Excerpt from Jersey Cattle: Feeding and Management It would appear that the Jersey breed Of cattle has been kept pure for over a century. In 1789 the States of Jersey passed a stringent law prohibiting the importation of cattle from France, and although cattle could then be imported from England, and from the other Channel Islands, there are not many instances of this being done. Indeed the only case Of English cattle being imported for the purposes of breeding proved a failure, and it is believed the produce were all killed. The cattle of the Island were noted for the peculiar richness of their butter, and the Jersey farmer, conscious of possessing a breed so excellent for the production of rich milk and cream, was content to possess an ugly, ill-formed animal with flat sides, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
