THE GUERNSEY BREED 137 



The first annual meeting of the club was held Dec. 19, 

 1877, and at that time it was reported that 60 bulls and 133 

 cows had been entered in the herd book by 40 different 

 breeders. 



Mr. Norton continued as secretary until his death in 1894, 

 when W. H. Caldwell, the present secretary, was elected. The 

 club has been very fortunate in having had but these two 

 capable and efficient secretaries in all of these years of its 

 existence. Dr. King served as president until 1882, when Dr. 

 J. N. Borland, of Connecticut, was elected and served until 

 1887. Silas Betts of New Jersey served seven years from 1888 

 to 1895, inclusive, when, at his death, James M. Codman of 

 Massachusetts was elected and served until 1912. Charles L. 

 Hill, of Wisconsin, was elected in 1912, serving two years, 

 when James Logan Fisher, of Pennsylvania, was elected. 



The scale of points adopted by the club in 1877 was as 

 follows : 



Counts Points 



Quality of milk 30 



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



horn, on udder, teats, and body generally 20 



Skin loose, mellow, with soft, fine hair 10 



Quantity and duration of flow 40 



Escutcheon wide on thighs, high and broad, with high 



ovals 10 



Milk veins long and prominent 6 



Udder full in front 6 



Udder full and well up behind 8 



Udder large, but not fleshy 4 



Udder teats squarely placed 4 



Udder teats of good size 2 



Size and substance 16 



Size for the breed 5 



Not too light bone 1 



Barrel round, and deep at flank 4 



Hips and loins wide 2 



Rump long and broad 2 



Thighs and withers thin 2 



Symmetry 14 



Back level to setting on of tail 3 



Throat clean, with small dewlap 1 



Legs not too long, with hocks well apart in walking 2 



Tail long and thin 1 



Horns curved and not coarse 2 



Head rather long and fine, with quiet and gentle expression 3 

 General appearance 2 



100 100 



For bulls, deduct 20 counts for udder. 

 For heifers, deduct 20 counts for udder. 



