IV. THE STORY OF THE JERSEY HERD 



AMONG the highest prices made for Jersey cattle during 

 the last two years were those at the sale of a herd at New 

 Park, in the New Forest.* These island cattle made an 

 average of 2 8 each, though some of those sold were only 

 calves a few weeks old, and one heifer was purchased 

 for fifty-one guineas. Though nothing could be more 

 thoroughly English than the scene under the New Forest 

 oaks, as the little cattle left their beds of fern and strolled 

 one by one into the ' ring/ it was remarked that of all 

 our domestic cattle, these are the only creatures in this 

 country which are in all respects comparable in temper 

 and beauty with the best domestic breeds of India. The 

 resemblance consists not in form, which is different from 

 the ' humped ' Oriental breeds, but in the satin fineness 

 of their coats, the golden bronze, silver gray, and other 

 ' Quaker ' hues common also to the smaller Indian cow, 

 and the perfect friendliness with man which these petted 



* A Jersey cow sold very recently at a sale near Brighton for 

 a hundred and twenty guineas. 



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