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the Jersey must, needs have a boom. The inflation of prices 

 and craze for fashionable pedigrees culminated in 1883 when 

 119 head averaged $952.00 per head ,and sixty, selected, made 

 an average of $2,504.00 per head. Depression followed, but 

 had some good features, for in the dispersion of fancy herds 

 at low prices many of the best animals went to breeders of 

 moderate means, who were quick to recognize the high 

 merit of the Jersey as a dairy cow, and who bred for utility 

 rather than for fancy points. 



The American Jersey Herd Register was started in 18G8, 

 and is recognized as the only standard. The energetic efforts 

 of leading Jersey breeders has resulted in bringing the breed 

 very prominently before the public. In the dairy tests at the 

 Columbian and Pan-American Expositions, the Jersey herds 

 have been triumphant, and the adaptability of the breed to 

 intensive conditions is beyond dispute. 



