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of the New England States can, after a lapse of a few years, 

 supply themselves with a breed of cows, known to be untainted, 

 and of a parentage that will defy competition. 



The first Jerseys that were brought to Nantucket, and from 

 which our present herd has mostly descended, were from 

 imported cows, selected by Peter Lawson, Esq., of Lowell, in 

 Europe, in 1851. Mr. Lawson retained one, which liad a male 

 calf soon after her arrival, and sold the other to his neighbor, 

 E. M. Read, Esq. His own cow he called " Victoria," and her 

 bull calf he named " Wellington." Mr. Read called his cow 

 " Europa," and her heifer calf, the first she had, " Mountain 

 Maid." " Mountain Maid " had a heifer calf called " Nellie," 

 and " Nellie " was the mother of " Wellington the 2d," which 

 was the bull brought here by Mr. Thompson, in 1864. So that 

 this animal was a direct and thoroughbred descendant of Mr. 

 Read's imported cow " Europa." Thus much for one of the 

 bulls that is now owned in Nantucket. 



The cow owned by F. C. Sanford, Esq., and brought here by 

 Mr. Thompson, is called " Beauty." At her last calving this 

 cow gave seventeen quarts of milk a day. This cow is a grand- 

 daughter of Mr. Lawson's imported " Victoria " by one of Mr. 

 Read's bulls, who, you will remember, purchased the other cow 

 that Lawson imported. 



Some might object that the Nantucket stock would deteri- 

 orate, as the progeny will be so near akin to each other. But 

 this has been remedied, and in the best way. Mr. William R. 

 Easton's " Princess " is from " Duchess," a cow imported by 

 David Dana, Esq., of Lowell, and of a stock equally good with 

 the cows of Mr. Lawson, but of an entire distinct relationship, 

 and one of the male descendants of " Duchess," is now here 

 and is used to break up the near relationship of the descend- 

 ants of either " Victoria " or " Europa," who, by the way, were 

 not related, except perhaps very distantly. That the breeds of 

 these two cows do not deteriorate is shown by " Jenny Lind," a 

 cow owned by Mr. Thompson, which was sired by Lawson's bull, 

 " Wellington," and her dam imported " Europa." This cow 

 gave 3,134 quarts of milk in ten months. But among the many 

 excellent cows of this kind, perhaps the most remarkable is 

 " Primrose." This cow is now giving from fifteen to seventeen 

 quarts of the very richest milk, and what is perhaps unheard of 



