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what they do consume goes into the pail, not being re- 

 quired for maintaining tlieir slender muscular growth, or 

 enlarging their size, as is done in active breeds, like the 

 Devons, etc., by exercise while, young. What appears 

 probable is: — 



That their quality and the yellow color of their cream 

 and butter can only be maintained hy preventhig regular 

 activity, either by tethering or other close confinement. 



That exercise, in the ordinary way of pasturing, will 

 reduce their yield of buttei-, while increasing the quantity 

 of their milk. 



That if allowed to run with common dairy herds, in the 

 ordinary way, they will gradually cease to supply so yellow 

 a colored butter, and in a few generations may lose their 

 distinctive character as yellow-butter cows. 



That, as lawn pets, or for soiling on limited areas, the)- 

 will give satisfaction, on account of their docility, which 

 has been acquired from long handling under confinement. 

 And they are well adapted for keeping in separate or small 

 herds, by those having dainty preferences or tastes. 

 But for general dairy cows, for the use of ordinary farmers, 

 they are not so suitable, as there are simpler and cheaper 

 methods of coloring butter legitimately — -as with yellow 

 corn meal, for instance — than by keeping underlings in 

 dairy herds. 



The Alderney, Jersey, and Guernsey, are from long train- 

 ing, and small size, quite docile, and properly lawn cows. 

 No others equal them for this purpose, or for soiling from 

 the cottage garden ; but they are not, we believe, the size 

 or character of cow that dairymen or farmers can best 

 afford to keep on their farms for general dairy purposes. 



HoLSTEiN, OR Dutch Cows, 

 have attracted much attention of late years, chiefly on ac- 

 count of their very large yield, they being probably un- 



