STOCK. 273 



tion, running on excellent pasture of orcbard grass and white 

 clover, and gives, on an average, about fourteen quarts of milk 

 per day. From this quantity, during the week ending the 7th 

 instant, we obtained ten quarts of cream, wliicli produced eight 

 pounds and two ounces of butter; and the w-eck succeeding, 

 ten and a half quarts, which gave eight pounds and three-quar- 

 ters of the quality of the sample sent. You will perceive it is 

 of so rich a yellow, that it might be suspected some foreign 

 coloring matter had been added to it ,• but you may rely on it 

 this is not the case. I may add, that one of the good proper- 

 ties of this valuable breed of cattle is the ease with which the 

 cream is churned, requiring but a few minutes to convert it 

 into butter. 



I remain, &c., 



Reuben Haines." 



I have been well acquainted with Mr. Haines. He sustains 

 an unblemished character, and his statements may be entirely 

 relied on. ***** * 

 With great regard, 



I am your ob't serv't, 



T. Pickering. 



Tlie following is the paper referred to : — 



To tlie farmers of Essex : — 



As the principal object in keeping cows in this county is to 

 supply the market towns with butter, it was clearly expedient 

 that the farmers should possess themselves of a breed best 

 adapted to furnish that article. Of all breeds known in Eng- 

 land, that called the Alderney is acknowledged to be superior 

 to any other for butter, according to their size, or, as the 

 English writers express it — the Alderney cows yield more 

 butter than any other breed, "for their inches." Being satis- 

 fied of this, I wrote to Gorham Parsons, Esq., of Brighton, (a 

 native of Essex, and owner of a valuable farm in By field,) to 

 know on what terms he would let me have his bull, for a year 

 or more, to send round among the farmers of the county, for 

 35* 



