THE IDEAL JERSEY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 423, 16 December 1911, Page 6

THE IDEAL JERSEY.

The modern ideal Jersey has a small and very beautiful head, short, broad, lean, and dish-faced. The muzzle, including the upper lip, is black or dark in colour, surrounded by a light or mealy strip of light skin and hair. The eyes are prominent, large, bright, and wide apart, and of great beauty. The horns are crumpled or incurving, small, waxy, and often black-tipped. The ears are small, delicate, and yel-low-coloured within. The neck is fine, clean, and small. The body is well hooped or rounded, large and deep. The tail is fine-boned, long, with a full bush. The skin is mellow, loose, yellow, with short, fine, silky hair. The udder ia large in size, extending well up behind and well forward, not pendant. The teats are medium-sized, placed far apart on the udder, without having the udder cut up between them. The milk veins are generally highly developed, tortuous, knotty, and often spreading in several branches. Back should be straight from shoulder to the setting-on of the tail. So far as beauty is concerned, the sloping rump is very objectionable. The head should be erect when walking and the walking movements should be light, quick, and graceful. When in full genera! appearance should be attractive and flow of milk the Jersey should carry little flesh, but have muscular development enough for healthy activity and full digestive forces.