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ble to us. Short-horns must be fed from the start ; Here- 

 fords can be kept low until two years old, and then fat- 

 tened. Perhaps I might say that Short-horns are better 

 adapted to the mild climate and rich pastures of our Mid- 

 dle States, and Herefords and Devons to more northern 

 latitudes where early growth is often unavoidably checked. 

 But, as I have stated, observation and statistics show 

 that the dairy is one of the most important objects of the 

 cattle breeder, and that it is to the dairy that we are to 

 look for our largest profits. In this class of animals the 

 Jerseys have become too well known in Massachusetts to 

 need much comment. They were described by Parkinson, 

 a distinguished English writer on cattle, in 1810, under the 

 name of Alderney, as follows: 



" They seem to be a very tender species. Their color is mostly 

 yellow, with white or mottled feces, and white interspersed on vari- 

 ous parts ; they have short crumpled horns ; their size is small, and 

 they are of as bad a form as can possibly be described ; the neck is 

 very thin and hollow ; the shoulder stands up, and is the highest 

 part ; hollow and narrow behind the shoulders ; the chine is nearly 

 without flesh ; the backs are narrow and sharp at the ends ; the 

 rump is short ; the thighs are thin ; the bones small ; and they are 

 narrow and light in the brisket ; the milk is said to be rich, which it 

 ought, as they give but a small quantity according to the food they 

 consume." 



This description will apply to many of the Jersey cows 

 of the present day ; although the form of some families 

 of them seems to have been much improved within the 

 last few years. They are now, in many respects, when 

 w T ell selected, striking looking animals, and make a beau- 

 tiful living ornament to parks and meadows. They are 

 almost strictly gentlemen's cows, having obtained a high 

 reputation for butter making, and being great consumers 



