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edge of stock, and carefully attend all markets within his reach to watch 



the fluctuation in the prices. It will generally be found that the prin- 

 cipal profit in feeding stock is the manure, and to this the greatest 

 attention should be directed. A little management will often greatly in- 

 crease both the quantity and quality of this indispensable substance, and 

 make all the difference between a loss and a profit in the keeping of stock. 



THE "CREAM-POT" BREED CF CATTLE.— This is a valuable dairy-breed 

 and promises to exceed all other breeds in this country, in the quantity and 

 richness of the milk it furnishes, and the extraordinary amount of butter 

 which it yields. This breed originated in New England, and was pro- 

 duced by Col. Jaques, of Ten Hills Farm, Somerville, Mass., by crossing 

 the improved short-horns with the most valuable native breed. Col. 

 Jaques thus speaks of the origin of this breed: — "Hearing of cows 

 that produce seventeen pounds of butter each per week, the inquiry 

 arose, why not produce a breed of such cows that may be depended 

 on ? This I attempted, and have accomplished. I have made from 

 one of my Cream-Pot cows nine pounds of butter in three days on 

 grass feed only. 



"The bull Coelebs, an imported thorough-bred Durham, and Flora, a 

 heifer of the same breed, and imported, and a native cow, whose pedi- 

 gree is entirely unknown, comprise the elements of the Cream-Pot breed, 

 of cattle. The native cow was bought in consequence of her superior 

 quality as a milker, giving eighteen quarts a day, and averaging about 

 fifteen. In the month of April, the cream of two days' milk produced 

 two and three-fourths pounds of butter, made of two and one-sixteenth 

 quarts of cream, and required but two minutes' churning. Thus much 

 for the mother of the Cream-Pots. 



" I have bred my Cream-Pots with red or mahogany-colored hair and 

 teats, and gold-dust in the ears, yellow noses and skin, the latter silky 

 and elastic to the touch, being like a fourteen-dollar cloth. My Cream- 

 Pots are full in the body, chops deep in the flank, not quite as straight 

 in the belly, nor as full in the twisty nor quite as thick in the thigh as 

 the Durhams; but in other respects like them. They excel in affording 

 a great quantity of rich cream, capable of being converted into butter 

 in a short time, with little labor, and with a very small proportion of 

 buttermilk, the cream producing more than eighty per cent, of butter. 

 I have changed the cream to butter not unfrequently in one minute, and 

 it has been done in forty seconds." 



Henry Colman thus refers to Col. Jaques's stock: — " Mr. Jaques is 

 entitled to great credit for his care and judicious selection in continuing 

 and improving his stock. I have repeatedly seen the cream from his 

 cows, and its yellowness and consistency are remarkable, and in company 

 with several gentlemen of the Legislature, I saw a portion of it con- 

 verted to butter with a spoon in one minute. The color of Mr. Jaques's 

 stock is a deep red, a favorite color in New England ; they are well formed 

 and thrifty on common feed ; and if they continue to display the extra- 

 ordinary properties by which theyare now so disting'iished, they promise 



