34 The Guernsey Breed 



their excellent cream and butter. I was told by a gentleman of 

 Alderney that though their cows are much smaller, and require less 

 food than those of Guernsey, yet their produce in cream and butter 

 is as great. This may, however, be disputed by the Guernsey gentle- 

 men, as I could not learn that any fair experiment had been made 

 for the purpose of ascertaining the truth." 



In a footnote Jacob says : 



"Mr. Sandford, the Jurat, said that Gen. Bayly, when governor 

 of Guernsey, taking a fancy to one of his cows, wished to send her 

 to His Majesty. Mr. Sandford consented, upon the condition that the 

 governor should send him one of the best Guernsey sort. He, therefore, 

 has had both sorts on trial, and he told the writer that he had found 

 the Alderney sort to give as much, if not more, butter than the 

 Guernsey cow. Mr. Sandford also remarked that the Guernsey cows 

 became dry before calving long before the Alderney; at least his 

 did, which, he said, was nearly two months dry; whereas the Alderney 

 cow might be milked, if well fed, almost to the last week before 

 calving." 



He also says : 



"All these islands agree, however, in tethering their cattle in 

 the enclosures, let the latter be ever so small, and in milking their 

 cows three times each day; although some exceptions to this rule 

 may be seen, for the Barrack-master, William Hanmer, Esq., whose 

 two cows are among the best of the island, (Alderney), had his 

 milked only twice a day. The two cows gave 17 quarts of milk 'at 

 each milking; these were not tethered but were changed every night 

 and morning into two dififerent enclosures, while, on the contrary, 

 perhaps the two handsomest cows (one of which had gained the 

 governor's prize) belonging to W. J. Sandford, Esq., produced (he 

 said) each 10 pounds of butter of 18 .ounces to the pound; these were 

 staked out, and milked three times a day. Major Martin also in- 

 formed me that he sold to the governor some time ago, one of his 

 cows, which produced 14 pounds of butter per week. I saw this 

 cow, but could not praise it for its beauty. I could only say, 'Hand- 

 some is that handsome does.' The major also said that one of his 

 cows, as well as the cow of Mr. Sandford's, graced His Majesty's 

 Park at Windsor. It may be remarked that the general stock of 

 cows and young cattle appeared not to have been well fed." 



On page 90, regarding the' cattle of the Island of Sark, 

 Jacob says : 



"Their horned cattle are rather larger than the Alderney sort, 

 but they are not handsome; neither are their cows particularly famous 

 for milk, or butter: a fat ox has been known to reach 60 score, or 

 1,200 pounds, but the average weight may be said to be about 700 

 pounds; these are also killed in Guernsey. Their horses are neither 

 handsome nor large, but they are hard workers." 



On page 167, discussing the cattle on the Island of 

 Guernsey, the author continues : 



"The remarks made on this subject, under the article 'Agriculture 

 in Alderney,' where the comparison is made between the cows of 

 Digitized by Microsoft® 



