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fine, although it has, of 'course, the firmness and wax-like consistency 

 peculiar to the product of this race of cattle. 



In one respect the practice in Jersey is worthy of imitation; the milk- 

 ing- pail is not used, but in its place a narrow-mouthed, big-bellied can. 

 Over this is tied a piece of thin linen cloth, sagging well into the open- 

 ing, and in which lies a sea shell to receive the stream of milk and pre- 

 vent its wearing out the cloth. The milk overflows the shell, and is 

 immediately strained through the cloth, and is protected from dust and 

 from the odor of the stable. 



SCALE OF POINTS 

 (as adopted by the royal jersey agricultural and horticultural society.) 



BULLS. 



Article. 



Points. 



1. Head, fine and tapering 



2. Forehead, broad 



3. Cheek, small „ 



4. Throat, clean....: , 



5. Muzzle, fine, and encircled by a light color 



6. Nostrils, high and open 



7. Horns, smooth, crumpled, not too thick at the base, and 



tapering, tipped with black 



8. Ears, small and thin 



9. Ears, of a deep orange color within 



10. E} T es, full and lively 



11. Neck, arched, powerful, but not too coarse and heavy 



12. Chest, broad and deep 



13. Barrel, hooped, broad and deep 



14. Well-ribbed home, having but little space between the last 



rib and the hip 



15. Back, straight from the withers to the top of the hip 



16. Back, straight from the top of the hip to the setting-on of 



the tail, and the tail at right angles with the back , 



17. Tail, fine 



18. Tail, hanging down to the hocks 



19. Hide, mellow and movable, but not too loose 



20. Hide, covered with fine, soft hair 



21. Hide, of good color , 



22. Fore-leg, short and straight 



23. Fore-arm, large and powerful, swelling, and full above the 



knee and fine below it 



24. Hind-quarters, from the hock to the point of the rump, long 



and well filled up 



25. Hind-legs, short and straight (below the hocks), and bones 



rather fine 



26. Hind-legs, squarely placed, and not too near together when 



viewed from behind 



27. Hind-legs, not to cross in walking 



28. Hoofs, small 



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