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study of the Jersey com', as well as ten years' actual experience 

 in her wonderful power to produce, as a butter cow I have no 

 hesitation in saying she stands peerless above all other breeds. 

 The origin of the Jersey is unknown. She is supposed to have 

 existed ?>; a pure breed since the date of the Norman conquest ; 

 but be that as it may she has an unbroken record for over 500 

 years, and it is undeniable that nearly 200 years ago her 

 characteristics were so thoroughly and persistently fixed and 

 passed with such certainty to her offspring, and she had to the 

 inhabitants of the Island of Jersey so completely demonstrated 

 her superiority as n butter maker, that they were not 

 satisfied to remain with no other protection against the 

 introduction of inferior blood than was offered by the 

 fence of the sea, but a stringent law was passed prohibi- 

 ting the importation into Jersey of a cow, heifer, calf or bull, 

 and to this day no foreign cattle are allowed to be landed on 

 the island. That she has been bred for so many years as a 

 profitable butter cow, bred for a purpose, and that a special 

 purpose, butter, demonstrates that it is a delusion to compare 

 her with what is called a general or all purpose cow. The cow 

 for the dairy cannot under any circumstances be selected for 

 those qualities which will produce fat. The two natures are 

 incompatible. To have the best meat we must get rid of 

 every tendency to milk, and to have the best butter we must 

 obviate every disposition to fatten ; we cannot have both 

 qualities in the same animal, or to state it more concisely the 

 fat from the food cannot be deposited in two places at the 

 same time. We cannot look for it in both flesh and milk. 

 The practical butter makers of the Island of Jersey knew 

 this, and did not attempt to produce the improbable general 

 purpose cow. 



THE VALUE OF THE JERSEY. 



Pages — yes, quires — could be written on the wonderful pro- 

 duction and qualities of the Jersey cow, but I must not 



