ADDRESS OF MR. LORING. 



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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 

 symmetrical, uniform, compact, graceful, rotund, and as 

 remarkable for the small quantity of milk they yield, as 

 for the beauty of their persons. There are, however^ 

 exceptions to both these rules — and I would instance 

 Flora and Countess, imported by the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture, and a cow imported 

 by Charles G. Loring, Esq., of Boston, Mass., as a speci- 

 men 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 food, good shelter, a good looking 

 stable, and cleanliness to bring out their attractive 

 appearance. The grades, so far as my observation goes, 

 are very fair milkers, but not very remarkable ; and I 

 doubt if in any form they will ever become favorite 

 animals with our flirmers. 



Whoever proposes to purchase the thorough-breds 

 cannot be too careful in his selection — for the difference 

 between the genuine, well bred and well shaped Jersey, 

 and the spurious animal which comes from any of the 

 Channel Islands or the north of France, and is driven 

 by dealers through the principle 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 the farmer, in the eastern States, finds 

 its analogy, 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 develop- 



