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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



tests, the test to be conducted on much the same basis as our 

 Advanced Register records are made. They refused his gift 

 of $500, but adopted rules almost exactly along the lines sug- 

 gested by Mr. Marsh. The rules follow : 



In order' to encourage the breeding and rearing of cattle of 

 great merit in production of high quality dairy products the Royal 

 Guernsey Agricultural and Horticultural Society adopt the following 

 rules for the establishment of a system of registry to be known as 



Flukes 378, F. S. 396 pounds 13 ounces milk in seven days. 



"The Advanced Register of the Royal Guernsey Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society's Herd' Book." 



(1) This register shall be under the general supervision and 

 direction of the managing committee, who shall have power to alter 

 and amend' the conditions established, and their decision shall be 

 final. The managing committee shall have power to appoint a sub- 

 committee to carry on the work. 



Eligibility of Animals. 



(2) Any animal owned by a resident of the Island of Guernsey 

 or its Bailiwick, and entered in the Herd Book of the Royal Guern- 

 sey Agricultural and Horticultural Society may be entered for ad- 

 mission in the Advanced Register under any of the following condi- 

 tions: 



(a) Bulls having two daughters in this Advanced' Register or 

 that of any recognized "Guernsey" testing association with equivalent 

 requirements. 



(b) Cows of five years old and upwards that have provided 360 



