DAIRY CATTLE 355 



belonging to the special dairy breeds. No entirely successful 

 dual-purpose 1 breed of cattle has yet been produced. Therefore 

 the greatest profit can be made from special dairy cattle that 

 have been developed by careful breeding and selection through 

 periods of from one hundred and fifty to two thousand years. 



FIG. 178. The world's-record Jersey cow, " Sophia iQth," of Hood Farm 



Record in 1914 : milk, 17,558 pounds ; butter fat, 999 pounds. The average cow of the 

 United States produces about 120 pounds of butter fat in a year 



The breeds now classified as dairy cattle are Jerseys, Guern- 

 seys, Ayrshires, Holsteins, Brown Swiss, Dutch Belted, and 

 Milking Shorthorns. 



457. Jerseys. The Jersey (Fig. 178) is perhaps the most 

 widely distributed breed of dairy cattle in the United States, 

 as is indicated by the fact that there have been a greater num- 

 ber of this breed registered than of any other breed. The home 

 of this breed is the island of Jersey, the largest in the group of the 

 Channel Islands. The majority of the animals are of a solid 

 color of yellow or gray fawn, with a black nose and black tongue 



1 Cattle that combine the qualities of good dairy and good beef animals. 



