AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
103 
1882 .] 
THE GUERNSEY BULL “GYPSY BOY OF WOODLAWN. 
Guernsey Cattle—“ Gypsy Boy of Wood- 
lawn.” 
Our readers are aware that there are two 
breeds of Channel Island cattle, the Guern¬ 
seys and the Jerseys. The former differ from 
the Jerseys, which are more widely known in 
this country, and often called Alderney, in 
being rather larger and better beef animals. 
There has been a feeling widely prevalent 
that milk and beef were antagonistic qualities 
—that a good milch cow would necessarily 
make poor beef. Facts do not sustain this 
notion. Shorthorns are often great milkers, 
and such cows, when dry, fatten well. The 
Dutch cattle fatten well also, and so do the 
Devons, and yet both, especially the former, 
are famous for milk. The Guernseys have 
been bred for milk and butter, and at the 
same time for beef points. The yellow color 
in the skin and in the butter has also been 
cultivated, so that it is exhibited in an extra¬ 
ordinary degree. The cows average fully 
one-fourth and possibly one-third heavier 
than the Jerseys, and give on an average a 
proportionately larger quantity of milk. 
After they have been longer tested, no doubt 
there will be found many cows which will com¬ 
pete closely with the famous Jerseys now so 
well known as great milkers and butter cows. 
Persons who have attended the cattle shows 
and fairs of northeastern Connecticut, the 
State Fair of that State, and of the New 
England Agricultural Society for the last two 
or three years, can hardly fail to have taken 
note of Col. Warner’s noble Guernsey bull, 
whose portrait we give herewith. He has, 
we believe, won first in every ring in which 
he has been shown since he was a yearling, 
and has taken several sweepstakes prizes be¬ 
sides. So remarkable has been his career as 
a prize winner that his list of triumphs is 
one to gladden a breeder’s heart. 
“Gipsy Boy of Woodlawn” is of a rich 
yellow color, flecked with white, with pale 
muzzle, having a massive frame well filled out 
as to beef, and at the same time with admira¬ 
bly marked milk points. He has a broad and 
high escutcheon, a coat like velvet, and a hide 
mellow and pliable, soft and elastic to the 
touch. This, especially where the hair is 
white, shows that intense yellow “yolk” val¬ 
ued by Guernsey breeders, and is seen notably 
within the ears. His short-curved waxy horns 
are also stained with yellow. It is no wonder 
that with so many most attractive points 
he has taken the Judges, as it were, by storm. 
Col. Warner’s herd is on his fine farm in 
Windham Co., Connecticut, a number of his 
milch cows being among the most famous 
Guernseys in the country. 
How Much Land for Each? 
The recent Census gives the total area of 
the United States (not reckoning Alaska) at 
3,025,600 square miles, of which 55,600 square 
miles are occupied by water—lakes, rivers, 
bays, etc.,—leaving 2,970,000 square miles of 
land, or 1,900,800,000 acres.—The total popu¬ 
lation (see February American Agricultui'ist, 
p. 146) is 50,155,783. This land, evenly di¬ 
vided, would give to every man, woman, and 
child 37 s / 4 acres, and an onion patch 3 by 9 
rods, over. If we divide the population into 
families of six persons, each family could be 
allotted 227 acres. Allowing one quarter 
of the land to be mountain ridges, sandy and 
stony tracts, and other “ bad lands,” there 
would still be left the regulation “quarter 
section” (160 acres) for each family.—But 
