockholders.
8. The petitioners desire for said
corporation the right of renewal and
all other rights, powers and immuni
ties as or incident to like corporations.
Wherefore petitioners pray the pass
jng or and order by this honorable
court incorporating said Company as
above set forth as eonfering the pow¬
ers and privileges herein prayed for.
W. H. WHALEY
Petitioners’s Atty.
I, John B. Davis clerk of the superi¬
or Court of said County do certify
that the above and foregoing is a true
copy of the original petition of R. L.
Sams et al, to become incorporated
as the Newborn Telephone Company
this day filed in my office.
Witness my hand and offical signa¬
ture this, the 22 day of January, 1912.
JOHN B. DAVIS
Clerk of Superior Court of Newton
Filed County office January
in 22 1912.
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