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some think she has no equal, others think that the, coming cow 

 will be the Holstein, and no doubt they have some points that 

 are preferable to the Jersey's : their size, hardiness, etc., 

 making them worth more to the butcher, after they have passed 

 their usefulness as milkers, and there are exceptional cases of 

 very great yield of butter, but we very much doubt if any one 

 animal of that breed has ever equaled the one mentioned in a 

 late number of the Massachusetts Ploughman, of the Jersey cow, 

 Mary Anne, of St. Lambert, bred in Canada, now more than 

 seven years old. She is a large animal for a Jersey, weighing 

 1,150 lbs. When four years old, her present owner tested her 

 for a butter yield, and in seven days she gave the astonishing 

 yield of 36 lbs. 12 j ounces. Her owner was soon afterwards 

 offered 126,000 for her, which he unhesitatingly refused. But the 

 common farmer cannot afford to pay even oue thousand dollars 

 for a cow, or oue hundred for a Holstein calf, as some of the 

 owners ask. What shall we do then? Let us be satisfied at 

 present with a cross of the Jersey and Holstein, let us avail 

 ourselves of the offer of such men as Walton Hall, and others, 

 who offer to their neighbors, the service of their full blood 

 Holstein animals, free. Such men are public benefactors, and 

 deserve the thanks of the community, — and, perhaps, such a 

 combination of the qualities of both breeds will give us a very 

 desirable cow, ;iud perhaps better adapted to our Plymouth 

 County farms and pasture, than any other. But let us re- 

 member, that a good deal depends upon the way we feed and 

 treat our cows, we must be kind and gentle in our treatment, 

 and not expect great returns from any breed, if we give them 

 nothing but a scanty pasture in the Summer, and poor hay, 

 without grain, in Winter, for after all, much, very much, depends 

 on the amount and quality of the food given them. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. A. TURNER. 



