52 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



(b) Have a score of at least 80 points. 



(c) Give birth to a living class within 125 days after the 

 close of the year's record. 



Cows that have met the requirements under (a) and (6) 

 above are entered in Class A. Class B includes those meet- 

 ing the requirements under (a) alone. 



In 1911 the rules were amended so that now only authen- 

 ticated butter fat and milk records are accepted covering seven 

 days or a full year. 



The representative of an experiment station or other agent 

 of the Jersey Cattle Club tests and weighs each milking 

 separately for seven days. The cow must produce 12 pounds 

 of fat in 7 days. This test may also cover a year, and in this 

 case the owner weighs the milk from each milking during the 

 year, and for two days in each month the milk is weighed 

 and tested by the representative of an experiment station 

 or by another agent of the Jersey Club. The average of 

 the per cent of fat for these two days is taken as the average 

 for the month. A two-year-old heifer must produce 260 

 pounds of fat per year and a mature cow 400 pounds of 

 fat. 



Prominent Jersey Families. There are some fairly well 

 marked families in this breed. The best known, probably, 

 is the St. Lambert. This family originated in Canada, and is 

 descended from the cattle imported by Stephens of Montreal 

 and St. Clair of Vermont. The bulls Stoke Pogis and Stoke 

 Pogis 3d are supposed to be predominant factors in the for- 

 mation of this family, which includes many of the best known 

 animals of this breed in America. Animals of this family, 

 as a rule, are large in size and often rather coarse in make-up, 

 generally fawn or gray in color, and seldom black. It has 



