AS THERE A TRUE ALDERNEY?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 8

AS THERE A TRUE ALDERNEY?

r j" THE POINT DISCUSSED.

£>t*£i'At;fa;v nieoting ,*6f,"thD ■- Qouncil■■■ of ! the' >rf(Keiv.7Zealand' Jerse'y.; , .Cattlo:'Breeders' :As-i.l-jßooiatiottMast : : weelv jfwritcs'; our; .waW-c'alled-®vtttoJtHe;custom' of. a number of A. and VC :J;:§i- is^™^^: i n ,:t,h e " ; PoumionVof.placiDg i >itheir : '-p.rtjie"':'sc]iedul'e-' : fpr^*Jer- , igvJßeys;f;and i^iderheysi^V'Some'? disbussionpii.iS.tqotV;place :dny'thejquestions'asVto> whe-1 d'ndithe' opinions was /'freely ex...that- there ■were, not any, land : in' fej|yie^:qf^this'::ppini6hSit^was' ;; resblyed : Ho. tj'Jj'jaet-"those. associations,:whb : ; iyore;i^n teyhabitiof.'including-the twpbreds:;to distvplwqntinue ■ the;use ;6f : psfjas::being , soniewhatymisleading.:W :■;.: :'s'y-ftSp^-Sopte::tinie ':back; thV:"Livo St'ock-'Jour-: fijiSinal'v-went iiiitp''tite : "q'aestibii."i)f' : the'''differ- , . |."'ffl;(eiice}jbetween'.'■-.tlie';'Jersey;.and, the'-Alderf; fcHjijiey/i'frbmiwhich',it4s : 'cpricluded:that the if Ijcattlotbf'.-allV the rChannel; feitpi have'sprung; priginally;.from.' a'- 'commoa llsljßtpck.-.-Trhich.'has .becbme: gradually'diSer-: feii^tuittdSinto^three'.'iva'rieties^jicbounts l

, vislwds,Ti')n;itten''' r iii''';tlie'' : .the os[;&ttle'.*of ;: : Alderneyi;hnd:';^ferjjey;; at Yiha't, ■S'-SthbugnT-tho:; Guernseys; :wer'o:ieven;.': then. g|sa;(liMe,'larger/Uhan::the:fbtherSv;t;;'lt:is : of * ■bipod,,:(eyen"..'■ f rom 'i the' other ?is? |';(;.Hlands):<f was'::jso'.-; soyefelySdiscouraged.:"!'in that;" the^-;'cattle IhaVoYbeen}: Kept; |.5l : ftabsblutely--pure, : in.Guernsey .'a "terbss' : '.th6 ; cattle : have been fe-Hffeely.icrossed.iwithv.ftnimals-prought from *^;<lt'"eyenj l seenis #!-ihe-:ay3acentsmainland.:.miiy:;have:-;been!: certain' feiflATderaey:; to' Ivf'Herdvßook:•' exists; ' :^;ittough'/:pne;:;is;::np:r i :.;;contemplated ) V;aiidi gWiwithput'; such': an i official • record, "it Yseenis

'ii V:difficult,'/i'itf iviich; |.'fe'ias:- l -t^eni: ; place;''t6^'/s^^ !^i!what:Jisy:not"-,a,/:purebrod:;^derney l »'ev6n

;i?#j'jn'ithe island'itself.irWhen'ioncqthq.Erig-i become; : tov'thoviinfortQr' imjilsland ;{cattle originally i\ known; , ; in; jj§i?Erigland:;as3"Aldenieys."/v»::-ii';'i ;;;<--*';:. f' ; Spiijjecj;' to- tho'-bolonrs./bf 'these; bjeedsy.withj ? r7'f.the'i resnlti jng' seems ;to'! be'.'; an : . !*{;iney;;jpn:.:the, other.'hand, l^^;it: .is::held;>that ; ;;^sa-)Cpiu^Md.l / Jeree;l^neVerybnndle , 'd;'sb*u't'| ;: i ;%-jißt'aiJefseyl i crossbred,is;very freguently., s.the (Afderney/Trhich • Ei-v.-j;Was.i/at.,;.one-;,time\;j)rachcaUy ■ laenhcal: JJJ'.mth'Vthq/J.ersey,V;is.;nowi;often.:brindled, Jit. fHfibofi'as: ;;if,::.thefe>had;ibeen^i ; av: cross; of i'.Guern-'- - JiS-)6ey^iS.;^iable;:tp'';prpduce::^^^