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NEW ENGLAND FAR^MER. 



Feb. 



CALF OF AN IMPORTED JEBSEY COW. 



The above Illustration was drawn of a calf 

 of the Imported Jersey cow Flora, whose like- 

 ness adorns the 436th page of the INIontiily 

 Farmer for 1867. Perhaps to Indicate Its 

 foreign origin or royal blood, this little bossy 

 was called "Czar." At eight months of age 

 he weighed 500 pounds. 



In a late number of the Farm and Fireside, 

 'Mi. Giles, of Woodstock, Conn., in an article 

 on Jersey Cattle, gives the following charac- 

 teristics or marks of a Jersey cow ; and adds, 

 if any one buys such a Jersey cow as he des- 

 cribes, if she does not prove good he will take 

 her at cost price. 



The following is his description : — 



"She should have thin jaws, a small muzzle, 

 with a white rim around it, wide between the 

 horns, a full eye, and horns small, yellow and 

 waxy looking at the root, tapering off to black 

 on the tip of the horn ; inside of ears, a deep 

 orange color ; neck, long and slim, well filled 

 out behind the shoulders, straight back, and 

 round, full barrel ; small tail ; tip of tail a 

 bright, deep orange color; deer-like legs, 

 with square bag, running well forward, and 

 well up behind ; teats of medium size, well set 



apart ; bag and teats of orange color, no mat- 

 ter how deep that color Is." 



]>rEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Horse Portraiture; Embracing BrccJhig, Retiring, 

 and Training Trotters, with their management in the 

 Stable anU on the Track, and Preparation for Races : 

 including Ilistories of the Horse and Horsemen. 

 With an Appendix containing the Performances of 

 Dexter, and a Portrait by Scott. By Joseph Cairn 

 Simpson. New i'ork : W. A. Towusend & Adams. 

 1868. Boston : A. Williams & Co., 100 \V.iphington 

 Street. Copies sent by mail free on receipt of $3. 



This is the full title of a gay but neat volume of 

 458 pages. It is also, we think, an honest adver- 

 tisement of a work devoted to "training trotters," 

 the "preparation for races," and the display of the 

 author's skill in fine writing. The style of the 

 work is the high-flown colloquial, — a dialogue be- 

 tween a Preceptor and a Pupil of the henceforth 

 classical profession of "training trotters" and 

 "preparation for races." The first sentence that 

 falls from the lips of the "esteemed" Preceptor 

 closes with a propo.sition to "wager a dozen of 

 wine." And throughout the whole volume, the 

 "literature" of smoking, drinking and eating is 

 made altogether too prominent for our taste. Wc 

 cannot refrain from an example : — 



Preceptor. — Good day, scholar. You Avill per- 

 ceive I have dropped in in time for dinner, which, 

 I am free to acknowledge, will come very ancepta- 

 blc. I h.ive "occasion," and shall do jnstiee to 

 the good cheer your hostess always prepares for 

 us. I will also admit that the "pleasures of hope' 



