KING OF WIRTEMBURG'S RECORDS. 



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are given in this table with the exception of the Zebu from East India, which is 

 reported as having no milking qualities. The headings have been slightly 

 changed and columns relating to acclimatization in Wirtemburg, adaption to the 

 yoke, etc., left out, as not specially relating to the subject under consideration : 



SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTS IN CATTLE FEEDING AND MILKING ON THE ESTATES OF THE KING OF 

 WIRTEMBURG, BETWEEN 1833 AND 1865. 



* The Short-horn herd consisted of four cows, selected, upon the recommendation of Sir Robert 

 Peel, from the estate of Sir James Graham, two of which were reputed to be famous milkers. 

 These were purchased in 1847. Ten years afterwards five cows were added, from the Model Farm 

 of Prince Albert, at Windsor. 



t These consisted of six cows, imported direct from the island of Jersey, and nine imported 

 from England, called thoroughbred Alderneys. It is probable that the latter were not pure Jerseys, 

 but of pure or mixed Guernsey extraction. 



Mr. Klippart also reports a series of milk records made in Saxony during 

 a period of eight years, beginning with 1852, and closing with 1859. The govern- 

 ment, for several years, had been encouraging the importation of the best milch 

 breeds. From 1844 to 1851, a bonus of fifty thalers had been given for an impor- 

 tation of ten cows or ten heifers in calf of the foreign breeds named in the 

 second table below. Mr Klippart does not state how, or by what authority 

 these records were made, but the presumption is that they were kept by the 

 owners of the various herds, and reported under certain governmental regula- 

 tions. The two tables that follow are made up from his report. 



MILK RECORD OF HOLLAND, OR FRIESIAN, COWS IN SAXONY. 



