22 



DAIRY FARMING 



in England, and has been taken to all English speaking coun- 

 tries, although by far the greatest number is now in North 

 America. Some were brought to the United States about 

 1850. From 1868 to 1890 large numbers were imported, 

 and again since 1900 several importations have been made 



FIG. 2. Imported Jersey cow, Lady Viola, many times champion in the 

 show ring. A good representative of the Island type ; rather small, extreme 

 dairy type, udder almost perfect, long level rump, very symmetrical outline. 



each year. This breed is most numerous in the Eastern and 

 Southern States. 



The color may be any shade of yellow except orange and 

 ranges from light fawn to dark gray or black. The most 

 common color is fawn shading to dark on the lower parts of 

 the body. The tongue, and the switch of the tail are black in 

 the majority of cases. White spots are not uncommon, 

 especially on the lower part of the body. These were at 

 one time strongly objected to, but now receive little atten- 



