JERSEYS. FATTENING. BULLS. 29 



Jersey cow, when old and no longer wanted as a milker, 

 will, when dry and fed, fatten rapidly, and produce a 

 good quantity and excellent quality of butcher's meat. 

 An old cow, he says, was put up to fatten in October, 

 1850, weighing 1125 pounds, and when killed, the 6th 

 of January, 1851, she weighed 1330 pounds ; having 

 gained 205 pounds in ninety-eight days, on twenty 

 pounds of hay, a little wheat-straw, and thirty pounds 

 of roots, consisting of carrots, Swedes, and mangold 

 wurzel, a day. The prevailing opinion as to the beauty 

 of the Jersey is based on the general appearance of the 

 cow in milk, no experiments in feeding exclusively for 

 beef having been made, to my knowledge, and no 

 opportunity to form a correct judgment from actual 

 observation having been furnished ; and it must be con- 

 fessed that the general appearance would amply justify 

 the hasty conclusion. 



Fig. 4. Jersey Bull. 



The bulls are usually very different in character and 

 disposition from the cows, and are much inclined to 

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