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numbers in those parts of the country where butter fat is the form 

 in which milk is sold. 



Like the Guernseys, the Jerseys offer a breed for use in those 

 places where a fancy market may be developed for high class milk. 

 The Jerseys produce milk of the same richness and flavor and butter 



Fauvic's Star 313018 

 World Champion milk producer of the Jersey breed. Yearly record, 20,616 

 pounds of milk, 1006 pounds of butter fat. Owned by A. V. Barnes, New- 

 Canaan, Conn. 



fat as do the Guernseys, and it has nearly as much color, so that 

 Jersey milk is a wonderful milk for market milk and, of course, 

 Jersey butter is very fine in quality where it is handled in the right 

 way so as to bring out the natural flavor. 



171. Jersey type. — Due to the long and careful breeding and 

 selection on the Island of Jersey and also in this country, the 

 Jersey type is fairly well fixed. And Jersey breeders like to say 

 that the Jersey type is the standard by which all dairy breeds are 

 judged. Fanciers of other breeds probably would not admit this, 



