54 DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR JERSEY COW 

 Head, 7. 



A Medium size, lean ; face dished ; broad between eyes 



and narrow between horns 4 



B Eyes full and placid ; horns small to medium, incurv- 

 ing ; muzzle broad, with muscular lips ; strong under 



jaw 3 



Neck, 5. 



Thin, rather long, with clean throat ; thin at withers ... 5 

 Body, 33. 



A Lung capacity, as indicated by depth and breadth 



through body, just back of fore legs 5 



B Wedge shape, with deep, large paunch ; legs propor- 

 tionate to size and of fine quality 10 



C Back straight to hip bones 2 



D Rump long to tail setting and level from hip bones to 



rump bones 8 



E Hip bones high and wide apart ; loins broad, strong . 5 



F Thighs flat and well cut out 3 



Tail, 2. 



Thin, long, with good switch, not coarse at setting on . . 2 

 Udder, 28. 



A Large size and not fleshy 6 



B Broad, level or spherical, not deeply cut between teats . 4 

 C Fore udder full and well rounded, running well forward 



of front teats 10 



D Rear udder well rounded, and well out and up behind . 8 

 Teats, 8. 

 Of good and uniform length and size, regularly and squarely 



placed 8 



Milk Veins, 4- 



Large, tortuous and elastic 4 



Size, 3. 



Mature cows, 800 to 1000 pounds 3 



General Appearance, 10. 



A symmetrical balancing of all the parts, and a proportion of 

 parts to each other, depending on size of animal, with the 

 general appearance of a high-class animal, with capacity 

 for food and productiveness at pail 10 



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