THE CHANNEL ISLAND BREEDS 



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produced many remarkable dairy cows. Like other promi- 

 nent Jersey families, it is deeply inbred. 



The Island cattle imported to America within recent years 

 mostly carry the blood of Golden Lad. Recently the descend- 

 ants of Golden Fern's Lad, a grandson of Golden Lad, have 

 been especially sought after. The bull, Golden Lad, is 

 counted the greatest bull the Island has yet produced, and 

 his descendants show remarkable uniformity and high 

 quality. 



Inbreeding. The leading breeders in America have 

 usually followed Dauncey and Duncan in practicing inbreed- 

 ing freely. As a rule, every high-class animal of the Ameri- 

 can type is more or less inbred. The Island breeders do not 

 follow this practice to such a marked extent. The object of 

 inbreeding has been to increase the proportion of blood of 

 certain animals supposed to be unusually prepotent in trans- 

 mitting milking qualities and other desirable characteristics. 



The following are the ten highest yearly records up to the 

 present for the Jersey breed : 



