Jersey Cattle and their Management. 
but 44 head, ag^ainst 90 sold at Horwood in 18G7. Mr. 
Marjoribanks's herd at Busliey, collected at some pains and cost, 
was bred with a view to combine beef with the dairy qualities ; 
the public did not appreciate it, and a year later, when times 
were good, only appraised it at 35/. Gs. each for 45 head. 
It can scarcely be said that the Jersey breed, or rather Channel 
Islands cattle, except on two or three occasions, had formed a 
feature at any of our agricultural societies previous to 1871, 
when the Royal divided the Jerseys from the Guernseys, and 
the Bath and West of England followed suit a year later. Yet 
in 1844, when the Royal Show was held at Southampton, 12 
bulls and 10 cows and heifers were exhibited ; three, out of 
the four, prizes being awarded to animals bred in Jersey. 
The remaining prize (in the Aged Bull class) was given to a 
Channel Islands bull, bred by the Rev. W. Phillips, of South- 
ampton. The Show was nevertheless so good that Mr. Bates 
and other eminent breeders expressed their great admiration of 
the animals. At Windsor, 1851, there was another good show. 
Thirty-one animals competed, and all the prizes were won by 
English animals, except that for cows, which went to a Guernsey. 
Mr. Dauncey sent some of his animals to Windsor, but the 
Judges only commended two of them, considering them too 
large for the breed. At Battersea, 1862, there was a large show 
of 20 entries, described as " Jerseys, commonly called Alderneys." 
Two years later, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, there were 19 entries, 
and Mr. Dumbrell, of Brighton, carried off six out of the nine 
awards. Plymouth brought out the largest display hitherto 
seen ; 53 animals were shown, and every prize was taken 
by Island breeders. At Leicester, 1868, 38 animals came 
out. Here, as at Plymouth, the Island breeders took every 
prize that was awarded. In 1870, at Oxford, Col. Le Cornu 
and Mr. Morgan being Judges, there were 57 entries ; three 
prizes fell to the Island, one to Guernsey, and five to English 
breeders. Mr. Dauncey's cow, " Vixen," was the first, and his 
" Spiteful " the third prize winner. 
In 1871 at Wolverhampton a final separation took place 
between Jerseys and Guernseys, and since then it has been 
pretty well an open question whether our own or the Island 
breeders won. Local shows began to give more encouragement 
to the breed. The Bath and West of England and the Hants 
and Berks Societies had large entries commencing with that 
year. Lord Chesham, Lord Egmont, Mr. Cardus, Mr. Drewitt, 
Mr. Wingfield Digby, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Fuller, Mrs. Malcolm, 
Mr. Rigg, Mr. Ramsden, and Mr. Simpson, have been the 
principal winners. The Essex Society has also had good and 
numerous shows, and the prize-list has been swelled by special 
