30 PLACE FOB THE JERSEYS. 



become restive and cross at the age of two or three 

 years, unless their treatment is uniformly gentle and 

 firm. The accompanying figure very accurately repre- 

 sents one of the best animals of the race in the vicinity 

 of Boston, which has been pronounced by good judges 

 a model of a bull for a dairy breed. 



The beautiful Jersey cow " Flirt," figured on page 

 26, received the first prize at the Fair of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture in 1857, which 

 brought together the largest and finest collection of 

 Jersey cattle ever made in this country. She is well- 

 shaped, and a very superior dairy cow. Her dam, 

 Flora, was very remarkable for the richness of her milk 

 and the quantity of her butter, having made no less 

 than five hundred and eleven pounds in one year, with- 

 out extra feeding. 



From what has been said it is evident that the Jer- 

 sey is to be regarded as a dairy breed, and that almost 

 exclusively. It is evident, too, that it would not be 

 sought for large dairies kept for the supply of milk to 

 cities ; for, though the quality would gratify the cus- 

 tomer, the quantity would not satisfy the owner. The 

 place of the Jersey cow is rather in private establish- 

 ments, where the supply of cream and butter is a suffi- 

 cient object, or, in limited numbers, to add richness to 

 the milk of large butter dairies. Even one or two good 

 Jersey cows with a herd of fifteen or twenty, will make 

 a great difference in the quality of the milk and butter 

 of the whole establishment ; and they would probably 

 be profitable for this, if for no other object. 

 



Other breeds are somewhat noted in Great Britain 

 for their excellent dairy qualities, and among them 

 might be named the Yorkshire and the Kerry ; but they 

 have never been introduced into this country to any 



