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scale of points,' and when, as occasionally happens, an 

 animal deviates from the standard, being what is termed 

 * wild-horned,' the Jerseyman has an appliance consist- 

 ing of a strong wire clamp, with an arrangement of 

 screws, which he affixes to the horns of the growing 

 beast, and, by dint of filing and screwing up, eventually 

 gives them the orthodox bend. 



"The limbs of the Jersey are very slender and fine, 

 her hips broad and developed, her neck is slender and 

 rather long, and the body in the best specimens rotund, 

 and approximating to the short-horn model somewhat, 

 yet with sufficient angularity to ensure milking propen- 

 sities. 



" The abdomen is well developed, giving evidence of 

 sound nutrition ; the external abdominal or milk veins 

 convoluted and prominent ; the udder broad, running 

 well forward and well up behind ; teats squarely 

 placed, rather short than otherwise, and of a fine yellow 

 tint. 



'' The Jerseys are of all shades of color, from a pale 

 vellow fawn, running throuo^h all the intermediate hues, 

 even occasionally to a red, an intermixture of black or 

 gray, known as French gray, and that merging into 

 black with an amber-colored band along the back, the 

 muzzle invariably shaded with a lighter color ; and indi- 

 viduals are often seen black and white, or pure black, 

 unrelieved by any other color. 



" A yellow brindle is sometimes seen, but this is by no 

 means a favorite. 



