GUERNSEY CATTLE. 153 



taken in feeding and caring for the cows, and in managing the milk 

 .and the butter. It is only poor butter that is hard to sell; the highest 

 quality is scarce, and there is a demand for more than is produced. 

 Hence the profits on the butter from an ordinary dairy, stocked with 

 good grade Jerseys or Ayrshires, should be as much, or very nearly 

 as much, as from this herd. As regards the calves, it must be re- 

 membered that their high price is due to the large amount of capital 

 Invested in the cows. With cows of less value, the profits from the 

 calves will of course be reduced in proportion. In other parts of this 

 book we have tried to show the advantage of cultivating five acres 

 well over twenty-five acres in a slipshod manner. Here too we would 

 say, in choosing the cows for tho. dairy, it is better to have the best 

 that can be procured, rather than waste good work and good feed 

 upon inferior stock. 



GUERNSEY CATTLE. 



The Guernsey cow is larger than the Jersey, and is considered by 

 ome as equally profitable, her butter being as excellent in texture 

 and flavor, and commanding as high a price in our cities. In my expe- 

 rience the Guernsey is in no way superior to the Jersey, nor do I think 

 she is equal to the Jersey. I kept Guernseys for six or seven years, 

 and they, like the Short Horns and Ayrshires, were sold to make room 

 for Jerseys. I found they consumed more food than the Jerseys, 

 which of course tends to reduce their value. These cattle come from 

 an island near to, and in the same group, as the island of Jersey, and 

 have been bred with much care. They are yellowish and reddish in 

 color, with white intermixed, and are much liked by some persons who 

 have tried them. Being larger bodied and stouter than the Jerseys, 

 they make very fair beef when fatted, and when crossed upon 

 common cows produce very good dairy cattle. 



Considerable attention has been drawn of late to Guernsey cattle 

 by the importations made by L. W. Ledyard, Esq., of Fernwood 

 Farm, Cazenovia, N. Y. Mr. Ledyard has made several visits to the 

 island of Guernsey, and has selected his stock with much judgment. 

 The following records go to show that Mr. Ledyard made a fortunate 

 selection, and that his best Guernseys are not surpassed in quantity 

 and quality of butter product, except by a few of the best of the 

 Jerseys. The cow, Countess of Femwood, of which a portrait is here 

 given, has the following record for seven days, ending November 28th, 

 1883, viz.: 303| pounds of milk and eighteen pounds, fifteen ounces 

 of butter, equal to a pound of butter from sixteen pounds, or a little 

 more than seven quarts, of milk. In the week ending December llth, 

 1883, Countess of Fernwood's product was nineteen pounds, one ounce. 



