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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



Milking Marks Denoting Quality of Flow 12. 



Points 



Escutcheon wide on thighs; high and' broad with thigh ovals 2 



Milk veins long, tortuous, branching with large and deep fountains 10 



Udder Formation 24. 



Udder full in front 6 



Udder full and well up behind' 6 



Udder of large size and capacity; elastic and not fleshy 6 



Teats well apart, squarely placed of good, even size 6 



Indicating Color of Milk 15. 



Skin deep yellow in ear, end of bone of tail, on udder, teats and 



body generally 15 



Total 100 



The color of the nose in no way denotes intrinsic merit in the 

 animal, nor does it denote impurity of breed. The buff nose is fash- 

 ionable in the show ring, but it is safe to say that this fashion has 

 not been helpful to the Guernsey breed'. As in the past, it is well 

 known that many of the brindles and dark cows have been among the 

 very best animals. 



Cattle being loaded for exportation, Guernsey. 



From 1881 to 1886 there was an excellent demand for 

 cattle to be brought to America, but following that there was 

 a period of great depression on the islands, for, from the year 

 1899 to 1903, only 800 pedigree cows were registered. In the 

 introduction to Vol. XII. of the Herd Book published in 1903, 

 the following is offered by way of explanation : 



