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reared, and after the first winter they are hardy enough to 

 be in the open in a sheltered field until they come into profit 

 about two years old. They give on an average annually 

 from 700 to 750 gallons of milk, containing 8 ounces of butter- 

 fat per gallon. It is sold as sweet milk at 2 id. per pint, or 

 is. 6d. per gallon. The daily food of a cow in full milk 

 consists of about 100 Ibs. of turnips, 8 Ibs. of dried grains 

 (with 3 or 4 Ibs. of pease meal) steamed, 6 or 7 Ibs. of hay at 

 night, and straw ad libitum. 



The Alderney section of the Channel Islands cattle is now 

 absorbed by the Guernsey breed. The Alderney was 

 originally formed by mingling Jersey and Guernsey blood. 

 The cows are smaller than Guernseys, and at one time they 

 were much darker in colour. No Alderney bulls are 

 admitted into Guernsey, but cows and heifers are ; and many 

 of the Alderney cows of the day have been brought as calves 

 from Guernsey, and Guernsey bulls are also taken by the 

 Alderney State by permission of the Court of Guernsey. 



HISTORY AND PRODUCE RECORD OF CAPTAIN SMITH- 

 NEILL'S BRINDLED CROSS-BRED CHANNEL ISLANDS' Cow, 

 " DOCTOR " (already referred to on page 220). This cow was 

 purchased as a heifer by Doctor Woollerton of Wendover, 

 from Adams, a cattle-dealer of Little Kimble, in 1882 or 1883, 

 and calved a bull calf shortly after. Dr Woollerton sold her 

 twice to local men because she gave too much milk for his 

 requirements. On the third occasion, in September 1902, 

 Captain Smith-Neill secured her for .15. She has since 

 won the following Premier Prizes : Milking trials (cross-bred 

 class), London Dairy Show, first prize in 1902, 1905. Butter 

 tests (cross-bred class), London Dairy Show, first prize in 

 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906. Milking trials at Tring, 

 first prize for a cow under 900 Ibs., in 1904, 1905, and 1906. 

 The Lord Mayor's Cup, in 1905, for a cow other than a Short- 

 horn giving the most milk in the milking trials of the London 

 Dairy Show. Her total earnings in money were 115 ; and 

 her milk record, 1903, 12,707 Ibs.; 1904, 11,696 Ibs.; 1905, 

 10,469 Ibs. From April 28th to November ist, 1906, 8837 

 Ibs., when she was still giving 20 Ibs. per day. Her last 

 record would no doubt have been better, but for injuries 

 received through being knocked over by another cow at the 

 Dairy Show. 



