174 THE GUERNSEY BREED 



If calving within 19 months of last calving, 14 per cent. 

 If calving within 20 months of last calving, 16 per cent. 

 If calving within 21 months of last calving, 18 per cent. 

 If calving within 22 months of last calving, 20 per cent. 

 If calving after this period she will not be accepted for entry. 

 Exceptional cases, such as abortion, will be dealt with on their 

 merits by the managing committee. 



The owner will be at liberty to feed his cow or cows at his own 

 discretion. 



Fees and Expenses. 



^ (3) The entrance fee for testing shall be 10'|- for each cow. 

 This fee will cover the entire cost for the year, except that it may 

 be necessary to provide meals for the supervisor on the day of the 

 official monthly test. 



When an animal has qualified for entry under the requirements 

 of Rule 2, the secretary, in accordance with Rule 14, will be em- 

 powered to enter such animal in the Advanced Register, and issue 

 a certificate on payment of a fee of 5|- for each cow, and' 10|- for 

 each bull, to defray cost of registration. 



Commencement of Records. 



(4) Regular entry forms will be furnished free by the secretary, 

 and also printed blanks for keeping the record's. 



The entry form, properly filled out, must be handed to the 

 secretary, accompanied by the fee, within seven days of the com- 

 mencement of taking record. 



(5) The test period need not be confined' to one period of 

 lactation, but may extend into the following period of lactation, pro- 

 vided it is confined to 365 consecutive days. 



(6) In the case of a cow entered immediately after calving, 

 record's may not commence until the seventh day after calving, and 

 shall close 365 days from the date of the first record. 



Nature of Tests. 



(7) The test, which is to determine the amount of butterfat 

 given in one year (365 days) by any cow, shall consist of a daily 

 record of milk production to be kept by the owner of animals en- 

 tered, added to a test made for one full day each month by an offi- 

 cial ^ supervisor, or supervisors, appointed bv the Royal Guernsey 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society, who will see each cow milked 

 and weigh such milk immediately, taking samples of each milking, 

 and testing same for butterfat by the Babcock or Gerbher tester, such 

 butterfat tests to be taken as the average for the month. 



(8) The cows under test shall be milked the same number ol 

 times on the day of the visit of the official supervisor as they have 

 been on the preceding days of the month, and the number of milk- 

 ings per day shall in no case exceed three. 



(9) The average per cent butterfat, calculated from the yield 

 and the tests of milk as reported by the supervisor, will be taken 

 as representing the average fat contents of the milk of the cow during 

 that calendar month. . 



The total of the monthly milk yields and the total of the 

 monthly credits for butterfat shall constitute the year's record for 

 milk and butterfat respectively. 



(10) In the event of either the supervisor or owner being dis- 



