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Milk and Its Products 



Fig. 4. Guernsey bull. 



respect to importations from outside have also been 



enforced. Guernsey cattle resemble Jerseys in many 



respects, particularly as to amount, quality and color 



of the milk and milk fat, and they undoubtedly had 



a common origin with Jerseys on the mainland of 



France. They are distinguished from the Jerseys by 



slightly larger size, by rather 



straighter forms, and by 



a distinctly yellower color 



of the skin. In color they 



are uniformly fawn and 



white. Occasionally animals 



are seen that are brindled, 



but they are not common. 



The muzzle and the hoofs 



are flesh- or amber -colored, 



instead of black, as in the 



case of the Jersey. 



Another island of the 

 Channel group called Alder- 

 ney supports cattle. The 

 Island of Alderney is a 

 part of the Bailiwick of 

 Guernsey, and the cattle on 

 Alderney are in no sense distinct from those on 

 .Guernsey, and at the present time are all included in 

 the same breed. 



Holstein-Friesians. Holstein-Friesian cattle or, as 

 they are more commonly called, Holsteins, are natives 

 of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and originated in 

 two provinces of that kingdom, namely, North Hol- 



Fig. 5. Guernsey cow. 



