THE MORE IMPORTANT DAIRY BREEDS 30? 



FOE JERSEY COW. 



(Adopted by Ihc American Jersey Cattle Club, May 7, 1913.) 



DAIEY TEMPERAMENT AND CONSTITUTION. 

 HEAD, 7 Points: Counts 



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



horns medium size, incurving 3 



B Eyes full and placid; ears medium size, fine, carried 

 alert ; muzzle broad, with wide-open nostrils 



and muscular lips; jaw strong 4 



NECK, 4 Points: 



Thin, rather long, with clean throat, neatly joined to 



head and shoulders 4 



BODY, 37 Points: 



A Shoulders light, good distance through from point to 

 point, but thin at withers; chest deep and full 



between and just back of forelegs 5 



B Ribs amply sprung and wide apart, giving wedge 

 shape, with deep, large abdomen, firmly held up, 



with strong muscular development 10 



C Back straight and strong, with prominent spinal pro- 

 cesses; loins broad and strong . . . . . . . 5 



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



to rump-bones 6 



K Hip-bones high and wide apart 3 



I- 1 Thighs flat and wide apart, giving ample room 



for udder '' 



<i Legs proportionate to size and of fine quality, well 

 apart, with good feet, and not to weave or cross 



in walking 



H Hide loose and mellow 2 



T Tail thin, long, with good switch, not coarse at 



setting-on 1 



MAMMARY DEVELOPMENT. 

 UDDER, 26 Points: 



A Large size, flexible and not fleshy . . 6 



B Broad, level or spherical, not deeply cut between 



teats 4 



C Fore udder full and well rounded, running well for- 

 ward of front teats .10 



D Rear udder well rounded, and well out and up 



behind 6 



TEATS, 8 Points: 



Of good and uniform length and size, regularly and 



squarely placed s 



MILK-VEINS, 4 Points: 



Large, long, tortuous and elastic, entering large and 



numerous orifices ' 



SIZE, 4 Points: 



Mature cows, 800 to 1,000 pounds I 



GENERAL APPEARANCE, 10 Points: 



A symmetrical balancing of all the parts, and a propor- 

 tion of parts to each other, depending on size of 

 animal, with the general appearance of a high- 

 class animal, with capacity for food and produc- 

 tiveness at pail 10 



Total . 100 



