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barrel and fore-quarters, the other equally so in her 

 hind-quarters. From these two the following points 

 were laid down to be the rule for governing the judges 

 in all the cattle-shows of the Jersey Agricultural 

 Society. (See pp. loo to 102 for scales of points.) 



" The accuracy of this arrangement is proved by the 

 fact that no deviation from it has been made, the expe- 

 rience of ten years having only added to the scale the 

 points for general appearance and condition. 



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" The evil was, and still exists, that most Jersey farm- 

 ers, like many others, never thought of crossing with 

 a view to improvement, conscious of possessing a breed 

 excellent for the production of rich milk and cream — 

 milk so rich in some cows that it seems like what is 

 sometimes called cream in cities — and cream so much 

 richer, that, from a verdant pasture in spring, it appears 

 like clouted cream. But the Jersey farmer sought no 

 further. He was content to possess an ugly, ill-formed 

 animal, with flat sides, wide between the ribs and hips, 

 cat-hammed, narrow and high hips, with a hollow back. 



'' She had always possessed the head of a fawn, a soft 

 eye, an elegant crumpled horn, small ears, yellow within, 

 a clean neck and throat, fine bones, a fine tail ; above 

 all, a well-formed, capacious udder, with large, swelling 

 milk-veins. 



'' Content with these qualities, the only question in 

 the selection of a bull among the most judicious farmers 

 was, ' Is the breed a good one ?' meaning, solely, Had 



