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10,073 pounds milk and 475 pounds butter-fat — more tbau double the average 

 in any State of the Union. The largest record was made by a half-blood. 

 Guernsey, who gave 15,744 pounds milk and 729.87 pounds butter-fat; and 

 remember further, this cow calved again during the year of her test, proving 

 that big records are not necessarily made at the expense of injuring the breed- 

 ing quality of the cow. The cost of her food at market prices was $99.20. 

 This may seem large, dut the net return at Wisconsin creamery prices was 

 $130.25 for fat alone, above cost of feed. 



The next highest records made by grades of other breeds were: 



Ilolsteiu — 20,541 pounds milk. 044.40 pounds butter-fat; profit, $97.48. 



Jersey — 9,889 pounds milk, 554 pounds butter-fat; profit, $90.47. 



Neither reaching the 100 mark, but 3 other Guernseys (grades) made a 

 larger net profit than the best of any other breeds, viz. : 



Bessie — 12,195 pounds milk ; G.59.30 pounds butter-fat ; profit, $128.79. 



Favorite— 12,3GS pounds milk ; GOO pounds butter-fat ; profit, $101.35. 



Glenwood — 11,517 pounds milk, GOU.GO pounds butter-fat; profit, $100.08. 



Bessie was only 3 years and 4 months old at start of test. With such 

 results obtained from grades, you will not be surprised when I tell you that 

 several car-loads of grade Guernseys have been sold for an average of $150 

 per head. Purchase a Guernsey bull. 



This explains why there is a demand for every pure-bred Guernsey bull calf 

 at satisfactory prices to the breeder, a condition which exists, we believe, in 

 no other breed. Even the medium-grade bulls are in strong demand to head 

 grade herds in the middle West, where dairying and the creamery are fast 

 driving out the beef-cattle industry, higher-priced land and feed products 

 making this necessary. 



With the cheaper lands, long grazing seasou, and the variety of crops 

 adapted to our Southern climate, the South to-day affords the most favorable 

 section of the country for increasing, not only the meat supply, but also milch 

 cows and butter. The South needs the cattle to conserve the fertility of her 

 lands, diversify crops, and increase its wealth. The country at largo is ready 

 and anxious to take all the prfxlucts, both meat and butter, at profitable 

 figures for the farmer. 



The little cattle tick is at present the stone that is hindering progress, and 

 needs to be rolled out of the way. One-fifth of the infected area has been 

 cleaned in the last five years, and this work should be pushed to completion 

 in every Southern State and county. 



The work that is being lone by the Government in developing and improving 

 the conditions on dairy farms in the South, as well as other sections, is yield- 

 ing very promising results, and the work should be extended. 



But what has this to do with the Guernsey cow? Simply this: the product 

 that will prove most profitable to the Southern farmer is cream, either for the 

 creamery or butter at home to supply the large cities, permitting him to keep 

 the skim-milk on the farm for raising calves or pigs. The scientist gives us 

 another reason. He tells us that selling cream or butter-fat does not deplete 

 the fertility of the farm, while selling milk does. For the production of this 

 butter-fat. the results of breed tests throughout the country have proved the 

 Guernsey to be the most desirable and profitable animal. But there are other 

 points of superiority to which we have not alluded. Aside from the ciuantity 

 and richness of her milk, it has a nutty flavor and yellow color that surpasses 

 the milk of any other breed. This color is not in the cream alone, but is in 

 the skim-milk also, and adds greatly to its attractiveness and salability. when 

 compared with the blue product from other breeds. The modern method of 

 marketing milk in bottles, instead of tin cans as formerly, shows up this 

 qualitj'. It is useless to tell the housewife that two bottles of milk, one from 

 a Guernsey and the other from another breed, are the same in richness, even 

 if we assure her the chemist has told us the amount of cream or butter-fat 

 is the same. 



Since gold has been the most valuable coin, yellow is synonymous with rich- 

 ness. The yellow Guernsey milk will be declared the richer and better by 

 consumers genera 11}% which means that it is more salable, even if the quality 

 was not any better, ichich it is. This yellow pigment so noticeable in the 

 skin of the Guernsey, especially in the ears and at the end of the tail, is 



