94 The Bulletin. 



It was in 1S77 that tlie first Herd Register started with 150 animals, most 

 of them imported, whose pedigrees could be traced to the islands. From this 

 small beginning, the club has grown until to-day it has some 375 active mem- 

 bers, scattered from Maine to California. There have been over 60,000 ani- 

 mals registered, 40.000 cows and 20,000 bulls, some 7.000 being entered last 

 year, and a slightly larger number of transfers. About SOD head were brought 

 over from the island in the past year. The income from fees shows a gain of 

 23 per cent over last year. The general business of the otiice had shown an 

 increase of 07^2 per cent in two years, while last year it showetl a gain of 

 391/5 over the previous year. This rapid growth made in three years, together 

 with the Advanced Register work, which has more than doubled in the same 

 length of time, made the need of larger quarters for its office force imperative. 

 Property was purchased in the center of the town, convenient to postoffice, 

 bank, printing office, and railroad. A force of twenty-one persons is now 

 constantly busy handling the work of the office. 



The first public tests that brought the Guernsey to the front and into the 

 public eye were the breed tests, conducted by the New Jersej" Experiment 

 Station in 1SS9 and 1S90. The results show that the 



Guernseys made a net profit of .^28.23 



Jerseys made a net profit of 18.(57 



Holsteins made a net profit of 6.71 



Ayrsliires made a net profit of 0.64 



Shorthorns made a net profit of 9.32 



In 1891 and 1892 the New York Experiment Station conducted a breed test 

 along similar lines, with the following results. These were young heifers : 



Trofit on 2 Guernseys .$27.60 



Profit on 3 Jerseys 22.17 



Profit on 1 Holstein 5.75 



Profit on 4 Ayrshires 3.67 



Profit on 2 Ilolderness 4.65 



Profit on 2 Devons 4.30 



These figures show conclusively the standing of the Guernsey, and her 

 preeminence as the most profitable breed under test. 



The next appearance was at the World's Fair in 1893 in the famous Breed 

 Test. Her reward here was a source of great satisfaction to her admirers. 

 Her handsome appearance and honest work attracttxl large numbers of new 

 friends. The records, when summarized, showed that she had made butter at 

 the lowest cost per pound — Guernsey 13.1 cents, Jersey 13.3 cents. Shorthorn 

 15.S cents, thus confirming the work done by the experiment stations. 



Ill 1901 came the great Pan-American Dairy Breed Test, the only test of 

 dairy cattle in which all the breeds participated. At Chicago the Holsteins 

 and Ayrshires did not compete, at St. Louis the Ayrshires and Guernseys 

 were not represented. In Buffalo the Guernsey was represented by five cows, 

 as were all the other breeds. The test was wholly under the supervision of 

 the Department of Agriculture of the Exposition, and its purpose was to see 

 which breed would make the greatest net profit upon each of the four following 

 points : 



a. Production of butter-fat. 



b. Production of cliurned butter. 



c. Production of total solids in milk. 



d. Production of total solids and gain in live weight. 



At the close the following awards were announced : 



The prize for the net profit in butter-fat is won by the Guernseys by a net 

 profit of $4.66. 



The prize for the net profit in churned butter is won by the Guernseys by a 

 net profit of $5.86. 



The prize on total solids or milk production was won by the Holsteins. 



The Guernseys not only made butter at the lowest cost per pound, but 

 returned the greatest profit for every dollar invested In feed. 



