Birmingham Notes.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 237, 6 April 1895, Page 2

Birmingham Notes.

[from oub own cobbespondekt. i In your paper a few evenings ago I saw a paragragh in which a question was aalsed, What is the difference between a Jersey and Alderney cow." I am much surprised that no farmer took the trouble to answer the question. I think Mr Revington Jones could have answered it. I am not a farmer, but will try to enlighten your enquirer. The islands of Jersey and Alderney are in the English Channel, they are not aide by eide, for the inland of Guernsey is between them. Practically a Jersey and Alderney cow are the same, a difference in colour there may be. Those who are in the habit of visiting show grounds will often see Alderney cows marked Alderney or Jersey cows. If you happen to know the judges and ask one the difference between them, you may get a very elaborate description of the dif ference from one. You see the other judge and ask him the sane question, and you will get another elaborate description which is quite opposite to the ideas of number one. In your issue of last evening you print a feeling appeal to subscribers to pay up. I send you a few lines which won the £200 prize recently offered by a syndicate of American editors for the best appeal poem to newspaper subscribers to pay up their arrears. The lucky and talented author is the editor of the Rocky Mountain Golt. Lives of great men oft' remind us, Honest men won't stand a chance ; The more we work there grows behind us Bigger patches on our pants. On our pants once new and glossy, Now are stripes of different hue ; All because subscribers linger, And won't pay us what is due. Then let us all be up and doing, Send your mite however small, Or when the snow of winter strikes us, We shall have no pants at all. During Mr McEweu'a recent lecture that gentleman recommended the use of the Babcock tester. I was a little surprised at this. The Bean-Scuff-maan tester has been described by one scientific man as a " perfect jewel." It is a Philadelphia invention. Later on I intend having more to say about it. The balanct-sheet of the Cheltenham Factory is not as satisfactory as the shareholders would like, but patience will reveal a valuable property. It will take years to get the land clear and settlers in a better position to get cows. Two settlers in this district have a large number of cows, but no road. Next year will remedy this.