50 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



the superior richness of her milk, when compared with 

 that of other cows, has been fully tested. She gave 9 J 

 pounds of extremely rich, highly-colored butter per 

 week." 



'' * Another mention of the same cow will be found in 

 the fifth volume of the same work, page 47, viz. : 



" ' " Germantown, Oct, 20, 1818. 



" ' " With this you will receive a pound of butter made 

 from the Alderney cow imported in 181 5 by Maurice 

 and William Wurts, and now in my possession. She 

 calved on the 13th of last month, and is now in fine 

 condition, running on excellent pasture of orchard grass 

 and white clover, and gives on an average about 14 

 quarts of milk per day. From this quantity, during the 

 week ending the 7th instant, we obtained 10 quarts of 

 cream which produced 8 lbs. 2 oz. of butter, and the 

 week succeeding 102 quarts, which gave 81 lbs. of the 

 quality of the sample sent. You will perceive it is of 

 so rich a yellow that it might be suspected that some 

 foreign coloring matter had been added to it; but you 

 may rely on it this is not the case. I may add that one 

 of the good properties of this valuable breed of cattle is 

 the ease with which the cream is churned, requiring but 

 a few minutes to convert it into butter. When a proper 

 opportunity occurs, I shall endeavor to ascertain the 

 quantity and quality of butter to be obtained per week 

 from the Kerry cow, imported this summer from Ire- 



