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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



records was made previous to 1870. The only reason that can 

 be given why more weekly butter records were not made by 

 Guernsey cows is that the majority of them were in the hands 

 of well-to-do gentlemen who kept them to supply their own 

 and their friends' tables with milk, cream and butter. Know- 

 ing the worth of their cows and having a ready market for the 

 increase of their herds, they failed to become imbued with the 

 testing idea. The same could be said, however, of Jersey 

 breeders, and they were testing their cows. It may, perhaps, 

 be true also that, realizing how little a weekly record could 

 be depended upon as a real gauge of a cow's value, they de- 

 clined to engage in this kind of work. 



Guernsey breeders early showed an inclination toward 

 yearly records. 



The cow, Lily Alexandre 1059, made the following yearly 

 milk record : 



Lily Alexandre 1059, A. G. C. C. 12,856 Ibs. milk in 1888 and 1889. 



1888 Pounds 



October 1,306 



November 1.218^ 



December 1,132^ 



1889 



January 1,010^ 



February 912 



March 1,067 ft 



April 



1,04734 



May 1,236^ 



