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she eats it, we walk around her, and, in stroking lier hair, we are surprised at its 

 softness; but when we take hold of her skin, which is as soft and pliable as cham- 

 ois skin, the softness is explained; and wlien we behold the udder, which is swung 

 under her, and notice the great number and size of the milking veins that cross 

 and recross before entering the udder, which seems too large, we are led to believe 

 that the goddess of milk and butter, in all her perfection, for the first time, con- 

 fronts us. As to her value as a butter cow, upon what is my former statement 

 based? Is it on theory? No, indeed; it is on actual test. It is based on the 

 amount of butter she will make in a specified time, as compared with the amount 

 of butter made in the same time by other breeds of cattle. And I take it that any 

 reasonable mind will admit, that if the Jersey cow will make more butter in seven 

 days than any cow of any other breed, and that, take them as a family, more of 

 them show superior excellence as butter makers, than those of any other family, 

 that she is the queen of all, and as such should occupy the throne. And 

 that this is true, no one can question, as the reported records of all tests to this 

 time will prove. Hence, the value of tests to the Jersey cow. It is true that 

 there are cows of other breeds that give more milk, but it is equally true that as a 

 good cow, crossed with a good corn-crib, gives good milk; so one gallon of good 

 Jersey milk, crossed with about three gallons of good, pure, sparkling spring 

 water, gives quantity which equals in quality and richness the milk of these re- 

 puted large milkers of certain other breeds; because, as all know, quantity is at 

 the expense of ([uality and richness. What has testing done toward the develop- 

 ment of the Jer.seycow? It has done everything. It has disclosed and brought 

 to the knowledge of the breeder the comparative abilities of certain families as 

 butter producers; has disclosed to us the best crosses; has shown what families are 

 best to couple together to produce superior butter cows; has led to the investigation 

 and analyzation of the elements composing the food which is fed, and has deter- 

 mined what kind of food should be given the cow to produce the best results, so that 

 economy can be used in feeding. And when you couple this with the fact that the 

 American Jersey Cattle Club has preserved for us the record of the breeding of 

 thoroughbred Jerseys and has kept it in such a careful and jealous way, that it is 

 almost impossible for an error to occur, and permit some presuming miss to creep 

 into the register, too much can not be said in commendation of those who have 

 taken the pains to test their cows, or have it done, and report the test for our bene- 

 fit, and to the A. J. C. C, because the one is imperfect without the other. For, un- 

 less after the test is made, we know, beyond any question, the breeding of the 

 tested animal, and this we can only know by the recoi-ds of the A. J. C. C, it would 

 be impossible to reach that high excellence in breeding, which has characterized 

 the breeders of this country and of Canada. 



Like many of you, gentlemen, I have enjoyed the pleasure of visiting the homes 

 of, and examining such noted cows as Mary Anne of St. Lambert, and Ida of St. 

 Lambert, and their sisters; Eurotas and Bomba, Hazen's Bess, Coomassie and her 

 close relations, Fadette of Verna 3d, and Valhalla, and many more of the Signals ; 

 Lady Mel 2d, Dandelion, and Favorite of the Elms, and, in fact, representatives of 

 almost all the noted families, and I am compi lied to confess that, had I not been 

 advised as to the records of these cows, I would, in many cases, have selected cer- 



