48 On the Alderney Cow. 



Additional information relative to the produce of the Al- 

 derney Cow, imported by M, and TV. JVurts, in the 

 year 1815, mentioned in tht Mh volume of our Me- 

 moirs. Read, January 19, 1819. 



This cow is a full bred Alderney, as will appear from 

 the following certificate : 



" Brixton, Surry, 1th Oct. 1815. 



" I hereby certify, that the cow shipped by Maurice 

 Wurts & Co. in the Catherine and Edward, captain 

 Vickery, has been raised by me from two full bloooded 

 Alderneys which I imported, and that the bull shipped 

 by them in the same vessel, was imported from Alderney 

 by Mr. Allmot of this place. 



(Signed) *^ Richard Platt." 



She is now five years and eight months old, and has 

 had four calves : all of which are in my possession and 

 likely to do well, and I hope will tend to improve the 

 quality of the butter sent to our market. 



On the 17th of Tenth month, three weeks after the 

 last calving, we churned 10| quarts of cream, collect^ 

 ed from one week^s milk which produced 8| lbs. of the 

 richest and yellowest butter I ever saw ; and yesterday, 

 at the end of sixteen weeks upon winter food (brewers' 

 grains and hay, with about one quart of Indian meal 

 daily,) we obtained 7| lbs. from a week's gathering, of 

 which the following is a detailed statement : 



