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consumer of food. Be this as it may, there is no question as to the 

 Guernsey giving the larger yield of milk ; and when large yields are 

 spoken of as coming from an Alderney cow, it is more often to be 

 found from a Guernsey than a Jersey. Guernsey cows have occa- 

 sionally been taken into Jersey ; but crosses between the breeds have 

 not been successful ; the yellow colour and pink nose usually crop up 

 in the offspring, which retains a coarseness at once detected and 

 rejected by the Island judges." 



Mr. Thornton further says of the Jersey that her gentleness, her 

 small stature, her quietness, her adaptability to any circumstances, as 



Fig. 21. Jersey Bull, "Queen's Messenger" (E. J. H. B. 1206). 



Bred by Mr. George Simpson, Wray Park, Reigate. See "The English Herd Book 

 of Jersey Cattle," vol. ii., 1882. 



well as her really large produce when generously fed, all combine 

 to make her a most valuable assistant. As wealth and population 

 increase, large estates around cities are yearly broken up for villas 

 with a few acres of grass and garden. There the Jersey finds a home, 

 and makes a bountiful return for the food supplied her. There she 

 already flourishes : and in time she will doiibtless creep into small 

 farms (this she has done) ; for her great dairy profit and her capability 

 of being kept and fed in a confined space are distinct recommendations 

 to the little dairy farmer. 



A valuable handbook on " Jersey Cattle : their Feeding and Manage- 

 ment " (Viiiton) was issued by the English Jersey Cattle Society in 1898. 



