90 



MASSACHUJ?ETTS AGRICULTURE. 



RECORD OF MILK. 



" Rosa R.," two years old, dropped calf July 18, 1877. 



RECORD OF MILK. 



WORCESTER SOUTH. 



JERSEYS. 



[From the Report of the Committee.] 



In judging of Jersey stock, in the opinion of your com- 

 mittee, different qualifications should govern from those that 

 govern in other stock. They seem to be a breed especially 

 created and bred for the purpose of making milk and but- 

 ter, and as such should merit premiums for those especial 

 objects. No sane man would think of breeding Jerseys for 

 beef; and scarcely will you find them in a dairy for selling 

 milk or making cheese. Their especial fitness seems to be in 

 their butter-making qualities, whicli are apparent even to the 

 casual beholder. Your committee were gratified to find so 

 great an interest in this class of animals ; and we think the 

 breeding of Jerseys within the limits of this society might be 

 profitably increased, as the principal product of the dairy is 



