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to and should cause disqualification. The hair about the muzzle 

 and eyes is usually of a creamy or grayish shade, and a light tone 

 frequently occurs along over the spine. In a study of the inherit- 

 ance of color in the Jersey by Professor J.J. Hooper of Kentucky 

 State University, the color markings of 1 145 calves and 2290 sires 

 and dams were tabulated. It was found that the solid color of 

 coat is dominant to broken color and that black tongue and 

 switch are dominant to white tongue and switch. iVIatings of 

 436 solid-colored cows with broken-colored bulls produced 257 

 solid-colored calves 

 and 179 of broken 

 color, while 500 mat- 

 ings of cows and bulls 

 of solid color produced 

 425 talves of solid 

 color and 75 calves of 

 broken color. 



In registering Jer- 

 seys it is necessary 

 to specify whether the 

 tongue is white or 

 black, or the switch 

 white or black, these 

 being marks of identi- 

 fication. Where color 

 is made a point of im- 

 portance in the breeding of a herd, a dark fawn, shading to light 

 along the backbone and the lower limbs, meets with much favor, 

 though solid colors of light fawn are also very popular. The most 

 experienced and able breeders do not place primary emphasis on 

 color, always making it secondary to the more important features, 

 color being a fancy point and of no intrinsic value. The skin 

 secretions are usually quite yellow, and, as seen in the ear, at tip 

 of tail, and about the udder, indicate something of the richness of 

 the milk. The skin itself should be thin, very elastic and mellow, 

 and with a fine thick coat of hair. 



The size of the Jersey may be classed as small to medium, with 

 a tendency in breeder^'seS^egf^atMf'^o^Stedium sort. Taking the 



Fig. 138. Fancy Toltec 21 167, about 1895, in the herd 

 of the late A. T. Dempsey. A popular American- 

 type show bull. From photograph given the author 

 by Colonel Dempsey 



