Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ... THE JERSEY, Alderney And Guernsey Cow. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. The general preference which has been shown of late years for the cows of Alderney and Guernsey, as producing a higher quality of milk for dairy purposes than other species, has induced the author, as well from his own conviction of its necessity as from the suggestions of friends and customers who have felt the want of such a treatise, to place the following epitome of his knowledge and experience before the public. Until very recently an impression has much prevailed that the cow of the Channel Islands was unfitted, by its apparently delicate appearance and blood-like breeding, for the use of such persons as were unable to bestow on it the most assiduous attention and care; but experience and a more intimate acquaintance with the animal have shown that this impression is entirely without foundation, and we now constantly see the Alderney T Cow thriving under circumstances that would be fitting for any other cow kept for the same purpose--viz., milking and breeding. The Channel Islands Cow will be found invaluable for private family use, from its docility, easy pasturage and small consumption, in comparison with the peculiar richness of its milk, the average in a dairy of forty cows, under such management as is hereafter set forth, having been ten pounds of butter from each cow per' week; whereas in other dairies not more than from six to seven pounds is producible from the ordinary milch cow--where alone quantity of milk has been desired-- which is not the main object in a private family. We have, therefore, in the animal under consideration the triple advantage, as before stated, of a symmetry of form which renders it an ornament to the gentleman's lawn and paddock; a...
