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Show LEADING CLASSES OF COWS Jersey Produces Lightest Calves and Holsteins Heaviest Average Weight of Animals. Taking the leading classes of dairy cows, the Ayrshire, Jersey, Holstein and Guernsey, we find the Jersey produces pro-duces the lightest calves and the Holstein Hol-stein the heaviest. They rank about as follows : Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey I vCv Champion Jersey Cow. and Jersey. The male calves are the heaviest, running as an average 90 pounds for the Holsteins, 78 pounds for Ayrshire, 70 pounds for the Guernsey Guern-sey and 02 pounds for the Jersey, while the heifer calves average 88, 71, 09 and G0.7 pounds. |