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to the making of butter for the supply of customers 

 who are willing to pay for a good article, — he may 

 very properly consider whether a few Jerseys, or an 

 infusion of Jersey blood, may not be desirable. Hax 

 ton calls the Jersey cow the cheese and butter dairy- 

 man's friend when her milk is diluted with that of 

 ten or a dozen ordinary cows, and his enemy if he 

 should attempt to make either cheese or butter solely 

 from her produce, as, from the excessive richness of the 

 milk, neither will keep long ; and, finally, an ornament 

 to the rich man's lawn, yet in aspect altogether devoid 

 of those rounded outlines which constitute the crite- 

 rion of animal beauty. 



The Jersey race is supposed to have been derived 

 originally from Normandy, in the northern part of 

 France. The cows have been long celebrated for the 

 production of very rich milk and cream, but till within 

 a quarter of a century they were comparatively coarse, 

 ugly, and ill-shaped. Improvements have been very 

 marked, but the form of the animal is still far from 

 satisfying the eye. The head of the pure Jersey is 

 fine and tapering, the cheek small, the throat clean, 

 the muzzle fine and encircled with a light stripe, the 

 nostril high and open ; the horns smooth, crumpled, not 

 very thick at the base, tapering, and tipped with black ; 

 ears small and thin, deep orange color inside ; eyes full 

 and placid ; neck straight and fine ; chest broad and 

 deep ; barrel hooped, broad and deep, well ribbed up ; 

 back straight from the withers to the hip, and from the 

 top of the hip to the setting on of the tail ; tail fine, at 

 right angles with the back, and hanging down to the 

 hocks ; skin thin, light color and mellow, covered with 

 fine soft hair ; fore legs short, straight and fine below 

 the knee, arm swelling and full above ; hind quarters 

 Long and well filled ; hind legs short and straight below 



