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too highly colored for most trade, and is placed in patches and 

 layers outside of the muscle rather than being finely distributed 

 through the tissue as in the case of high-type beef animals. To 

 consider the Jersey cow as worthless for beef, however, is 

 incorrect. (See page 43.) 



Adaptations. — As a breed the Jersey will produce butter 

 fat more cheaply per pound than any other breed. This is due 

 to several conditions. 



First, she will consume more feed in proportion to her size 

 than will the larger breeds. 



Second, the solid matter of her milk carries a much higher 

 percentage of fat and a less proportion of non-fat. When butter 

 fat is worth in the neighborhood of thirty cents a pound, the 

 sugar and casein of milk are worth four and a half to six cents 

 a pound. Naturally, therefore, that animal which converts her 

 feed into a substance with a higher percentage of the more valu- 

 able materials will have the advantage over one which produces 

 so much cheap milk solids. This being the case, we must expect 

 that on systematic dairy farms where the production of butter or 

 cream is the first aim of the dairy and where kindness and com- 

 fortable care can be assured, the Jersey cow will be found rather 

 more profitable than some other breeds. 



Third, the Jersey is particularly well adapted to meet the 

 climatic and feed conditions of our southern states, the common 

 stock of which is already largely of the Jersey blood. It would 

 seem that she might well become the common cow for the southern 

 farmer, although the small size of the Jersey need not deter the 

 northern dairyman from keeping her, for good buildings can 

 make summer temperatures at any season. 



A fourth place for the Jersey is as a town cow. She con- 

 sumes less total feed, occupies less space than other breeds, and 

 yields enough milk, and that of the highest quality. 



Improvements Needed. — Aside from the common imper- 

 fection of form, such as sloping rump (Fig. 31), and of function, 

 such as being occasionally only moderately valuable as dairy 

 animals, the present status of the Jersey is important, especially 

 because of the two more or less well defined but radically differ- 



