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where calves have a high value, more calves will be 

 produced with the consumption of a given amount of 

 food in the case of small cows than of large ones ; that 

 is, a larger number of cows can be kept. In a large herd 

 of small animals, it is easier to keep up, throughout the 

 year, a uniform supply of milk and its products than 

 where there are fewer animals of a laro^er size consum- 

 ing the same amount of food. One great source of the 

 demand for Jersey cattle is the necessity for a few 

 quarts of milk regularly supplied for family use. A 

 large Ayrshire or Dutch cow, giving 4000 quarts of milk 

 during the year, will produce an oversupply during one 

 season, and go entirely dry at another. She will con- 

 sume as much food as would support two little Jerseys 

 giving each 2000 quarts of milk, one coming in in the 

 spring and one in the autumn. In perhaps a majority 

 of instances, accommodation can be furnished for only 

 one cow, and food for only a small one. For such cases 

 the smaller Jerseys are especially adapted, such as will 

 give ten quarts of milk at their flush, and not fall below 

 three quarts within six weeks of the next calving ; the 

 cream increasing in proportion and becoming richer as 

 the quantity of milk decreases, thus maintaining a satis- 

 factory quantity for at least ten months of the year, and 

 yielding enough for necessary use during the eleventh. 

 "Until we are able to establish a standard better 

 suited to our wants than that adopted in Jersey, we 

 shall, if we are wise, adhere as closely as possible to 

 that. Just now, when so many new fanciers are becom- 



