Show sli ill 4 aln kin in iu search of a brittany V scarcely had the sale gaie of the brittany hord herd taken place on the ath when the tile late owner began to llave have an unprecedented call for fora a brittany cow or a brittany heifer but it was too late people who knew of the slie mlle sale saie and neglected to attend lost au opportunity which will not occur again very soon of getti getting a bargain such as they had ho tio rig right tiff t after the sale to expect and are now sorry that they tiley did did not avail themselves of the tile opportunity so freely offered buethe but nut the tho owner did his best to accommodate them he wrote to allwoo all ali who got the choice bits of the herd to know at what p price r nc they would sell it was all in va vain n not one of them would look at a hundred per cent advance ou on the price he paid and we wo were nott not surprised for the cattle were worth forth it and gewere glad to find til ali that at they were satisfied as they buld could not help b being ei i n here hero are some of tte tto the replies ono one i man bid off eugenie at but bub without knowing anything of the he plize prize he had drawn drown sold her without thought to a gentleman eitleman ent leman ieman who bought a yearling tuii tull bull buil the latter iatter was applied to to know what lie would take for eugenie eugenic but he said his farmer was so astonished anthe quantity and the quality of milk such a little thing gave that he would not sell herat any price the fact is she was an extraordinary ry cow and had not been dry since she was imported in 1868 except jor gor for about three weeks before calving this winter it was impossible to dry heroff by any of the known methods feeding on nothing but dry hay milking once a day ac she would continue to give four or five quarts a day clear up to the time of calving every winter and yet when in good condition she was a perfect beauty I 1 another who purchased ce cc leste and corinne the former at and the latter coming three years old and to come in next july at said his wife had taken such a fancy to them that they were not for sale saie at any price his wife is unquestionably a lady of taste for wo we could have offered apiece for the two and they would have been quick sold at that they wedo both perfect beauties when in fair condition celeste celesto being without any exception tile the prettiest cow in massachusetts they would undoubtedly bring three hundred dollars apiece and they are worth that today to day application was waa made also to the purchaser of pet a two year old heifer with a calf only fourteen hours old he bid her off at parties were anxious to buy her and lie he was boffl offered ered ored but it was of no use she bhe was not for sale then resort was had to mr arr william kod Kob of upton who bought a cow that was imported to know if he would sell her lier his reply was that she sho was the best cow of her inches 11 that ho he ever saw and the most beautiful and that lie he would not sell her at any price then the massachusetts agricultural college to which a heifer was sent two years ago the present of mr knowlton was applied to but she was not for sale at any price and so they all say within four days of the sale the herd would il have ave brought about one linn lynndred dred per cent advance a highly satisfactory state of things for tile seller to contemplate but there was reason enough for it the fact is they tiley were merethe we rethe rothe the best and most useful cows that we ever saw for the special purpose for which they were designed e and the most mo most it beautiful creatures that wo we ever saw they were imported solely because becaas ot their wonderful and incomparable ble I 1 beauty with less reference to their utility of which less was known at that time whilo while the writer owned them ho he did not even dare to speak of them as they really deserved people would have inferred that lie was praising his own wares for the sake of enhancing the tb errice elrice price half the truth could not have lave been told without exciting such a criticism of his motives but having no lon ion longer gerany any cause for any such hesitation he can ean say that after having seen tile the tho best cows in this country and the best in all parts of europe there is no cow in the world so beautiful so symmetrical or so perfectly proportioned portioned ro ag as two or three of tre tte the herd and none so useful or so well adapted for fon forthe tho the family cow as tile tiie little Brittan brnt Brit tanies les ies mr knowltons Knowl tons cow at the time I 1 lie bought bau glit her was a paragon of beauty we never saw her equal for delicacy of form foum and symmetry y her head and neck and limbs were perfect celeste last summer and fall was unsurpassed for beauty and perfection of form by any cow in massachusetts so fine were her limbs that ono could span the le leg with the tho thumb and finger and leave aninch an inch to spare and she sho was as good as she was beautiful she was faultless but because she was thin and poor at tile the time of the sale slie she went fora for a song A hundred dollars was bothin nothing for herand the owner could take three hundred for her today to day but lie ho would be very foolish to sell her even at that and then there was josephine a perfect model of a dairy cow she sold to newport she sho went for and if she were to be sold now the owner could take for her and several parties would be glad of the chance to take herat her at that allou h a trifle coarser than some of th the crothers others she was wa svery very beautiful and will not fail to give her owner perfect satisfaction since the sale was over scarcely a mail has come without bringing applications for a brittany cowand the personal applications have been very numerous but it Is of no use every effort has been made to find one for the first comers but without success there is no herd of them in new england and we know of only one in the country it is always best to be ready when the train comes along massachusetts ploughman april 26 |