THE GUERNSEY BREED 183 



Herd No. 3 Holsteins. Owner, Chas. Robinson & Son, Barre 

 Plains, Mass. 



Conditions and treatment the same as in Nos. 1 and 2. 



Morning Noon Evening Totals 



Pounds of milk 108.6 57.13 51,10 217.13 



Pounds of cream 22.4 12.4 9.14 44.6 



Time of separating, minutes 30 12 11.5 53.5 



Temperature of milk, degrees 86 90 91 



About 20 per cent of warm water was added to the morning's 

 milk before it was passed through the separator; product of unsalted, 

 unworked butter, 7 pounds 7 ounces; 8 ounces salt added; product 

 of finished butter, 6 pounds 11 ounces; ratio, 32.57 pounds milk to 1 

 pound butter. Quality fine, but of lighter color than any of the four 

 products. 



Herd Record. 



Register Weight Age Days in Days in 



Name number pounds years milk gestation 



Tirania 6716 1,294 7 56 None 



Mechthilde 6718 1,540 7 147 56 



Lutscke 8356 1,410 8 28 None 



Christabel 1247 1,310 10 56 None 



Herd No. 4 Holsteins. Owner, Henry Stevens, Laconia, N. Y. 



Morning Noon Evening Totals 



Pounds of milk 104.7 42.11 53.1 207.3 



Pounds of cream 17.9 10.5 9.14 37.12 



Time of separating, minutes 22 10.5 11 43.5 



Temperature of milk, degrees 89 90 90 



Same conditions and treatment as the foregoing, except there was 

 no warm water added to the morning's milk before separating it. 

 Product of unsalted, unworked butter, 8 pounds 6 ounces; salt added, 

 9 ounces; product of finished butter, 6 pound's 4 ounces. Ratio, 33.15 

 pounds milk to 1 pound butter. Quality of butter very fine and in 

 color very nearly up to the Jersey product. 



It will be seen that Mr. Morton's Guernseys had been in 

 milk an average of 83 days each ; the best herd of Holsteins, 

 72 days each. Those were the days of the large weekly but- 

 ter records, and it is of interest to note that the two cows, 

 Tirania and Mechthilde, of Messrs. Robinson's herd were 

 credited with private records of 39 pounds 10.5 ounces and 36 

 pounds 11 ounces, respectively, in seven days, while none of 

 the Guernsey cows have published records. It was revela- 

 tions such as these that deterred Guernsey breeders from mak- 

 ing private butter tests against such questionable competi- 

 tion. Writers of those days often said there was no evidence 

 of the Guernseys being good producers, simply because 

 Guernsey breeders did not take kindly to the weekly butter 



