November 8, 1883. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
411 
VEGETABLES. 
s. d. 
S. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Artichokes .. .. 
dozen 
2 
0 
to 4 
0 
Mushrooms .. 
punnet 
1 
0 to 
1 
6 
Beans, Kidney .. 
ID 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Mustard and Cress 
punnet 
0 
2 
0 
3 
Beet, Red 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Onions. 
bushel 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Broccoli. 
bundle 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Parsley .. dozen bunches 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Brussels Sprouts .. 
£ sieve 
2 
6 
3 
6 
Parsnips .. .. . 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Cabbage. 
dozen 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Potatoes. 
cwt. 
4 
0 
5 
0 
Capsicums ., .. 
100 
1 
6 
2 
0 
„ Kidney . 
cwt. 
4 
0 
5 
0 
< arrots .. 
bunch 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Rhubarb. 
bundle 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Cauliflowers .. .. 
dozen 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Salsafy. 
bundle 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Celery . 
bundle 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Scorzonera 
bundle 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Cole worts doz. bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Seakale. 
basket 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Cucumbers 
each 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Shallots. 
.. It. 
0 
3 
0 
2 
Endive. 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Spinach. 
bushel 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Herbs . 
bunch 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Tomatoes .. .. 
.. lt>. 
0 
3 
0 
8 
Leeks . 
bunch 
0 
3 
0 
4 
Turnips. 
bunch 
0 
0 
0 
4 
Lettuce. 
score 
1 
0 
1 
6 
IMPROVED DAIRY CATTLE. 
(Continued from page 389.) 
After having stated the style and type of Shorthorn cattle 
which we require for our purpose, we will now refer to the 
Guernsey stock, not only to the style of cows we shall require 
the fancier, as with refined traits of high bi’eeding she com¬ 
bines those of size, vigour, breeding, and milking. Her skin in 
colour, as seen in the ear, the udder, and, in fact, on any part, 
is not nominally, but actually, that of gold, and it is not neces¬ 
sary to approach her or open the hair to see her glow. Her breed¬ 
ing is as follows—Bred by Mr. Stephen L. Pelley, St. Andrew’s 
Parish, Guernsey; purchased by D. O. Le Patourel, La Ramee ; 
born in spring of 1875; dam, Elegante; Grad-dam, Tulip ; sire, 
Excelsior 1st. First prize Grand Royal Agricultural Society, 
1875 ; second prize Royal Agricultural Society, Taunton, 
England, 1871). Before leaving the island she won the second 
prize of the Royal Agricultural Society, and first prize in the 
Herd Book Show, where all are selected animals.” It appears 
that this cow was shown in America at the last State fair in the 
free-to-all class of milch cows, where she met worthy competi¬ 
tors—in fact, Holsteins, Shorthorns, Devons, Jerseys, Ac., but 
she carried off the honours. The cream and milk of the herd, 
shown at the same time, commanded universal attention by its 
peculiar colour and quality. In large glass jars the milk showed 
BO per cent, cream as the herd average. 
There is no doubt that forcing the animal for phenomenal 
tests by feeding with as much stimulating and rich food as an 
animal will take is wrong, for it must eventually have an in¬ 
jurious effect on the constitution, and also that a long-continued 
strain as in an annual record must, more or less, impair the 
vigour and breeding value of the milch cow. We consider that 
the general producing capacity of a breed under such circum¬ 
stances as will not exhaust or stimulate them, and on such foods 
as a farmer may be generally expected to supply, should be the 
actual and practical measure of the value of the animals. We 
are further informed that the largest amount of feed given to 
this celebrated cow Elegante on Fei’nwood Farm has been six 
in the future, but also to the bulls, as these will be of special 
importance throughout the changes we propose making in the 
improved dairy cattle. We do not recommend crossing to yield 
us a cross-bred stock for the future, as we only intend to take 
a dip into the Shorthorn blood, and expect thus to obtain all 
the characteristics required by never using any but Guernsey 
bulls of the best character and the latest improved strain. To 
illustrate what we seek we furnish a portrait (fig. 78) taken from 
the “Agricultural Gazette” of November i3th, 1882, of a 
Guernsey cow owned by Mr. L. W. Ledyard of Fernwood Farm, 
Cazenovia, New York, who says—“The cow portrayed is one 
well known among Guernsey breeders as ' Elegante,’ No. 51)2 
(No. 198 in the Island Registry). The engraving conveys a very 
accurate idea of her in nearly all respects except colour. Her 
colours are pure white and light lemon-fawn, and the latter is no 
darker on the head and neck than on the body. She will bear 
the closj inspection of the practical farmer as well as that of 
quarts of bran and two of corn meal mixed, and divided into two 
feeds of four quarts each, one feed in the morning the other at 
night. No other feed or drink other than water has been allowed. 
On this it appeal’s she has made of golden-coloured butter, dry 
and unsalteu, 2;{ lbs. per day, or 19£ lbs. per week. But it must 
be imagined how much high feeding, with thrice milking daily, 
would have increased this record with a cow that would eat much 
more. Persons familiar with the high feeding of dairy cows will 
be the best judges. We well recollect the fact of a Guernsey 
cow we possessed many years ago, although only getting good 
pasture grass she made for several weeks in the month of J une 
18 lbs. per week of butter of the choicest deep yellow colour. In 
this case, however, the cow could not hold all the milk, and if 
she had been milked thrice instead of twice daily the butter 
record would have been greaterwithout injury to the cow. Another 
circumstance we recollect, one of the best dairy cows we ever 
possessed was bred from a Shorthorn cow crossed by a pure-bred 
