S6 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



7. Courbes Lignes, fig. 8. Bicornes, fig. 9. Double 

 LIsieres, fig. 10. Poitevines, fig. 11. Equerrines, fig. 

 12. Limousines, fig. 13. Carresines, figs. 14, 15. 



In conclusion, I have to repeat that I am inclined to 

 regard the above names and subdivisions into classes as 

 to a great extent superfluous ; but in giving a complete 

 series of cuts indicating the outlines of the principal 

 scutcheons, it has been my object to do full justice to 

 Guenon and his valuable method of determining the 

 milking qualities of cows. 



Dr. L. H. Twaddell, a member of the Club, and 

 one of the earliest breeders of Jersey cattle, visited the 

 Channel Islands in 1865, and soon after his return 

 made a report to the Philadelphia Society for Promoting 

 Agriculture, of which the followinsf is an abstract : 



'' Three thousand Jersey cows and heifers, and about 

 1200 Guernseys, are exported from the islands every 

 year. 



" The Jersey cow is of a medium size. Her peculiar 

 deer-like aspect distinguishes her from the Guernsey. 

 Her head is lone and slender, the muzzle fine, and 

 usually encircled with a lighter color ; the nose is black, 

 and the large, dreamy eyes encircled with a black band ; 

 occasionally the nose is of a buff color, when there is a 

 corresponding buff band around the eye ; the horns are 

 usually short, small at the base, tapering, and tipped 

 with black. 



" This latter is one of the requirements of the ' Jersey 



