136 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



the third day sixteen quarts, and the next morning 

 eight quarts, being in all seven milkings, or half the 

 week. Her milk was kept separate, was skimmed 

 after standing thirty-six hours, and made six and three- 

 quarter pounds of butter, or thirteen and a half pounds 

 for the week. 



'' As you place Rosa and Duchess side by side there 

 are some points of agreement and of difference that are 

 of interest to notice. They are both wedge-shaped, 

 with large body — Duchess the more bony, but Rosa 

 with the greater rear volume (broader hips, etc.). They 

 both have neat heads and necks and fine bone. Duch- 

 ess is, in winter, smoke-color with brilliant white, but 

 not with black points , she has yellow hoofs and skin, 

 and her udder is rich yellow. Rosa has yellow hoofs, 

 but a pale skin and udder, and would be called a butter 

 cow inferior to Duchess, and yet she has just proved 

 herself one-half pound greater. The color of it is the 

 deepest — no coloring matter being used. This upsets 

 the theory that a yellow skin is necessary for deep- 

 colored butter ; and loth as one Is to believe it, the yel- 

 low skin must be looked upon as ornamental rather 

 than essential. Perhaps a safer way to put it is, that 

 though a rich yellow skin is evidence of butter quality, 

 yet equally good quality may come from a pale skin. 



"Again, as to vertical or rear mirrors, both these 

 cows exhibit the broad part diminish as it rises, until, 

 when within six to nine inches of the vulva, it is re- 

 duced to the breadth of not over an inch wide. Thus 



