THE JERSEY 



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There are many beautiful udders of great capacity in this breed, 

 but the abbreviated, elevated fore udder is far too common in 

 many herds. The milk veins no doubt attain as great relative size 

 and prominence with this breed as any, often being very tortuous 

 or winding in form, large, long, and passing into large wells. 



The size of the Jersey may be classed as small to medium. 

 Cows in herds range from 650 pounds upward, 850 probably 

 being a fair average. The cow Nabritza 5820 even attained a 

 weight of 1650 pounds. From correspondence with a score of 

 the leading American breeders the author has secured many 

 weights of individual 

 males and females. The 

 average weight of 18 ma- 

 ture cows in the herd of 

 F. H. Scribner of Wis- 

 consin was 1006 pounds, 

 ranging from 900 to 1 1 2 5 . 

 Of 105 cows in eight herds 

 but one weighed under 

 700 pounds, 1 1 weighed 

 between 700 and 799, 35 

 between 800 and 899, 34 

 from 900 to 999, and 19 

 from 1000 pounds up. 

 Eighteen bulls, heads of herds, ranged in weight from 1040 to 

 1790 pounds, the average being 14 15 pounds. In general, a 

 weight of 1300 pounds is desirable in the mature Jersey male. 

 As a rule those of the St. Lambert family represent a larger type 

 than those of other families. The average weight of 24 Jersey 

 cows at the Columbian Exposition in 1893 was 922 \ pounds. 



The Jersey as a milk-fat producer is justly famous. An impor- 

 tant feature in connection with Jersey milk is that the fat globules 

 are comparatively large and the cream rises or separates easily. 

 The value of Jersey milk for producing superior butter was 

 recognized over a century ago in England, and first attracted 

 Dauncey to the breed. Many fine records have been made in 

 England and on the island of Jersey, but America has led in the 

 testing of this breed. In 1853 the first Jersey butter test was 



Fig. 109. Venture's Lad 52300, a beautiful and 

 noted Jersey bull of the 1898 and 1899 fairs. 

 Bred and shown by J. E. Robbins of Indiana. 

 Photograph by the author 



