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case he cannot begin with pure-bred stock, it 

 will be well for him to grade up his cattle as 

 rapidly as possible by the use of a pure-bred 

 sire. Brief discussion of a few of the distinctive 

 dairy breeds, representatives of which are found 

 in almost every community, follow. 



Jersey. As the name indicates, this breed 

 originally came from the Isle of Jersey, which 

 is one of the small islands in the English 

 Channel. Here the people bred their cattle along 

 distinctive lines, with the result that they estab- 

 lished a breed that has many able and enthu- 

 siastic supporters. The Jerseys are usually 

 small cows, weighing from 650 to 1,000 pounds, 

 averaging about 900 pounds each. They pro- 

 duce milk rich in fat, testing 4 per cent and 

 over. As a rule they are persistent milkers, 

 but usually do not produce large quantities of 

 milk. This latter statement is sometimes used 

 as an argument against them. These animals 

 have some good records to sustain their claim 

 as a worthy dairy breed. At the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, 

 a ninety-day test was conducted in which twenty- 

 five Jerseys took part. Several of these animals 

 were sick, but in spite of this the milk produced 

 amounted to thirty-three pounds a day for each 

 cow. At the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, 

 twenty-five cows produced milk averaging forty- 



