Alderneys

There in the cool, and the scent of vanilla and ammonia, away from flies, the three Alderneys were chewing the quiet cud; just milked, waiting for evening, to be turned out again into the lower field.

To Let 2004

Four varieties of the rhinoceros are enumerated by naturalists, but my observation led me to conclude that there are but two, and that the extra species have been formed from differences in their sizes, ages, and the direction of the horns, as if we should reckon the short-horned cattle a different species from the Alderneys or the

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Devon oxen, the Alderneys, Herefordshire, and Ayrshire are grazing, and that the eyes which Carlyle likened to anthracite furnaces will glow and soften.

The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery

Then too I used to spend happy hours exploring garden, field and forest, for Oaklands embraced a wide area, making acquaintance with the gentle Alderneys, and Jerseys, who brought us so generously their daily offering, as well as the many other meek, dumb creatures whom

Medoline Selwyn's Work Hattie E. Colter

Alderneys has not been found nearly so satisfactory in infant feeding as that from some other herds, such, for example, as the common "grade cows."

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt

Certain highly specialized breeds of cattle, as the Alderneys, are much more susceptible to tuberculosis than the less specialized.

Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

It is impossible to lose the feeling that the right place for cattle -- even for Alderneys -- is the meadow.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Unasked she gave a pleasant account of the happenings at Oaklands, the ongoings of his human and dumb dependents; how the Alderneys at her suggestion had been transferred to richer pasturage, and the consequent increase in cream; the immense crop of fruit and vegetables, so much more than they could possibly require, and would it be best to sell the overplus?

Medoline Selwyn's Work Hattie E. Colter

Cows, whether the fine old "line-backs" of the hills or scrawny, beefless Alderneys or milkless Durhams, have one merit with a boy.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

The display of all the European breeds of cattle and horses -- English Durhams, Alderneys and racers,

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various