JUDGING LIVE STOCK. 153 



Long masculine neck with strong juncture to head; clean 

 throat. Backbone rising well between shoulder blades; 

 large rugged spinal processes, indicating good develop- 

 ment of the spinal cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump long; wide, strong struc- 

 ture of spine at setting-on of tail. Long, thin tail with 

 good switch. Thin, incurving thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, giving an 

 open relaxed conformation; thin, arching flank 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong muscular and navel 

 development, indicative of capacity and vitality 15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling and texture, but 

 not thick 3 



DAIRY PREPOTENCY, 15: 



As shown by having a great deal of vigor, style, alertness, 

 and resolute appearance 15 



RUDIMENTARIES AND MILK VEINS, 10: 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely and broadly placed in 

 front and free from scrotum. Milk veins prominent. ... 10 



INDICATING COLOR OF MILK IN OFFSPRING, 15: 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of tail, at base 

 of horns and body generally, hoofs amber colored 15 



SYMMETRY AND SIZE, 22: 



Color of hair, a shade of fawn with white markings. Cream 

 colored nose. Horns amber colored, curving and not 

 coarse 8 



Size for the breed: Mature bulls four years old or over, 

 about 1,500 pounds 4 



General appearance as indicative of the power to beget 

 animals of strong dairy qualities 10 



100 



We recognize the Guernsey should be: 



First. A dairy animal with a distinctive dairy tempera- 

 ment and conformation, having a strong, nervy structure 

 with a corresponding flow of nervous energy, and every in- 

 dication of capacity and vitality. 



