Alderney Cows

Alderney is well-known for tlu; breed of cows which bear its name. These are so called probably because tlie iirst ones exportad were froin that ialaad, although now very few tbat are sold as Alderney cows are directly from there. Those of that breed actually exported from these islauds aro generaliy from Jersey, where the cattle are much the same as those of Aldorney, small, with tj)fering htnuls, and of a delicate fawn color. The Guernsey cow is csteemed by some even more highly than the Aldorney ; it is rather hurget, and moro of a red, hriöcfled, in color. The cows are miJked three times daily, and t!ie milk i churned without skimming ; otio ponnd of bntter a day is by no means an nncommon yield for a good cow. The grftrio they. feed on is higlily enriched by the vraic, a species of sea-weed gathered from the reefs at low tide. The cows are ahvays tethered when feeding ; they eat less in this way, really giving more milk than if glnttod with food, and whilo they are cropping the gi'ass on one side of a field it has time to spring up on the otker side. When they have done eating they are at once removed from the suu into the simde. The breed is preserved from intermixture with othcr breeds by strong and arbitrary laws, very carefully euforced. No cattlo are allowcd to enter the islands, except for slaughter, within a certain number of davs. witli the