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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
cording to type as carefully as did the people of Jersey. 
In size the Guernseys may be classed as a medium 
breed, the cows weighing about 1050 pounds and the 
bulls 1500 pounds when matured. They vary in color 
from yellow fawn to brown fawn. Some are marked 
with white spots which are generally located on the under 
parts of the body and legs. The nose should be flesh 
colored and the horns yellow and the hoofs amber color. 
Fig. 59.—A Jersey of quality. 
The Guernseys are little coarser in conformation than 
the Jerseys and are good grazers on rough pastures. 
Ayrshires were first produced in Scotland, in the 
County of Ayr, from which they take their name. The 
surface of the country is rolling and stony and the pas¬ 
tures are sparse. In order to obtain their food they were 
forced to graze over a large territory which resulted 
in developing animals of considerable strength and 
vitality. 
