48 On the Jersey, misnamed Aldemey, Cow. 
pains were tdken, the race and its consequents miglit be distinctly 
traced, which might lead to important results in breeding. 
In the ' Farmers' Series,' at the article " The Angus Breed," 
a portrait of a beautiful heifer is seen ; she is said to have been 
" out of a very small cow, with a remote dash of Guernsey blood 
in her " Her dead weight was estimated at 130 or 140 stones. 
She sold for 50/., after having obtained several medals, and had 
been publicly exhibited. 
The grand desideratum is to discover a breed that will be 
useful to the grazier, the dairyman, and the small farmer. In so 
small a spot as Jersey, it is difficult to cross the breed essentially — 
a great step towards it is gained by crossing cattle bred in the low 
rich pastures with those of the exposed hills on the western or 
northern coast : these being smaller, finer boned, of a more hardy 
constitution, and feeding on a short rich bite, impart strength of 
constitution and hardihood to the larger and more delicate ani- 
mals of the sheltered low grounds. 
It is believed that cattle are generally more healthy and free 
from epidemics here than in most countries. This may be attri- 
butable in some measure to the salme particles wliich, being so 
frequently in suspension over the island, are afterwards deposited 
on the herbage, and tend to its salubrity. After heavy gales, it 
is frequently found that the grass all across the island has a strong 
saline flavour. So partial are cattle to this flavour, that they will 
greedily devour grass which has been watered with sea-water 
which they previously rejected. Two pipes per acre, spread from 
an ordinary watering-cart, or from a pipe which mav be made to 
pour into a long deal-box perforated with holes, will be found of 
great utility where sea-water or salt can be obtained at small cost. 
The Jersey farmer treats his cow with gentleness and care ; it 
might be more correct to say that his wife does so. On good 
farms she is usually housed at night after the end of October to 
the end of February, if heavy rain, hail, or snow prevail. It is 
deemed to be healthful to give a cow a short run daily through 
the winter, excepting in stormy weather. At this season, which is 
usually several degrees warmer than in the mildest part of Devon- 
shire, she is fed with a certain portion of straw, from 10 lbs. to 
20 lbs. of hay, with about 10 lbs. to 20 lbs. of parsnips, white 
carrots, turnips, or mangold-wurzel. 
The small portion of grass which she may pick up in the 
winter, with the above quantity of food, enable her to produce a 
rich and well-coloured sample of butter till within six weeks of 
parturition. 
At this period, which is usually regulated to take place about 
the month of March or April, just when the cow, being in full 
