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VOLUME XXXIV.— No. 11. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1875. 
NEW SERIES— No. 346. 
JERSEY COW " PALESTINE 3rd." — The PrOPEKTT of ThOS. Fitch, New London, Conn. — Diaion and Snuraved /or me American Agriculturist. 
The above portrait is from a photoa:raph of a Jer- 
sey cow, which has descended from the older im- 
portations of this stock, known as the Taintor of 
Hartford stock. She was calved in May, 1807 ; her 
dam was '• Palestine," .an imported cow, and her 
sire was "General Scott," a bull which has pro- 
duced some of the best cows in the country. She 
is a lit;ht fawn, and nearly solid in color, "Mae.ale 
Mitchell," said by good judges to be the best Jer- 
sey cow in the country for milk and butter, and 
now owned by Mr. M. Y. Tilden, of New Lebanon, 
N. Y., was sired by ''General Scott." "Palestine 
3d" and "General Scott" are pure Jerseys, re- 
corded in the American Jersey Cattle Club Register, 
" Palestine 3d " has given over '20 quarts of milk 
daily when fresh, and yields a pound of butter to 
8 quarts of milk. Her owner has been a stock 
breeder for nearly fifty years, and for many years 
past has given great attention to breeding milk and 
butter cows. On a recent visit to his herd, we 
found some of the best milkers, and some of the 
most promising heifers and yearlings that we have 
seen in any herd of pure Jerseys. In addition to 
breeding pure stock, Mr. Fitch makes a special 
business of breeding family cows of grade Jerseys, 
which are heavy milkers and butter makers. Mr. 
Fitch has had probably more experience ia cross- 
ing the Jersey upon other races than any other 
breeder, and estimates its value in this respect very 
highly. In his experience the grade .Jersey cow 
has proved to be a most valuable dairy cow, and a 
very good substitute for the pure bred cow for 
those who cannot afford to purchase the more costly 
pure bred. Stock of his breeding has been award- 
ed many premiums. The cow "Buff," got by 
"General Scott," gained the sweepstakes premium 
for the best cow of any breed at the New York State 
Fair at jVlbany. Other stock bred by Mr. Fitch took 
many premiums at the New Jersey State Fair in 
1874. Mr. Fitch uever exhibits his stock, but is eon- 
tent with the reputation he has gained for breeding 
cows of intrinsic merit and great beauty, with large 
well formed udders, good teats, and large producers 
of milk and butter. " Palestine 3d " is by no means 
the best cow of this herd, another cow, " Myrtle 
3d," we consider her superior, she is beautifully 
formed, is French gray, and solid in color, and has 
made this season 1.5* lbs. of butter in seven dajs. 
