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Alderney Cow. 



To Roberts Faux, Esq. Secretary of the Philadelphia 

 Society for promoting Agriculture. 



I have upon my farm, on the Delaware, a cow of the 

 Alderney breed, imported a short time since by Mr. 

 Wurts. She had been fed in the usual manner, with 

 potatoes ; and, during the last week, the milk from her 

 was kept separate, and yielded eight pounds of butter. 

 The cow is a small animal, and is supported with less 

 food than our ordinary stock. 



By communicating this fact to the society, it will 

 oblige, &c. 



Richard Maris. 

 January 11, 1817. 



P. S. The cow is three years old. 



The cow above referred to, is now in the possession of another 

 member of the Agricultural Society ; and, after a fair trial made 

 with her during the last summer, (1817,) the superior richness of 

 her milk, when compared with that of other cows, has been fully 

 tested. She gave 9| pounds of extremely rich, highly coloured 

 butter, per week. 



