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early and may become a mother at between two and 

 three years. So the dairyman does not have to 

 feed her long until she more than pays her way. 

 This breed came, in the first place, from Jersey 

 Island, in the English Channel. The island is only 

 eleven miles long by five and a half wide, but it is 

 very rich and productive; and the farms there are 

 very small, sometimes not more than two or three 

 acres. The principal industry is dairying, and the 

 stock has been kept pure by forbidding foreign 

 animals to be brought in. The milk is nearly all 

 made into butter. 



The Guernseys. The Guernsey cows, like the Jer- 

 eeys, come from one of the islands by that name in 

 the English Channel. They are somewhat larger 



Fig. 14. A record cow (Holstein). 



