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VI. The Jersey Described. 

 Mr. Lewis F. Allen, a conscientious and accurate historian of cattle, 

 but who, it must be confessed, has something of a prejudice in favor of 

 the (to him) favorite Short Horns, accurately describes the Jersey, as fol- 

 lows: "Beginning with the head — the most characteristic feature — the 

 muzzle is fine ; the nose either dark brown or black, and occasionally a 

 yellowish shade, with a peculiar mealy light-colored hair, running up 

 the face into a smoky hue, when it gradually takes the general color of 

 the body. The face is slightly dishing, clean of flesh, mild and gentle in 

 expression; the eye clear and full, and encircled with a distinct ring of 

 the color of the nose ; the forehead bold ; the horn short, curving inward 



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and waxy in color, with black tips; the ear sizable, thin, and quick in 

 movement. The whole head is original, and blood-like in appearance, 

 -more so than in almost any other of the cattle race, — reminding one 

 strongly of the head of our American elk. The neck is somewhat de- 

 pressed — would be called ewe-necked by soir<5 — but clean in the throat, 

 with moderate or little dewlap; the shouldei are wide and somewhat 

 ragged, with prominent points, running down to a delicate arm, and slen- 

 der legs beneath. The fore-quarters stand rather close together, with a 

 thinnish, yet well developed brisket between. The ribs are flat, yet 

 giving sufficient play for good lungs; the back depressed and somewhat 

 hollow ; the belly deep and large ; the hips tolerably wide ; the rump and 

 tail high ; the loin and quarter medium in length ; the thigh thin and 



