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history and management of the Jersey and Guernsey 



cow In their native lands, together with such short rules 



for their management in their new home as will tend to 



make these superior breeds better known and more 



profitable wherever introduced. With this view he has 



unhesitatingly made use of material by some of the 



best of our agricultural writers, but has endeavored in 



most instances to give credit to the source from whence 



it was derived. He believes he has thus brought 



together in a condensed form a mass of valuable 



material which will be useful to the professed breeder, 



the amateur farmer or the practical dairyman ; and 



fairly presented the merits of the best breed of cows 



for the butter- and cheese-maker, for the lover of rich 



cream and milk, and for the admirer of the beautiful in 



nature. 



WILLIS P. HAZARD. 



Maple Knoll, near Westchester, 

 May, 1872. 



