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day tests at fairs. The system of registration followed has 

 resulted in making the Island animals a strikingly uniform 

 and beautiful lot, but does not tend to the most rapid develop- 

 ment of the milking qualities. The testing system in use by 

 the American Jersey Cattle Club for testing the milk and 

 butter producing capacity of cows is in advance of the system 

 practiced on Jersey Island as far as improving the dairy 

 qualities of the breed are concerned, while the Jersey Island 

 plan is certain to result in a more uniform type and greater 

 beauty. 



Importations to America. In 1850 several Jersey cows 

 were imported to Hartford, Conn., and in 1868 S. S. 

 Stephens of Montreal, Canada, imported nine animals, from 

 which have descended some of the most famous producers 

 in the Jersey breed. Since 1868 the importations were nu- 

 merous until about 1890, and then few were brought over 

 for several years. At present several importations are gen- 

 erally made each year. The interests of the breed in the 

 United States are looked after by the American Jersey 

 Cattle Club. Something over 300,000 animals have been 

 registered in the United States up to 1910, of which about one 

 fourth are bulls. 



They are found in all parts of America, but most numer- 

 ously in the Eastern and Middle states. In the South they 

 include practically all of the dairy cattle. If numbers be 

 taken as the basis of judgment, the Jersey is the most popular 

 breed of dairy cows in America. The popularity of this 

 breed has been helped by the fact that it has been in this 

 country longer than other breeds, and further by the skill 

 shown by the American Jersey Cattle Club in looking after 

 its interests. 



