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and switch. However, there are many broken-colored Jerseys, 

 the bodies of which are fawn with white spots. The Jersey is 

 small, the cow, when mature, weighing from 800 to 1000 pounds. 

 The milk of the Jersey is very rich in butter fat, the average 

 test for the breed being about 5.2 per cent. The fat globules 

 in the milk are large, and the butter fat is highly colored and 

 is easily churned. The color and richness of her milk makes 

 the Jersey a great favorite as a family cow. The cows of this 

 breed are very economical producers of butter fat. 



FIG. 179. A world's-record Guernsey, " May Rilma " 

 In 1914 this Guernsey cow produced 1073.41 pounds of butter fat 



458. Guernseys. The Guernsey breed (Fig. 179) had its 

 origin on the island of Guernsey, the second largest island in 

 the Channel Island group. Cows of this breed are somewhat 

 larger than the Jerseys, averaging about one thousand pounds 

 in live weight. The characteristics of the Guernsey are some- 

 what similar to those of the Jersey. The color may be either 

 the solid lemon or orange fawn, or fawn with white markings. 

 They are never gray or black. The nose is buff, and the switch 

 and tongue are generally white. Their milk is not quite so rich 



