BREEDS OF DAIRY COWS 39 



While the breed as a whole is rather poor in 

 the fat percentage of their milk, it is only right to 

 say that many individual cows, however, produce 

 an excellent quality milk, whilst there are records of 

 cows in this breed which have yielded as much as 

 25 Ibs. of butter in a week, but such cows fetch a 

 fabulous price and are not within the reach of the 

 ordinary dairy farmer. They cross well with the 

 ordinary stock of the country, but they need rich 

 pasture, rich food, and good care to make them 

 succeed well, and they are likely to prove disap- 

 pointing when they are not given the best of feed 

 and attention. Although the quality of the milk is, 

 on the whole, poor, they may by careful selection be 

 raised to a fairly high standard in yield of fat, and 

 there are one or two herds on the list of the Mooi 

 River Cow Testing Association (Natal) where the 

 average butter-fat test of the herd is 4 %, but this 

 has taken years to arrive at. 



The Jersey. 



The Jersey cow, originally called the "Alderney," 

 is a Channel Island breed, and may lay some good 

 claim to being called the " Dairy Queen." It is a 

 remarkable animal on account of its small size and 

 apparently delicate appearance contrasted with its 

 great yield of cream of a deep yellow colour and 

 exceedingly rich in butter fat. 



