40 THE DAIEYMAN*S MANUAL. 



The cow Nellie, bred by the author, made G25 pounds of 

 butter in twenty months between two calves, and from 

 her first calf on December 27, 1879, to the end of her 

 third milking season in December, 1883 — that is, in ex- 

 actly four years — she produced 1,619 pounds of butter, 

 which was all sold at an average of fifty cents per pound, 

 yielding the sum of $821.50 in tlie four years, besides 

 rearing two heifer calves. Some remarks have been 

 made derogatory to the high prices asked and paid for 

 Jersey cows. This instance of the actual intrinsic value 

 of a cow may be taken as a fair example of what a cow of 

 this kind ought to be worth simply for the money value 

 of her product. Any dairyman could well afford to pay 

 $500 for such a cow, for her butter- making worth, 

 leaving the value of her calves out of the question. For 

 the private dairy, where one cow is kept for the family 

 supply of milk, cream, and butter, this fact is also worth 

 thinking of, in case the owner has ample means for pro- 

 curing the best animal for his purpose. The considera- 

 tion is worthy of notice also by farmers who are inter- 

 ested in improving their dairy stock ; for a good bull is 

 worth as much more than a good cow, as the calves got by 

 a bull are more numerous than the one calf of a cow in 

 any one year. This remark is not applied solely to the 

 Jersey breed, but to whatever breed may be supposed by 

 a dairyman to be the best for his i3urpose. 



The Jersey cattle are of medium size, very graceful in 

 figure, having slender limbs, a thin neck, a fine head 

 with broad forehead, dished face, large black eyes, a 

 gentle expression, and fine, small, curved horns, usually 

 bkck in color, setting forward over the forehead. The 

 fore-quarters are light, the abdomen deep and large, the 

 hind-quarters large, the back broad, the thighs thin and 

 set well apart, giving room for a broad udder, which has 

 a loose skin hanging far up behind and giving great 

 capacity for holding milk ; the milk vein is large and 



