Please request detailed information for bibliographic citation of these articles.This paper reviews some major aspects of the livestock sector in the Republic of the Sudan. Reprints in part or whole only with written permission of the American Jersey Cattle Association. To Promote The Sale of Jersey Products (includes material not previously published)Īrticles in the series, The American Jersey Cattle Association at 130, were published in Jersey Journal from December, 1998 through December, 1999. Rather, the aim is to use that history as a springboard for considering how the AJCA can assist Jersey owners take the greatest profits from their herds-not just today, but for another 130 years of tomorrows. The intent is not simply to recount what has happened. These articles survey the history of the American Jersey Cattle Association by chronicling its major functions.
In the same fashion, the least desirable among the herd could be eliminated.Īlways working from its central function-identification-this Jersey organization became an association of and for the stakeholders in the Jersey cow, the people who depend upon Jersey genetics for their prosperity. With pedigree information, the herd owner could identify the most desirable among the herd and perpetuate their bloodlines. Pedigrees would be the first tool of selection. To be able to take the greatest profits from the herd, they knew, it would be necessary to study and use records of ancestry. In order to help all Jersey owners care better for their herds, the pioneers crafted an independent organization to specialize in pedigree recording-the first of its kind in the United States. The radical notion that the AJCC pioneers introduced was record keeping. Improve the cattle, the phrase implied, and prosperity will follow.
Convinced of the superiority of the cattle from Jersey, and dedicated to improving animal agriculture, their selection of this motto was designed to remind American farmers of the ancient equation of one's holdings in cattle with financial security. Pecus (cattle) is the root of the Latin word for wealth, pecunia. The economy of Rome centered upon the care and feeding of the bovine. The pioneers of the AJCC were men of remarkable business acumen and it can be no accident that the statement, Omnis pecuniæ pecus fundamentum, was selected as the organization's motto. Wherever the milk of the Jersey cow was seen, whether in a pitcher, crock or pan, the cream that rose to the surface proclaimed her superiority" ( The Jersey, 1936, p. The Jersey was the pioneer in awakening the desire for better dairying stock. (W)hen Jerseys first entered the field of dairying in the United States, (t)heir appearance on the scene brought a new conception of cows.
"The (cows) then used for milk production were a nondescript collection of scrubs varying but little either in type or ability to produce. Gow, the fifth Secretary of our association, tells us that there were 6.4 million dairy cattle in the United States in 1850. for the herd is the foundation of all wealth." Asked to comment upon the significance of "pastoral science," owing to his expertise and success, he advised his audience to attend to "caring for and feeding the herd in order that the greatest profits may be taken from it.
It is attributed to Scrofa, a master farmer addressing an assembly of agriculturalists in ancient Rome. Hand, the first Treasurer, second President, and second Secretary of the AJCC, the phrase reads, "The herd is the foundation of all wealth." There you will find printed these words, the motto of The American Jersey Cattle Club, now Association. Flip it over, so that its back side faces you. If your copy of the "Jersey Directory" is at hand, pause for a moment and pick it up. The American Jersey Cattle Association at 130:
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