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one or two points wherein I should differ with the gentle- 

 man, and perhaps I should not on those points were I a but- 

 ter maker ; but I do believe that in feeding Jersey cattle we 

 should not depart too far from the usage of the Island where 

 they have been bred for long centuries, It is well known 

 that the native food of the Jerseys is the most succulent 

 grass that grows, and also a very liberal supply of the pars- 

 nip and carrot. I am among the number who believe that 

 the Jerseys in this country cannot be kept up to their rich 

 product of milk and butter without the free use of the pars- 

 nip and the carrot in their daily food. Consequently, I believe 

 that Jersey cattle, in order to ensure the production of the 

 best milk and the best butter should have good and nutri- 

 tious food. My own practice is to feed two quarts of Indian 

 meal, two quarts of oatmeal, and a peck of carrots, with good 

 hay. With that, I will put the milk of the Jersey cow 

 against any other cow in the world. I do not believe that 

 you can make first-class milk in the winter without carrots. 



Mr. Goodman. You are referring wholly to milk now, 

 Mr. Had wen? 



Mr. Hadwen. Wholly to milk, not butter. 



Mr. Goodman. Carrots will make your butter bitter, I 

 think. 



Mr. Hadwen. I refer to milk. I stated that I did not 

 make butter, but I do make milk and cream. I know that 

 I cannot make first-class milk from Jersey cattle in the win- 

 ter without carrots and parsnips. I believe there are no 

 cattle that are growing in the estimation of good butter 

 makers in the country so fast as are the Jerseys, from the 

 Atlantic, you may say, to the Pacific. They seem to adapt 

 themselves to all sections of the country ; not only from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific, but from the Canadas to the Gulf. I 

 know that I have sent animals to almost every State in the 

 Union and have never heard a bad report except from a gen- 

 tleman in Arkansas, who wrote me that somebody had shot 

 his Jersey calf, supposing it was a deer. (Laughter.) It 

 was a dear shot for the man. But I have always believed 

 that these Channel Islands cattle are to be the coming cattle 

 for every one who makes good butter. 



I fully agree with the essayist that the best cream can be 



