countries when the qualities which enable them to resist exposure 

 are more widely known. 



THE JERSEY. The Jersey breed is the more numerously repre- 

 sented of the two Channel Islands breeds both in this, country and 

 in America. The Island of Jersey itself, with its genial southern 

 exposure, has a stock varying in number between n ooo and 13 ooo. 

 It is believed that both the Jersey and the Guernsey breeds, long 

 mistakenly classified under the generic name ot Alderney, are of 

 French origin. The outstanding superiority of Jerseys as milking 

 cattle dates back for nearly 200 years, and the introduction of 

 foreign blood has been prohibited since 1763 by various "Acts 

 of the States of Jersey," to maintain purity and give protection 

 against disease. Tuberculosis is practically unknown among 

 Island-bred cattle. 



Demand for Jer sey Cattle in the United States. About 1853 a 

 great demand for Jerseys sprang up in the United States, and, to 

 retain good animals to breed from for a time, prizes gained by bulls 

 were forfeited if the animals were not kept on the Island for a 

 year. Another American boom in 1882 did much harm to the 

 fountain-head of the breed, as too many meritorious cows were 

 exported at prices ranging between 100 and 300 and some at 

 500 to i 060. The highest priced bull was Wolseley, sold for 

 200. Denmark is now a good outlet for surplus cattle at 

 commercial prices. 



Jerseys bred out of the Island are generally more massive and 

 not so deer-like, and when born in colder parts of the world they 

 are able to withstand the less congenial climates better than native 

 Jerseys. 



The English Jersey Cattle Society '.The English Jersey Cattle 

 Society (1878) issued the first Volume of its Herd Book in 1879. 

 It instituted butter test classes at shows in 1886, an example which 

 has been widely -followed by other countries. At home the annual 

 contests among all dairy breeds, as at Tring, where Lord Roths- 

 child offers prizes, at the Royal Agricultural, Bath and West, 

 Royal Counties, and British Dairy Farmers Shows, are valuable 

 results of the movement. 



THE GUERNSEY. The Guernsey, an offshoot of the Normandy 

 breed, produces larger, stronger-boned, and more robust milch cows 

 than the Jersey, and is capable of yielding beef of excellent quality 

 but for its yellow colour. The Island of Guernsey has a colder 

 and more exposed aspect than Jersey, and this has influenced the 



