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deep and large; the hips tolerably wide; the rump and tail high; the loin and quarter 

 medium in length; the thigh thin and deep; the twist wide, to accommodate a clean, good, 

 sized udder; the flanks medium; the hocks or gambrel joints crooked; the hind legs small; 

 the udder capacious, square, set well forward, and coverd with soft, silky hair; the teats fine, 

 standing well apart, and nicely tapering; the milk veins prominent. 



On the whole, she is a homely, blood-like, gentle, useful little housekeeping body, with a 

 most kindly temper, loving to be petted, and like the pony with the children, readily becomes 

 a great favorite with those who have her about them, either in pasture, paddock, stable, or 

 the lawn. The colors are usually light-red or fawn, occasionally smoky-gray, and sometimes 

 black, mixed or splashed more or less with white. Roan colors, and a more rounded form, 

 are now and then seen among them, but we do not like them (as they savor of a Short-Horn 

 cross, which they should not have), as anything but their own blood and figure, and that of 

 the ancient stock, deteriorates them as Alderneys.&quot; 



An extensive breeder of Jerseys in Massachusetts says with respect to size and color in 

 this breed: &quot;We prefer the Jersey cow of medium size, large as may be without coarseness. 

 Symmetry and uniform shape and color are always strong and valuable points in families and 

 strains of Jersey cattle, indicative of good breeding. 



The color of Jerseys is a mere matter of fancy having no influence with their dairy 

 qualifications. Breeders have their fancy for light fawns with white, solid fawns, light and 

 dark, black and light tongues, etc. &quot;We are not wedded to any color, although we admit that 

 it often has a marked influence on the prices of Jerseys. 



Having bred sixty-seven animals, the progeny and descendants of one cow, and having 

 solid and partly-colored animals in nearly equal number, raised and kept under like condi 

 tions, we can discern no difference in their milk product, which would be in the slightest 

 degree influenced by color.&quot; 



The first importations were only about one-half the size of the native cattle, and did not 

 gain the favor of the farmers of that day, but as their real merits have become known they 

 have been better appreciated, and at present they are generally acknowledged to be worthy 

 the first rank as butter-dairy animals. They have also become gradually better adapted to 

 our climate, Americanized as it were, and the Je rsey cattle of to-day are in many respects 

 of different type from their ancestors at the time of the first importation of this breed to our 

 country. Their size now approaches nearer to that of the native cattle, while they have 

 become more hardy, owing to the different conditions to which they have been subjected, 

 climatic changes, different food, and the manner of obtaining it, etc., all of which have had 

 a tendency to produce physical changes which may be regarded as an improvement with 

 out deteriorating their value as milk producers. 



Scale of Points for Jersey COWS. The following scale of points adopted by the 

 American Jersey Cattle Club will be found of interest and value to breeders and purchasers 

 of this stock generally, as well as those of other dairy breeds, since it gives prominence to 

 those points from which dairy profit is to be derived, and places secondary the breeding for 

 beauty and symmetry of form, although the latter is not entirely overlooked: 



SCALE OF POINTS FOB JERSEY COWS. 



Adopted by the American Jersey Cattle Club. 



POINTS. COUNTS. 



1. Head small, lean, and rather long, ., 2 



2. Face dished, broad between the eyes and narrow between the horns, 1 



3. Muzzle dark, and encircled by a light color, 1 



4. Ej-es full and placid, 1 



5. Horns small, crumpled, and amber color, .8 



6. Ears small and thiu, .... . 1 



