Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-06-04
The Alderney, or JERSEY Cow.

tiful and graceful Devon, may provoke a
smile of derision at her plebeian dimen.
sions, and meek and quiet demeanor
But, inferior and diminutive as she seems,
the Alderney is gem among cows. She
is the pet of the Euglish aristocracy, who
prize her creamy milk and golden butter
beyond that of any other British COW, be
her looks and lineage what they may
And, holding in admiration equal to any
other, the grand and graceful qualities of
The larger breeds, we feel bound by truth,
economy, and good taste, to do justice to
this meek and unpretendiug little beast
History.-The coast of Normandy, in
France, and the Channel Islands of Great
Britain, Alderuey, Jersey, and Guernsey,
are the original soils which long have
bred that race now popularly known as
the Alderney. They abound there, now
and on the Channe. Islands they are im-
proved and bred with care superior to
which no breed of cattle in England it,
self has received. On the English coast
of Hampshire, too, they are kept in the
parks and lawns of the gentry as favor
lite milking COW, and considered an orna
ment to their pleasure grounds AID pad
docks. They were carried, more than two
hundred years ago, from Normandy, BY
the French settlers, into the Gulf of the
St. Lawrence, and planted on the settle
ments about Quebec, where they are now
found-rude, aud uncultivated, to be
sure; with colors and appearance less dis
tiuctive than their English congeners,
but still rich in their lacteal qualities,
and highly priced by the simple AaJitants
who esteem them above all others. They
have for some years past found their way
to the United States in the packet ships
from England, and will, We trust, long
remain with US, cherished and esteemed,
as household convenience, and thing
to care for.
Description.-The Alicrney Cow is
small in size, peculiarly deer-like aud del.
icate in head and feature falling, eve
neck, having little dewlap prominent,
lean shoulder; fat, falling rib a sway
back; bony hips; narrow loin; lean
rumps, terminating at their points with a
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hanks not full. Yet her bone is tiue
She stands tolerably well on the fore legs.
Her hind legs are crooked, and her thighs
lean, yet standing well apart, disclosing
large udder of remarkable smoothness, set
well forward, and running well into the
twist, covered with soft silky hair, and
terminating in delicate, smooth, taper
teats Her prevailing colors are light red,
dun, yellow, or fawn, agreeably intermin-
gled with occasional patches of white.
Her Uildy.-As milk yielding COW,
she is altogether priced. Her milk is
rich and creamy, beyond any other; the
yield of butter larger, and os the deepest
color The milk is not SO much in quan.
tity as it is superior in quality; yet is
quite an average in the first, and much
more than an average in the last, when
the weight of the COW, and the food she
consumes, is considered. As compared
with some other breeds, she is not consid
cred as the best fdrm dairy COW. Her
less robust constitution and figure, and
the domestic and sheltered manner in
which she has long been accustomed to
live, have untitled her for the hardshlps
of common farm service to which the
larger breeds have been used, and she is
thus better fitted for family keeping,
where but one or few cows are needed
For such purposes, her quiet disposition
and kindly temper, render her peculiarly
serviceable and where the family COW is,
as she always ought to be, properly regar-
ded, the Alderney will be cherished and
valued.
is scorkiay or, or beef making a.
inlal, the Alderney has less value than
the English breeds which We have before
described, for which purpose, indeed, he
seems not to have been constituted. The
figure Of the bull shows that he is def
cient in the required points of a stout
working OK, or a first class beef animal.
Nor for those purposes is he needed For
the improvement of our common dairy
COWS, the Alderney bull may be prohtabiy
introduced and crossed upon them and
for many years to come every promising
young one which may be dropped should
be sought by those who wish to develop
il the highest degree the milking quality
of their herds The cross has. as yet,
been seldom rcsorted to in the United
States; but may well be adopted by our
dairymen.-4mericIn 1yriculturiS.
[Col sLREE, Of Lewisburs, has Alderney, which is
highly priced for her gcntleness-mik-Hnd butter
To MAKE Cows GIVE Down THEIR
MILK.-Giye them a taste of salt Mr.,
Leonard Gilles, CT North Colebrook, Mas