222 MILCH CATTLE THE JERSEY 



worthless for feeding, and discarded male calves are almost 

 invariably slaughtered for slink veal. That the Jersey steer 

 is, under certain circumstances, a useful feeding animal has 

 been fully demonstrated by the Dukes of Bedford and others. 

 J. B. Ellis of West Barsham, Walsingham, Norfolk, rears 

 with satisfactory results from ten to fifteen male calves, which, 

 if not reared, would sell for only a few shillings. They are 

 liberally fed from the first, and the calf fat is carefully conserved. 

 Living without cover summer and winter, and consuming the 

 same quality of food given to other breeds, they average about 

 40 stones imperial at two years old. The proportion of 

 internal fat is large, and, now that the local butchers and 

 their customers know about it, top prices are obtained for the 

 beef, which is of excellent flavour and texture, but not good 

 in colour. The flesh of not more than from 5 to 10 per cent, 

 of the animals is yellow in colour, and even then it has not 

 the deep yellow of Guernsey beef. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR JERSEY COWS, arranged by 

 Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society 



PERFECTION ioo. 



Articles. Points. 



1. Head fine ; face dished ; cheek fine ; throat clean . 4 



2. Nostrils high and open ; muzzle encircled by a 



light colour L . . . . . - 2 



3. Horns small and incurving; 2 eye full and placid . 2 



4. Neck straight, thin and long, and lightly placed on 



the shoulders . ,^' . ,;/ . . " 5 



5. Lung capacity, as indicated by width and depth 



through body immediately behind the shoulders 3 



6. Barrel deep, broad and long, denoting large 



capacity; ribs rounding in shape . /JK. 10 



1 Now and then Jerseys appear with a few light spots on their black 

 noses, in consequence, it has been asserted, of the relaxation in the 

 early eighties of the laws relating to importing cattle and the intro- 

 duction of a few Guernseys ; but without any material consequence to 

 this breed. About 1845, Ayrshires and Shorthorns were tried, "with 

 a view to improve the cattle," but with such unsatisfactory results that 

 the progeny were all sent to the butcher. 



2 It is a common practice to set the horns of young animals that are 

 not assuming a proper form during development. They are first drawn 

 inwards and afterwards pulled down. 



