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with cream and butter ; and I never have had the slightest diffi 

 culty in instantly recognizing their produce. They are kept, in 

 some proportion, at some of the large farm dairies in England, for 

 the purpose, by mixing their milk with that, of other cows of a 

 different breed, of giving color to the butter, and richness to the 

 cheese j but I was informed, at one of the best dairy farms in 

 Gloucestershire, where forty cows are kept, that a dairy exclu 

 sively of Alderney cows &quot; would not make good cheese, or 

 rather would make it too rich ; &quot; and that, beyond a certain pro 

 portion, and that not a large one, it was not advisable to mix 

 their milk with that of other cows. So difficult, however, is it 

 to determine any thing, that I have found other farmers to state 

 that they have succeeded perfectly in making excellent cheese 

 from the milk of the Jersey cows. 



The improvement which has taken place in this breed, in the 

 Island of Jersey, a specimen of which I have given an account of 

 above, is most remarkable ; and in their improved condition, for 

 certain purposes, especially for the luxury of cream and butter, it 

 would, I think, be impossible to find a more valuable breed. It 

 is objected to. their beef, that the fat of it is too deeply yellow, 

 but otherwise it is deemed excellent in quality. 



(8.) Dairy or Milking Stock. The milking or dairy proper 

 ties of the different breeds have been matter of much discussion ; 

 and it would be difficult to find a unanimous, perhaps not a gen 

 eral acquiescence in any opinion. This should be an argument 

 for forbearance on the part of those persons to whom my judg 

 ment might appear erroneous. Mr. Bates, one of the most dis 

 tinguished breeders of short horns in the kingdom, and a success 

 ful prize winner for his stock, gave me as his opinion that there 

 were two lines of the short horns the one large milkers, the 

 other different. No such marked or sectional distinction has 

 come within my observation ; but individuals of remarkable 

 productiveness in this respect arc constantly to be met with. 

 Few things in this world are without exceptions but as a gen 

 eral rule, other circumstances being equal, the yield of milk will 

 be in proportion to the size of the animal. The cub of an ele 

 phant requires more milk than a calf or lamb, and doubtless 

 there is more provided for him. 



The high-bred Durhams arc generally poor milkers. They 



