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Jersey Cattle — Score Card 

 Cow 

 Name 



By Scale of Points Adopted by the American Jeksey Cattle Club, 

 May 7, 1913 



Dairy Temperament and Constitution 



Counts 



Head, 7. — 



A — Medium size, lean ; face dished ; broad 

 between eyes ; horns medium size, in- 

 curving . 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. — 



Thin, rather long, with clean throat, neatly 



joined to head and shoulders ... 4 



Body, 37. — 



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 processes ; loins broad and strong 5 



D — Rump long to tail-setting, and level from 



hip bones to rump bones ... 6 



E — Hip bones high and wide apart . . 3 



F — Thighs flat and wide apart, giving ample 



room for udder . .... 3 



G — Legs proportionate to size and of fine qual- 

 ity, well apart, with good feet, and not 

 to weave or cross in walking . . . 2 



H — Hide loose and mellow 2 



I — Tail thin, long, with good switch, not 



coarse at setting-on X 



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