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the flanks medium, the hocks or gambrel joints crooked, the hind legs 

 small, the udder capacious, square set, well formed and covered with soft 

 silky hair ; the teats fine, standing well apart and nicely tapering, and the 

 inilk-veins prominent. 



FROM THE "ROYAL JERSEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY." 



SCALE OF POINTS Cows AND HEIFERS. 



POINTS. 



1. HEAD, small, fine and tapering 1 



2. CHEEK, small 1 



3. THROAT, clean 1 



4. MUZZLE, fine and encircled by a bright colour 1 



5. NOSTRILS, high and open '. -.. 1 



(j. HORNS, smooth, crumpled, not too thick at the base 



and tapering 1 



7. EARS, small and thin 1 



8. EARS, of a deep orange colour within 1 



9. EYE, full and placid 1 



10. NECK, straight, -fine, and placed lightly on the 



shoulders 1 



11. CHEST, broad and deep 1 



12. BARREL, looped, broad and deep 1 



13. Well ribbed loins 1 



14. BACK, straight from within to tops of legs 1 



15. BACK, straight from top of hips to setting in of 



tail, and the tail at right angles with back 1 



16. TAIL, fine 1 



17. TAIL, hanging down to the hocks 1 



18 HIDE, thin and movable, but not too loose 1 



19. HIDE, covered with fine, soft hair 1 



20. HIDE, of good colour 1 



21. FORE-LEGS, short, straight and fine 1 



22. FORE- ARM, swelling, and full above the knee 1 



23. HIND-QUARTERS, from the hock to the point of 



the rump well filled in 1 



24. HIND-LEGS, short and straight (below the hocks) 



and bones rather fine 1 



25. HIND-LEGS, squarely placed, not too close together 



when viewed from behind ... 1 



