66 Milk and Its Products 
respect to importations from.outside have also been 
enforced. Guernsey cattle resemble Jerseys in many 
respects, particularly as to amount, quality and color 
of the milk and milk fat, and they undoubtedly had 
a common origin with Jerseys on the mainland of 
France. They are distinguished from the Jerseys by 
slightly larger size, by rather 
straighter forms, and by 
a distinctly yellower color , 
of the skin. In color they 
are uniformly fawn and 
white, Occasionally animals 
are seen that are brindled, 
but they are not common. 
The muzzle and the hoofs 
are flesh- or amber-colored, 
instead of black, as in the 
case of the Jersey. 
Another island of the 
Channel group called Alder- 
ney supports cattle. The 
Island of Alderney is a 
part of the Bailiwick of 
Guernsey, and the cattle on 
Alderney are in no sense distinct from those on 
Guernsey, and at the present time are all included in 
the same breed. 
Fig. 5. Guernsey cow. 
Holstein- Friesians.—Holstein-Friesian cattle or, as 
they are more commonly called, Holsteins, are natives 
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and originated in 
two provinces of that kingdom, namely, North Hol- 
