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be strong and well supported, with little if any droop, the ribs 

 well sprung and long, the entire body showing comparatively large 

 size and strong reproductive and digestive capacity. The hips 

 should be fairly broad in the cow, but not in the male ; the rump 

 long, wide, and level ; the thighs thin and muscular and set wide 

 apart ; the hocks and feet carried straight with ample room to 

 allow a large udder between. Jerseys tend to be narrow at the 

 rump, as viewed from behind, and cow-hocked. The udder is usu- 

 ally mellow and milks well, but it has been subjected to considerable 



Fig. 137. A corner of the show yard at Springfield, on Jersey, at the annual Cow 

 and Heifer Show, May, 1914. From photograph by the author 



criticism for its small size as well as small teats. The form of 

 the udder has been much improved in recent years, especially 

 in the extension of the fore quarters, although these are still fre- 

 quently elevated and abbreviated. The milk veins no doubt attain 

 as great relative size and prominence with the Jersey as any breed, 

 often being very tortuous, long, and comparatively large. 



The color of the Jersey is usually referred to as a fawn, but it 

 is variable in shade, being yellowish, reddish, grayish, brownish, 

 or silvery fawn. Some are described as orange or lemon fawn, 

 and others as squirrel gray or mulberry black. White as a whole 

 does not occur, but white marks are quite common, although a 

 body of solid fawn is preferred. Brindlg, a rare color, is objected 



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