THE 



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Alderney and Guernsey Cow. 



INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



The general preference which has been shown of late 

 years for the cows of Alderney and Guernsey, as pro^ 

 ducing a higher quality of milk for dairy purposes than 

 other species, has induced the author, as well from 

 his own conviction of its necessity as from the sugfees- 

 tions of friends and customers who have felt the want 

 of such a treatise, to place the following epitome of his 

 knowledge and experience before the public. 



Until very recently an impression has much prevailed 

 that the cow of the Channel Islands was unfitted, by its 

 apparently delicate appearance and blood-like breeding, 

 for the use of such persons as were unable to bestow 

 on it the most assiduous attention and care ; but 

 experience and a more intimate acquaintance with the 

 animal have shown that this impression is entirely with- 

 out foundation, and we now constantly see the Alderney 



