Deo. 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



979 



The Type and Colour of the Modern Jersey. 



M. A. O'CALLAGHAN. 



The two illustrations given will serve as an interesting study for some of 

 our Jersey breeders and judges. If either of these animals were exhibited 

 in New South Wales, especially at country exhibitions, there is little doubt 

 but that they would be 2:)assed over by the judge and classed as grade Jerseys 

 owing tc the amount of white showing in their colour, and moi-e especially 

 owing to the positions in which the white patches are placed. As a rule we 

 are accustomed to see any white patches confined to the flanks and underneath 



Fnni) '• Iliianl'x Daiijiiiinn." Golden Fern"? Sensation. 



Graud Champiou Jersey Cow at National Dairy Show. Owned by A. B. Lewis, Virginia. 



portions of the body ; l)ut here the streak of white, in one instance, extends 

 right from underiieatli the forearm to the shoulder, while in the othei' there 

 is a large patch of white on the shoulder, a large star on the forehead, 

 and a considerable amount of white on the right thigh and flank. Yet these 

 cows won first place in competitions of considerable consequence ; the one was a 

 Grand Champion in the Jersey Cow Class at the United States National Dairy 

 Show, which was hekl in Virginia, while the dtlicr was First and Champion 

 in the Jer.-ej Cow Classes at the Oxford County Show, and is the property of 

 that well-known breeder, Lord Rothschild. As a rule, one j^refers to see 

 whole coloured animals winning fir>.t places in Jersey classes ; but, if we bear 



