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Jersey Cattle and their Manage incut. 
It is estimated that Jersey, in size some eleven miles long by 
five and a-half" wide, containing about 39,000 acres, a little more 
than half of which is cultivated, has, according to the latest 
Agricultural Returns, 2261 horses, 10,1122 head of cattle, 346 
sheep, and 5844 pigs. Of the cattle, about 2000 are exported 
annually to England and America ; only a few go to other 
countries. The population is estimated at 60,000 ; about half 
live in St. Heliers ; so that, in addition to all other live stock, 
the island has one cow on each two acres. In England, this 
extent of clear land is held to be necessary for a cow's support. 
Seeing the number of buildings, of roads, of hedgerows on the 
Island, the acreage actually employed therein must be consider- 
ably under two acres for every single head. No animal in its 
yield of milk and butter can compare, for its size, with the 
Jersey cow ; and the increase of the breed of late years in this 
country, and the extraordinary number exhibited at the Kilburn 
Show, have been the surprise of many a farmer. For years this 
has been " the parson's cow." It may not bear comparison with 
the Shorthorn ; its angular appearance may call forth derision ; 
still the neglect of the dairy properties in our indigenous breeds 
may have had some influence in spreading the Jersey. The high 
price of good butter and a difficulty of obtaining pure rich milk 
have led to many a Jersey cow being kept in the neighbourhood 
of large cities. Her gentleness, her small stature, her quietness, 
her adaptability to any circumstances, as well as her really large 
produce when generously fed, all combine to make her a most 
valuable assistant. The taste for country life and for occupying 
a bit of land is inherent in most Englishmen, and with that 
comes the love of animals. As wealth and population increase, 
large estates around cities are yearly broken up for villas with 
a few acres of grass and garden. There the Jersey finds a 
home, and makes a bountiful return for the food supplied her. 
There she already flourishes : and in time she will doubtless 
creep into small farms ; for her great dairy profit and her capa- 
bility of being kept and fed in a confined space are great recom- 
mendations to the little dairy farmer. The steady increase of 
the American beef supply is likely to have an important influ- 
ence on our larger breeds ; but fresh milk, from the days of 
Abraham downwards, has ever been man's first and natural 
food, and this seems to be produced at home. Treated gene- 
rously and kindly, kept warm and healthy, the Jersey cow will 
supply with nature's richest food and exert a kindly influence 
on our multiplying thousands. 
