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from 700 to 1,000 pounds, bulls from 1,000 to 1,800. 

 Breeders in this country have considerably increased 

 the average weight of both cows and bulls. The pre- 

 vailing color is fawn or light yellow. The breed, 

 however, varies in color from broken fawn and white 

 to dark brown. Cattle fanciers, as a rule, prefer the 

 solid color. Experience has shown that those of 

 broken fawn and white are as likely to be good pro- 

 ducers as any. Some of the finest specimens of the 

 breed have been of broken color. The muzzle is 

 usually a strongly marked breed characteristic as to 

 color. 



In form the Jersey is, like other dairy breeds, slim 

 and trim; has thin neck and sharp withers. Its head 

 shows veins, and is spare of flesh ; eyes large and full 

 of expression, horns short and usually in-curving, 

 nostrils generally large and thin. Its skin is soft, 

 firm, silky and pliable. The legs are clean and slim, 

 like those of a race-horse ; shoulders high, back drop- 

 ping below the level of the shoulders, and gradually 

 rising to and back of the hips; hips wide and high, 

 pelvic arch prominent. The tail, which sets on well 

 forward, in contrast with the beef breeds, is long and 

 tapering, with heavy brush reaching the ground. 

 The thighs are high and incurving, flank high also 

 incurving; milk veins large and tortuous, often enter- 

 ing the body through two and sometimes three open- 

 ings to each vein. The udder is capacious, but some- 

 times inclined to be pendant, teats fair in size, occa- 

 sionally cone shaped. 



Jerseys are especially strong in prepotency. The 

 grades usually show the large butter-fat globule of 

 rich golden color. They retain this even after other 



