The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22
Alderney Cows

Three thousand Jersey COWS and
heifers, and about 1900 Guernseys, are
exported from the island every year.
"The Jersey COW is of medium size.
Her peculiar deer.ike aspect distinguishes
her from the Guernsey. Her head is
long and slender, the muzzle fine, and
usually encircled with lighter color
the nose is black, and the large, dreamy
eyes encircled with black band occa-
sionally the nose is of buff color, when
there is corresponding buff band around
the eye; the horns are usually short,
small at the base, tapering and tipped with
black.
This is one Of the requirements of the
Jersey scale Of points," and when, as
occasionally happens, an animal deviates
from the standard, deing what is termed
wild horned, the Jerseyman has an APP
plance consisting of strong wire clamp,
with an arrangement of screws, which he
affxes to the horns of the growing beast,
and by dint of filing and screwing up,
eventually gives them the orthodox
bend
THE limbs of the Jersey are very slen-
der and fine, her hips broad and develop
ed, her neck is slender and rather long,
and the body in the best specimens rotund
and approximating to the Short Horn
model somewhat, yet with sufficient angu-
larity to insure milking propensities.
THE abdomen is we'll developed, Civ
ing evidence of sound nutrition; the
external abdominal or milk veins convo-
luted and prominent udder broad running
we'll forward and well up behind teats
squarely placed rather short than other
wise, and of a fine yellow tint.
"The Jerseys are Of all shades Of color
from pale yellow iawn, running through
all the intermediate hues, even OCCASION
ally to a red, an intermixture of black or
gray, known as Fronch gray, and that
merging into black with an amber color
ed band along the back, the muzzle in
variably shaded with lighter color and
individuals are often seen, black and
white, or pure black, unrelived by any
other color.
"a yellow brindle is sometimes seen,
but this is by no means favorite.
THE darker colors are the most popular
in England, from the belief that they are
harder in constitution and bear the eli.
mate better, but this opinion does moi
accord with our experience in America
where the alterations from heat to cold are
much more decided and severe. Here
| think ! may say with safety, that nc
difference has been observed in constitu-
ton or ability to endure our burning sum
mer heats, or the cold of our Northern
winters.
"The care of cows and dairy dcvolvei
entirely on the female members of the
family, whilst the farmer attends tc
his growing crops,or busies himself in the
other duties of his little farm.
"The COWS are tethered with rope
passing around the base of the horns
with a chain and swivel attached, anc
are fastened to pegs driven in the ground
they are moved to fresh grass two oil
three times daily. Should they be pas
tured in the orchards, an additional ROPE
passes from the halter to each foreleg
and thus tied down, they are prevented
from RECALLING themselves with the tempt
ing apples which load the low hanging
boughs under which they Craze.
"The method of milking cows is some
what peculiar, the milking and straininI
the milk being done at one operation
the milk maid with her tin pail, line
strainer, and sea she'll, proceeds to tn
pasture; seating herself beside her COW