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ADDRESS OF MR. LORING. 



our middle States, and Herefords and Devons to 

 more northren 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 des- 

 cribed by Parkinson, a distinguished English writer on 

 cattle in 181 Q, under the name of Alderney, as follows: — 



" They seem to be a very tender species. Their 

 <:folor is mostly yellow, with white or mottled faces, and 

 white interspersed on various 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 bucks are narrow 

 and sharp at the ends; the rump is short; the thighs 

 are thin ; the bones are 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 discription 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 

 well 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 



