132 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



body supported by fine, clean limbs, a small head, 

 small and crumpled horns, large, lustrous and liquid 

 eyes, and, when in milk, a decided inclination to 

 spareness in frame. 



V. Compared with Holsteins. 



(1) The Jerseys are much smaller, more refined, shorter 

 in limb, more distinctively wedge-shaped, and as a rule not so 

 straight in outline. 



(2) They are not so long in the head and neck, are higher 

 and narrower at the withers and pelvic arch and frequently 

 have more of a downward sway in the back and droop toward 

 the tailhead. 



(3) They are less wide in the breast and chest, less wide 

 and straight in the hips, thinner and more incurved in the 

 thighs and smaller in the teats, and 



(4) There are the differences in color. 



VI. Compared with Ayrshires. 



(1) The Ayrshires are not so refined in form and limb, 

 are more plain in appearance, particularly about the head and 

 neck, and are more than 100 pounds heavier in average weight. 



(2) The head is a little stronger and not quite so much 

 dished, the poll is wider and the horns are a little stronger and 

 are upturned more or less, whereas in the Jersey they are 

 crumpled. 



(3) The back is straighter, the chest wider through the 

 heart, the coupling a little shorter relatively, the hindquarter 

 has more of relative development, being more straight above 

 at the sides and at the rear, the teats are a little smaller and 

 the legs are probably relatively shorter. 



(4) They are more sprightly and active of movement, and 



(5) There are the differences in color. 



VII. Compared with Guernseys. 



(1) The Guernseys are less clean cut and less handsome 

 than the Jerseys, some coarser in the bone and larger in 

 every wav. 



(2) They are something plainer in the head, less crumpled 

 in the horn, deeper in the neck, a little wider at the withers, 

 something wider through the heart, a little heavier in the hip, 

 even more prominent at the angular points, a little longer in 

 average length of limb and richer in the color of the skin. 



(4) The formation of udder and average size of teat are 

 even more perfect than in the Jersey. 



(5) In other respects they are very similar, save in the 

 color markings. 



