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edo-e of stock, and carefully attend all markets within his reach to watch 
the fluctuation in the prices. It will generally be found that the prin- 
cipal profit in feeding stock is the manure, and to this the greatest 
attention should be directed. A little management will often greatly in- 
crease both the quantity and quality of this indispensable substance, and 
make all the difference between a loss and a profit in the keeping ot stock. 
TIIE “ CREAM-POT ” BREED OF CATTLE.— 1 This is a valuable dairy-bree| 
and promises to exceed all other breeds in this country, in the quantity and 
richness of the milk it furnishes, and the extraordinary amount of butter 
which it yields. This breed originated in New England, and was pro- 
duced by Col. Jaques, of Ten Hills Farm, Somerville, Mass by crossing 
the improved short-horns with the most valuable native breed. Col. 
Jaques thus speaks of the origin of this breed “ Hearing of cows 
that produce seventeen pounds of butter each per week, the inquiry 
arose, why not produce a breed of such cows that may be depended 
oil ? This I attempted, and have accomplished. I have made from 
one of my Cream-Pot cows nine pounds of butter in three days on 
gf “The bull Coelebs, an imported thorough-bred Durham, and Flora, a 
heifer of the same breed, and imported, and a native cow, whose pedi- 
gree is entirely unknown, comprise the elements of the Cream-1 ot breed 
of cattle. The native cow was bought in consequence of her superior 
quality as a milker, giving eighteen quarts a day, and averaging about 
fifteen. In the month of April, the cream of two days’ milk produced 
two and three-fourths pounds of butter, made of two and one-sixteenth 
quarts of cream, and required but two minutes’ churning. Thus much 
for the mother of the Cream-Pots. . , 
“ I have bred my Cream-Pots with red or mahogany-colored hair and 
teats, and gold-dust in the cars, yellow noses and skin, the latter silky 
and elastic to the touch, being like a fourteen-dollar cloth. My Cream- 
Pots are full in the body, chops deep in the. flank, not quite as straight 
in the belly, nor as full in the twist, nor quite as thick in the thigh as 
the Durhams ; but in other respects like them. They excel m affording 
a great quantity of rich cream, capable of being converted into butter 
in a short time, with little labor, and with a very small proportion ot 
buttermilk, the cream producing more than eighty per cent, of butter. 
I have changed the cream to butter not unfrequcntly in one minute, and 
it has been done in forty seconds.” _ 
Henry Colman thus refers to Col. Jaques s stock Mr. Jaques is 
entitled to great credit for his care and judicious selection in continuing 
and improving his stock. I have repeatedly seen the cream from Ins 
cows, and its yellowness and consistency arc remarkable, and in company 
with’ several gentlemen of the Legislature, I saw a portion of it con- 
verted to butter with a spoon in one minute. The color ot Mr. Jaques s 
stock is a deep red, a favorite color in New England ; they are well fornaod 
and thrifty on common feed ; and if they continue to display the extra- 
ordinary properties by which they are now so distinguished, they promise 
