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Mr. M. Y. Tilden, of New Lebanon, N. Y., contributes to tbe Country 

 Gentleman a statement of' the product of his herd, placing the average 

 annual production of butter per cow, for the year eighteen hundred and 

 Beventy-three, at three hundred and thirty-three pounds. In another 

 statement concerning this herd by Colonel M. C. \Yeld, it is stated of 

 one of the animals that she produced, from the first to the fifteenth of 

 September, 35J-J- pounds of solid packed batter. 



In the Country Gentleman for August sixth, eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-four, there is a communication from myself, analyzing the 

 record of Mr. Thos. J. Hand's herd at Sing Sing, N. Y., for twelve 

 months, showing an average of four hundred and six pounds per cow. 



•In nearly all of the foregoing estimates certain allowances are made 

 for young heifers and cows out of condition; but after taking this into 

 full consideration, the evidence is most convincing that the Jerseys are 

 incomparably superior to any other breeds that are in general use in 

 this country in the point of butter production. 



That the quality of the butter is as superior as is its quantity need 

 hardly be stated, the price which it bears in market being ample evi- 

 dence of this fact. 



And not only is the quantity greater and the quality superior, but 

 the much greater ease with which the butter is manufactured — the 

 shorter time required for churning, the less amount of .working needed 

 to produce the proper consistency, and the less care required in sending 

 to market in warm weather — is of itself a strong argument in favor 

 of the breed. 



THE ADAPTATION OP JERSEYS TO DAIRY FARMING. 



The facts set forth above are sufficient to demonstrate the adaptation 

 of the Jersey cow to the needs of the dairy farm. They have been 

 equall} r successful in all sections of the country, and hold their own in 

 Maine and California, in Wisconsin and Mississippi. With considerable 

 facilities for knowing the estimation in which they are held in the 

 different States, the writer would be at loss to say that they are more 

 popular, among those who are acquainted with their merits, in one part 

 of the countiy than in another. 



Hitherto their use has been lai'gely confined to those who have kept 

 them only partly, if at all, for profit; but during the past few years 

 they have been rapidly finding their way among ordinary butter-making 

 farmers. 



The price at which pure-bred animals have sold has prevented the 

 formation of herds of thoroughbred cows to any great extent among 

 farmers, but it is becoming so well understood that an infusion of Jersey 

 blood greatly improves the butter-producing quality of herds of native 

 cows, that an active demand is arising for bulls, and in this manner 

 herds of Jersey grades are being formed all over the land. Whatever 

 may be the future demand for thoroughbred females, there can be no 

 question that bulls from the better class of cows will soon be quite as 

 sure of a ready sale, and it is unquestionable that tho country is in this 

 manner to receive a very important addition to its agricultural wealth. 



THE ADAPTATION OF JERSEYS TO DOMESTIC PURPOSES. 



All things considered, there is no cow equal to a good Jersey as a 

 "family cow," especially for use on small homesteads. She is small, 



