THE GUERNSEY BREED 



151 



Average Total 



Age Pounds milk per cent pounds 



Name of animal years in one year butter-fat butter-fat 



Imp. Princess of Orange 6th 7671 5 4,880 5.49 268 



Cousin Bagful 6012 5 4,523 5.8 262 



Abilene 5651 6 4,330 6 260 



Imp. Pretty Maid of Lilyvale 8666... 4 5,048 5.15 260 



A la Mode 7245 5 5,471 4.73 259 



Imp. Gold Lace 8670 4 6,173 4.17 257 



Xarifa 4631 9 4,993 5.12 256 



Sweetness 5119 7 4,906 5.2 255 



Imp. Fair Stella II 5961 6 5,137 4.78 245 



Young Tamar 3942 11 5,683 4.24 241 



Lady Daphne 6181 5 4,792 5 240 



Imp. Rose of Lilyvale 2d 8644 4 4,664 5.15 240 



Imp. France 3d 2573 12 4,595 5.18 238 



Mint 7292 5 3,954 5.92 234 



Imp. Attila 4890 11 5,681 4.1 233 



Young Rosalie 5619 8 4,587 4.25 233 



Coletti 7182 4 4,227 5.38 228 



Maid of Athens 6809 4 4,986 4.57 228 



Cumin 7291 4 4,276 5.3 227 



Imp. Philine 5th 8646 8 4,568 4.9 223 



Colita 7181 4 3,872 5.58 222 



Imp. Masher's Jessie 7685 5 4,700 4.58 215 



Sweet Anise 7293 4 4,000 5.34 214 



Imp. Nacelle 2d 4441 12 4,930 4.3 212 



Nellie Gray 5372 7 3,931 5.4 212 



Olga 2605 12 4,126 5.12 211 



Brasie 6528 ;.. 5 3,714 5.53 205 



Alwida 6101 6 4,194 4.86 204 



Lady Floretta 6182 5 4,292 4.72 202 



Imp. Rose of Lilyvale 8643 8 3,706 5.38 199 



Airlie 6101 6 3,898 5.04 198 



Silvey M 6422 5 3,790 5.0 190 



Imp. Pride of Rhinecliff 8561 7 3,403 5.2 177 



Wild Flower 6810 4 3,483 ~5;0 174 



Bailie 6524 5 3,800 4.55 173 



Clossia 7179 4 3,637 4.63 169 



Imp. Fairlight 2d 6856 3 2,906 5.75 167 



Sweet Avon 7290 4 3,336 4.85 162 



Imp. May Lady 4th 7673 5 3,355 4.72 158 



Cyprus Easy Lynne 6797 5 2,389 5.52 132 



Cerita 6783 4 2,584 4.8 124 



N. I. Bowditch, of Framingham, Mass., also early kept 

 yearly records of his herd. In 1896 he reported records from 

 10 pure-bred cows as follows : 



Average Total 



Age Pounds milk per cent pounds 



years 



15 



12 



10 



10 



. 10 



Name of animal 

 *Politesse 1329 

 Miss Bobolink 2157 

 Peace 3292 

 Young Dolly 3492 

 Bonnet 3488 

 Miss Cowslip 4662 

 Cousin Althea 4510 



8 



Pounds milk 

 in one year 



5,526*4 

 8,283 

 5,882 

 8,013 

 4,348 

 ' 7,117^ 

 5,754^ 

 5,901^ 

 6,594^ 

 6,053 

 6,347^ 



Average 

 per cent 

 butter-fat 



4.7 



4.6 



4.7 



4.95 



4.99 



4.4 



4.75 



4.47 



4.8 



5.3 



4.76 



butter-fat 



249J4 

 379 



396^ 



216^ 



313 



273.31 



263.3 



316.52 



320 



300.43 



Young Celia 4513 8 



Lady Laurel 5288 7 



Miss Chicago 6820 4 



Averages 9.2 



*Politesse has given milk from only two teats for the past three years ; kept for 

 her progeny. 



"The above records are for the year 1896. The age of cows is 

 taken to September 1, 1897. The feed was 2^ quarts cob meal, 3 

 quarts bran, 1 pint oil meal and 15 pounds hay daily, except when 



