270 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



$2,500. A full report in relation to these animals was made 

 the last year. The stock is still in the care and keeping of 

 Mr. IMotley, and too few in number, to warrant the trustees in 

 distributing or disposing of any of them. No evidence has 

 appeared tending to diminish the reputation of this race for 

 singular richness of milk, or to lead the trustees to question 

 their ability to sustain the cold or heat of our climate. The 

 following extract of a report made to the trustees by Mr. 

 Motley, will show his opinion of their value, sustained by facts 

 within his knowledge. 



John C. Gray, President. 



Benjamin Guild, Secretary. 



Report of Mr. Motley.^ 



From my monthly reports the trustees have been kept in- 

 formed of the general health and condition of the animals 

 belonging to the society. I now submit some remarks as to 

 the value of the Jersey breed of cows for general use. 



It has been stated that the quantity of milk given by them 

 was so small, that it was not made up by the excellence in 

 quality. From my experience, I am quite satisfied, that even 

 in quantity, they are fully equal to the average of any other 

 breed of cows. I do not presume to say, that they give so 

 large a quantity as some cows at the height of their flow, but 

 that they hold out longer and are more equal through the year. 

 For example, the heifer "Minna," to calve January 24, 1854, is 

 now giving four quarts (beer measure) per day, and all the 

 other cows are giving from six to eight quarts per day. The 

 milkmen are willing to pay morQ. for this milk than for that 

 from common cows, finding that there are people who know 

 the difference between milk that will produce cream, and that 

 which will not, and will pay a much higher price for it. As to 

 quality, no one disputes that the milk from the Jersey cow is 

 infinitely superior to any other. I have been induced to try 

 the experiment of how much butter one cow could make in the 

 year, and thus far, she has exceeded my expectations. From 

 May 18th to November 9th, — being twenty-six weeks, — she has 

 made three hundred and sixteen pounds and seven ounces, being 



