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for her a good trial. Wherever her golden-colored products 

 are shown they are sure to win recognition. Numerous 

 instances can be cited in which the products of herds of 

 Guernseys are supplying such markets. A good grade 

 Guernsey cow is eagerly sought in the higher-class dairies. 



The American Guernsey Cattle Club was the first to 

 establish an Advanced Register on a yearly basis. This 

 was done in 1901, and since this date 4351 cows and young 

 heifers have entered with an official test averaging 8779.91 

 pounds of milk and 437.20 pounds of butter-fat and an 

 average percentage of 4.979. The improvement which is 

 steadily being made in the breed as shown by the average 

 annual increase in average fat production is seven pounds 

 per year for the last four years. During the time since 

 the establishment of the Advanced Register the world's 

 record for the production of butter-fat has been held by 

 three different Guernsey cows, the first being made in 

 1905 when one cow produced 14,920.8 pounds of milk and 

 857.15 pounds of butter-fat. Another cow later produced 

 19,673.00 pounds of milk and 1073.41 pounds of butter-fat, 

 and still another 24,008.00 pounds of milk and 1098.18 

 pounds of butter-fat. 



309. Other uses of Guernseys. The composition of 

 Guernsey milk adapts it for the preparation of high-grade 

 cheese, but because of the demand for the milk, cream and 

 butter, it is not used largely for cheese-making. 



While a distinctively dairy breed, the size of the Guern- 

 sey allows her easily to be converted as a young animal, 

 or when past her usefulness as a milker, into beef. There 

 are few prettier sights than those seen in the meat divi- 

 sion of the great market of St. Petersport on the island of 

 Guernsey, and this testifies what can be done with the 

 breed in this respect. 



