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formation and benefit of tliose who do not know tliat there is a very great 

 difference in breeds of cattle for butter as well as for beef. For the latter 

 piiriioses the Alderneys arc certainly superior to the Uurhanis. Ilerefordij, 

 JJevons, Ayrshires, or natives. 



Another good quality of the Alderneys is, that they will live ujwn house- 

 sloj)S or garden or yard clii)])iiig.s, or upon short pastures. 



Mr. Norton says : " I live on one of the old worn-out farms of Connecti- 

 cut, which I am trying to improve;"' and we say, upon such a farm he linds 

 it not only pleasant for his own use to keep Aldcrne^' cows, but profitable to 

 make butter from them for the Hartford market. Our reconimendation, 

 however, is not for dairy purposes, but strictly for ju-ivate family use, and 

 I'or that we do consider this small breed of cows most valuable. Tiiere are 

 l)ersons, however, of experience, who believe tlic Alderneys valuable for 

 dairy farms. 



T. M. Stoughton, of Greenfield, Mass., says: "Aldemey cows are not 

 only good for private family use, but actually the best for a largo dairy. 



" Mv exijcrienco has been with a herd of cows imported by Mr. Jonathan 

 Bird, of Belleville, X. J., from the island of Jersey, and selected with jiar- 

 ticular regard to their milking qualities. The herd came under my care in 

 1850, with the request from Mr. Bird that I should give them the same caro 

 and feed as my native and Ayrshire cows, keei>ing a careful account of their 

 l)roduct by measurement and weight, so as to be able to determine whether 

 they are a profitable breed for butter-making. The following statement is 

 offered as an answer to ' AVhat is a good cow J' 



"Cow No. 1 calved in Jaimary, 1S51 — came into my care last <>f iluy. 

 In June, she made lOi pounds of butter per week; in July, In; pounds per 

 week; in August, Qi pounds per week; in the month of September, 3l» 

 pounds; in October, 28 jjounds; antl two weeks in November, l-'J pounds; 

 and calved in December — making lUSi pounds in five months. 



" No. 2 calved in September, 1S51, and through the month of October 

 made 14^ pounds of butter per week ; in Juno following she made 13 jm.uikU 

 per week ; in August, G po.unds per week ; and ealvctl early in Oct..ber— 

 making 317 pounds of butter for the year. 



"No. 3 was a three-year-old heiler, calveil in September, l>:><i. in tne 

 month of October, made 11 j pounds i>er week; in June folK)wing, 8} 

 pounds per week; in August, -l pounds per week— making 2G7 iwunds for 



the year. 



"No. i was a heifer two years old; calved in March, 1858, Iroin Iho 

 1st of April to November she made 200 jwunds of butter. UreatMt yield 

 ])er week, lOj j.ounds ; and made 7 i)ounds per week in September. 



"No. 5, a heifer eighteen munths old; calved in March, 185-*. In the 

 five months followiug^she made h>S pounds of butter. ^ . . , , 



"Tiie above five are an average of the ten milking cows. Their fwl hu 

 been pasture onlv in the summer months, with hay and two «iuart» of com 

 meal and rve niiddlings in the winter months. From tlio above slatoment 



