1853 , 
THE CULTIVATOR, 
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OLD JERSEY COW. 
IMPROVED JERSEY COW. 
Jersey or Alderney Cattle. 
This breed of cattle has been known to some extent 
in this country for many years. The cows have al¬ 
ways been noted for the richness of their milk, and for 
the high flavor and golden color of their butter. Gen- 
tlemenliving near cities, have frequently imported them 
for the purpose of supplying cream and butter for their 
own tables. A great objection to the general spread 
of this stock in this country, has been their want of 
sufficient hardiness for our climate. This was a fault to 
which the old breed of Alderney was particularly sub¬ 
ject. It was a defect which lessened the value of the 
stock, even for their native region. The cows were of 
ten ill-shaped, rough and ragged, with poor constitu¬ 
tions, and little tendency to fatten; so that, though they 
would give a good quantity of rich milk, they required 
the strictest care, were large consumers of food, and 
were comparatively valueless at an early age. 
Within the last twenty years, a great improvement 
has been made in this breed of cattle; the defects 
above mentioned, have been, in a great degree, bred 
out, and the animals, without having lost any of their 
value for the dairy, have been made to combine other 
qualities by which their aggregate value is greatly en¬ 
hanced. 
Nothing could show the improvement which has been 
made in this breed of cattle more strikingly, than the 
contrast presented by the above figures. Fig. 1 repre¬ 
sents the Old Jersey Oow, and Fig. 2 is a portrait of 
« Beauty,” a prize cow, four years old, bred by Col. 
LeCouteur. She has produced 11 lbs. 13 oz. of but¬ 
ter weekly—giving 19 quarts ofmilk daily. 
Within a few years past, cows of the improved Jersey 
