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cially well-known; but many Jerseys in little known families 

 have made remarkable milk and butter-fat records. 



Prices for Jersey cattle under average conditions are very 

 reasonable. In the past, however, many animals have 

 brought what may be regarded as very high prices. In 1919 

 Edmond Butler broke Jersey price records, selling 47 head 

 for $158,250, an average of $3,367.02. At this sale the bull 

 Sybil's Gamboge was sold for $65,000 to Mr. L. V. Walkley, 

 the record for a male, while in 1921, at Mr. Walkley's sale, 



Figure 108. Jersey heifer calf, Buttercup's Jasmine. Owned by C. I. Hudson 

 of New York. Photograph from Mr. Hudson. 



the cow Gamboge Oxford Gem sold for $18,000, the high 

 price for a cow of the breed. 



The distribution of Jerseys is world-wide, but they are 

 generally common in the United States and Canada. They 

 have an especially strong foothold in the states of Ohio, 

 Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, and 

 Oregon. The American Jersey Cattle Club, with head- 



