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rather a large eater, and slie does not fatten to a good quality 

 of beef when she is ready to be laid aside. That the breed does 

 not make the best of working oxen, can hardly be regarded as 

 any objection, when it is considered that human labor must be 

 at rather a low ebb wherever it can be profitably associated 

 with so slow an animal as the ox. 



The estimation in which the Jersey is hela as a dairy cow, is 

 sufficiently shown in the high prices which she commands, and 

 the readiness with which she sells. She has grown in popularity 

 every year wherever her merits have become known, and this 

 not merely among amateur farmers, or on the grounds of 

 the suburban gentleman who wants a pet familv cow to orna 

 ment his lawn and supply the small family witn milk, out m 

 the hands of the dairy farmer who seeks profit rather than the 

 gratification of taste or fancy. One or two pure bred Jerseys 

 in a herd of ten " native" cows, will improve the butter qualities 

 of the milk to an extraordinary extent. The same object may 

 be attained at less cost, by an infusion of Jersey blood, secured 

 by a cross of a pure Jersey bull and the common cow. 



It should be stated that the butter of the pure bred Jersey is 

 rather too rich to keep well, and that to have it in perfection it 

 should be consumed fresh. This is a fact too often overlooked, 

 but which is perfectly well established and admitted by many 

 who have had the largest experience with the pure bred Jersey. 

 It may Avell be doubted whether any herd of "native" cows 

 could be selected which would give such uniformly rich milk, 

 and so highly colored and delicious butter. 



The Brittany cow has characteristics very similar to the Jer- 

 sey. She is not remarkable for the quantity of milk she yields 

 so much as for the quality of the butter made from it. In this 

 respect she stands first in reputation among the breeds of France, 

 Brittany butter being eagerly sought not merely for its superior 



