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of Connecticut farmers joining together, and sending a 

 representative to the Island to bring over a shipment. 

 These importations laid the foundation of the Guernsey 

 in this country, and led to the establishment of the herd 

 register. 



The first real public introduction of the breed was in 

 connection with the dairy test conducted by the New 

 York and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations, 

 when the various breeds were tried, and the Guernsey 

 made a most creditable record, the figures showing them 

 to be the most economical producers of cream and butter, 

 ranking the lowest in cost of food to produce a pound of 

 butter-fat, and in the cost of food for maintenance for a 

 year. The Guernseys and the sister Channel island breed 

 (the Jersey) stood first in the annual production of butter, 

 and the profit resulting from sale of cream. Their next 

 appearance was at the World's Columbian Exposition at 

 Chicago, in 1893, where amidst rules and conditions which 

 failed to credit the breed fully on some of its special 

 characteristics, the Guernseys ranked ahead on flavor 

 and had the advantage on color of butter, and, as in the 

 Experiment Station trials, stood with the Jerseys in the 

 front rank as butter-producers. The last public appear- 

 ance of the breed was at the Pan-American Exposition at 

 Buffalo, where after a careful six months' test, the Guern- 

 seys were awarded the first prize for the greatest net 

 profit in the production of butter-fat, and also in the 

 production of churned butter. The Guernsey cows in 

 this trial made butter at the lowest cost a pound, and re- 

 turned the greatest profit in butter-production for the 

 investment of feed. They also ranked in the production 

 of total solids next to the heavier milking breeds. Group- 

 ing the cows in this test as a whole, the Guernsey cow, 



