42 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEV AND GUERNSEY COW. 



switches are black as night. The statement is made 

 only as an indication that for the valuable characteris- 

 tics, the real usefulness of a cow, these new-fangled 

 points may have no value. As a matter of taste, or 

 beauty, or fashion, they may have great value, but I 

 conceive that those who are seriously undertaking to 

 maintain the breed in its purity and perfection will give 

 these distinctions their merited go-by, and strive to 

 maintain the wonderful butter-developing qualities of 

 the Jersey. Manage as we may in this regard, we can- 

 not fail to secure a deal of beauty. The fine, waxy 

 horn, the light fillet around the muzzle, the mellow eyes, 

 and the clean-cut, blood-like look never appear in 

 greater perfection and beauty than in the case of the 

 very best butter-making animals. On the other hand, 

 the most uniform of grays should never be allowed to 

 redeem a thick neck and shoulder and a beefy jowl. 



" It is desired to maintain, as the most essential prin- 

 ciple of all in breeding Jersey cattle, that improvement 

 should march with an eye single to an increase of the 

 butter-producing quality, very little regard being paid 

 to the question of color, which, in the case of a cow that 

 would give 300 pounds of butter per annum, might be 

 either white or black, or anything between. Those who 

 make beauty of appearance the chief aim of their oper- 

 ations had better make it the sole aim, and give up the 

 cow^s and breed the more beautiful deer at once. 



" Beauty and utility are, of course, very often com- 

 bined. Variations from the fixed type are the rule 



