CATTLE I I 45 



Mammary Development. 



Udder, 26 : 



A — Large size, flexible and not fleshy 6 



B — Broad, level or spherical, not deeply cut between teats 4 



C — Fore iidder full and well rounded, rvuining well forward at front teats .... 10 



D — Rear udder well rovmded and well out and up behind 6 



Teat^, 8 : 



Of good and uniform length and size, regularly an§ squarely placed 8 



Milk-Veins, 4 : 



Large, long, tortuous and elastic, entering large and numerous orifices 4 



Size, 4 : 



INIature cows 800 to i 000 poimds 4 



General Appearance, 10 ; 



A symmetrical balancing of all the parts, and a proportion of parts to each other de- 

 pending on size of animal, with the general appearance of a high-class animal, 

 with capacity for food and productiveness at pail 10 



888 - Progress of Guernsey Cattle in the United States according to Particulars of the 

 " American Guernsey Cattle Club". — cadwell \v. h., in Hoard's Dairyman, voi. li, 



No. 18, p. 742. Fort Atkinson, Wise, May 26, 1916. 



On examining the work carried out during the last working year of 

 the American Guernsey Cattle Club, ended 29th April 1916, one fully re- 

 aUses the progress accompUshed in the development of this dairy breed in 

 the United States, and above all the continuous increase in the average pro- 

 duction as it appears from the " Advanced Register " . 



The register of bulls contains 37 862 head, and that of cows 63 954 

 head, making a total of loi 816. 



Five years ago there were only 44 286 animals registered, which shows 

 that during the last five-year period, the Herd Register exhibited an in- 

 crease of 130 %. As the importation of thoroughbred Guernseys since 1840, 

 according to the best sources of information, was only 466 bulls and 7 121 

 cows, it follows that the importations were only 7.5 % of the number of 

 these animals at present alive ; this proves how prolific the breed is in the 

 United States. 



There were issued 4 198 certificates of registration of Guernsey cows in 

 the Advanced Register ; 949 of these cows were registered during the last 

 working year which makes an increase of 90 % as compared with the pre- 

 ceding year. 



The average production of 4 719 records tested is at present 8805.91 

 lbs. of milk and 439.15 lbs. of fat. During the last year this average rose 

 by 132.18 lbs. for milk and 5.24 lbs. for fat. 



There are at present under test i 173 cows, belonging to 270 breeders 

 in 28 States ; 70 % of these breeders, or 190, have 854 of these cows (72 %) 

 under the 2 days' test. There are also 18 superior State Schools of Agricul- 

 ture which keep Advanced Registers for their own dairy herds. 



