JERSEY

From the island of Jersey in the English Channel, originally from Normandy, and imported U. S. 1830; are characterized by small size, same as Britt any, and peculiar dunfawn or gray color, shading into black and often diversified with patches of white. Their muzzles are black and encircled with a ring of lighter color. Jerseys are valued for the amount and high color of the butter made from their milk, of which they yield but a moderate quantity. Fair specimens of the breed will make 14 lbs. of butter a week, and individual yields of above 40 lbs. in a week are on record. They have yielded their own weight of butter from le than half as much milk as Holsteins. Jerseys are also found in small numbers on the neighboring island of Alderney, while Guernsey supports a distinct breed. The first Jerseys taken to England were from Alderney; and hence in England and the U. S. they are often called Alderneys.