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of food. Few imported animals present such remarkable 

 differences, many of them bearing a close analogy to the 

 description given by Parkinson, and others being sym- 

 metrical, uniform, compact, graceful, rotund, and as re- 

 markable for the small quantity of milk they yield as for 

 the beauty of their persons. There are, however, ex- 

 ceptions to both these rules, and I would instance Flora 

 and Countess, imported by Thomas Motley, Jr., for the 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, and a 

 cow imported by Charles G. Loring, Esq., of Boston, also 

 selected by Mr. Motley, as specimens of what a cow should 

 be in shape and capacity. There are few Jerseys like 

 them. 



Jerseys never look well under ordinary circumstances. 

 They require good feed, good shelter, a good stable, and 

 cleanliness to bring out their attractive appearance. The 

 grades, so far as my observation goes, are very fair milk- 

 ers, but not very remarkable, and I doubt if in any form 

 they will become favorite animals with our farmers. 



"Whoever proposes to purchase the thorough-breds can- 

 not be too careful in his selection, for the difference be- 

 tween the genuine, well-bred, and well-shaped Jersey, and 

 the spurious animal which comes from any of the Chan- 

 nel Islands, on the North of France, and is driven by 

 dealers through the principal markets of England for sale 

 or barter, is as great as can be conceived between any 

 two animals. 



The dairy-farming, which is especially a part of the 

 business of a farmer in the Eastern States, finds its anal- 

 ogy not in Yorkshire, nor in the Isle of Jersey, but in 

 that portion of Scotland where the soil and climate are 

 more like our own, and where the development of dairy 



