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presses itself: t he great bland eye has an ex¬ 
pression of affection; the soft lines of youth 
yield to tlie stronger ones of ago; wrinklea ap¬ 
pear, and llio closo, short haira conceal loss 
thoroughly the rich yellow of the skin. In fact 
the “sere and yellow,” in reality aa well as in 
sentiment, aiVoet cattle as well as men in the 
autumn of life. 
The famous cow whoso head is hero pictured 
was the winner of the special prize offered by 
tho Jorssy Cattle Club, and awarded by tho 
Judges at tho Centennial Exhibition. She died 
at her homo, Lonapo Farm, Chester County, 
I 'a., having been tho property of Samuel I. 
Huaut'T.ess of Philadelphia, for seventeen years. 
She was selected when two years old, hy him as 
tho host of a lot of fiftoon, < r more, imported at 
one time hy tho late Thomas lttOHAunsoN, and 
has proved, over and over again, tho correctness 
of his judgment. Her color was fawn, shading 
into nearly black, with largo patchos of white, 
and Hhe possosHcd all those points which we look 
for in a milch cow and a good motherly beast—a 
wedge shape, a capacious body and groat diges¬ 
tive ability, a thin nock and withers, a soft, 
pliable and very yellow >kin, and fine coat, a 
large odder, with great, tortuous milk veins, 
and a iirBt-class escutcheon of tho danders 
typo. Mr. Shauplehs informs mo that in the 
seventeen ycai’H (hiring which he owned her, she 
gave him seventeen calvos seven heifers and ton 
bulls. Of tho females, he retained Niobo 2d, 
Niobo 3d, and Niobe <1111, all of which aro still 
living. Those, at least, among her descendants, 
have inherited the escutcheon and yellow skin of 
their dam, and “ aro all of them superior cows,” 
JERSEY COW “NIOBE 99 
BY COT,. MASON 0. WELD. 
TnE head of a Jersey cow is a beautiful object. 
When young she is deer-liko, sprightly, vivacious, 
yet gentle and confiding, and slio shows this in 
her face. When old, tho maternal character im- 
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