88 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW, 



" The darker colors are the most popular in England, 

 from the belief that they are hardier in constitution and 

 bear the climate better, but this opinion does not accord 

 with our experience in America, where the alternations 

 from heat to cold are much more decided and severe. 

 Here I think I may say with safety that no difference 

 has been observed in constitution or ability to endure 

 our burning summer heats or the cold of our Northern 

 winters. 



" The care of cows and dairy devolves entirely on the 

 female members of the family, whilst the farmer attends 

 to his growing crops, or busies himself in the other 

 duties of his little farm. 



" The cows are tethered with a rope passing around 

 the base of the horns, with a chain and swivel attached, 

 and are fastened to pegs driven in the ground; they 

 are moved to fresh grass two or three times daily. 

 Should they be pastured in the orchards, an additional 

 rope passes from the halter to each foreleg, and, thus 

 tied down, they are prevented from regaling themselves 

 with the tempting apples which load the low-hanging 

 boughs under which they graze. 



" The method of milking cows is somewhat peculiar, 

 the milking and straining the milk being done at one 

 operation ; the milkmaid, with her tin pail, linen strainer, 

 and sea-shell, proceeds to the pasture ; seating herself 

 beside her cow, she soon completes her arrangements ; 

 the linen strainer is securely tied over the narrow- 

 mouthed tin bucket, and, placing the large shallow sea- 



