. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE JERSEY 25 I with much care, and the breeders constantly sacrificed to the butcher animals of inferior quality and value. The improvement of the Jersey in England had some bearing on the general development of the breed. Many herds had been formed in England, that of Lord Braybrooke in Essex county, dat- ing back to 1811, being still in existence in i88q when the first volume of the English herdbook appeared. About 1821 Philip Dauncey of Horwood, Buckingham county, purchased his first. Fig. 106. King of St. Lambert's King 30752, long the leadi
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE JERSEY 25 I with much care, and the breeders constantly sacrificed to the butcher animals of inferior quality and value. The improvement of the Jersey in England had some bearing on the general development of the breed. Many herds had been formed in England, that of Lord Braybrooke in Essex county, dat- ing back to 1811, being still in existence in i88q when the first volume of the English herdbook appeared. About 1821 Philip Dauncey of Horwood, Buckingham county, purchased his first. Fig. 106. King of St. Lambert's King 30752, long the leading sire in the herd of F. M. Hart, Cleveland, Ohio. Among American-bred Jerseys this is a notable sire, having up to igo6 some forty-five daughters, each with a reported test of fourteen or more pounds of butter in seven days. Photo- graph by the author. ^ The camera beirig some-what nearer the head than hind quarters shows the front slightly out of proportion to the hind part Jersey, and later became England's most celebrated breeder. He developed a remarkable herd and it is stated that he eventually maintained a dairy of 50 Jersey cows which netted him an annual profit of ^100 each from sales of butter. His cows produced large yields of butter and greatly advertised the merits of the breed. The herd was dispersed in 1867 when 90 head averaged something over $200 each. Cattle from this herd were sold to go to different parts of England, Germany, Australia, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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