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Jerseys are usually very quiet in disposition if properly handled. 
Their teats are sometimes small but usually not otherwise hard 
to milk. They are usually sure breeders and it is not difficult to 
sell pure-bred calves of either sex from cows that are heavy pro- 
ducers of butter fat. 
Guernseys are a little larger than Jerseys and somewhat simi- 
lar in color but they are more commonly red or reddish with white 
markings. (Fig. 234.) The noses and tongues are always pink, 
Fic. 234.—Guernsey Cow, Langwater Dairy Maid, record 16,949 pounds milk, 812.66 
pounds butterfat in one vear. (Cornell Reading Course, Lesson 147.) 
never black, if pure-bred. The quantity of milk produced is 
perhaps a little greater than the Jerseys and perhaps not quite 
so rich. They should not be kept for beef as the steers of this breed 
are hardly worth feeding. The calves are a little heavier than 
Jersey calves at birth but when milk is of a good price the calves 
are not valuable enough for veal to pay for the milk they consume 
before slaughter. The demand for pure-bred stock of this breed 
is lower than for Jerseys or Holsteins, though in some sections the 
prices received for heifers from high-producing mothers is very 
satisfactory. ‘The Guernseys seem to be better adapted to northern 
winters than the Jerseys. 
Holstein-Friesian cattle are the largest of the dairy breeds. 
They are the most quiet and yet are good foragers. For many 
years this breed has held the world records for annual production 
of butter fat, Because of the size of calves at birth and the rapid