THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 49 



to Guernsey cattle, of which a goodly number were 

 brought over, and they seem to have been interbred 

 somewhat indiscriminately. 



** The following is a copy of a paper kindly furnished 

 by Col. Craig Biddle, of Philadelphia: 



" ' The earliest record of an Alderney cow in Penn- 

 sylvania, that I am aware of, will be found in Vol. IV., 

 page 155, of the "Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society 

 for Promotion of Agriculture." It is as follows : 



** ' " I have upon my farm on the Delaware a cow of 

 the Alderney breed, imported a short time since by 

 Mr. Wurts. She has been fed in the usual way with 

 potatoes, and during the last week the milk from her 

 was kept separate, and yielded eight pounds of butter. 

 The cow is a small animal, and is supported widi less 

 food than our ordinary stock. 



u f a gy communicating this fact to the Society, it will 

 oblige, etc., 



"*''Jan, II, 181 7. Richard Morris. 



" ' " P. S. — The cow is three years old. 

 " * " To Roberts Vaux, Sec. of the Phila. Society for 

 Promoting Agriculture." 



'* * In a note on the same page, it is stated " that the 

 cow above referred to is now in the possession of 

 another member of the Agricultural Society ; and after 

 a fair trial made with her during last summer (1817), 



