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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



.test. When records began to be made on a fat basis, they 

 found reasons to change their minds. 



In May, 1887, a New York dairy show was held at Mad- 

 ison Square Gardens, at which a public one-day test was 

 carried on, and the following table gives the results: 



Name 



Clothilda ". 2 



Clothilda 4th 2 



Gold Lace 1 



Jessie of Lester Manor. . 1 



Mechthilde . . . 



Lady Fay .... 



Hilda A 3d... 



Island Chrissie 



Movike 



Cows Nos. 1, 2, 5, 



Fat 



per cent 

 77.55 

 81.51 

 84.52 

 84.05 

 76.75 

 81.98 

 78.33 

 83.75 

 82.98 



Curd 



by dif. 



per cent 



1.39 



.67 



.93 



.72 

 1.06 

 1.01 



.87 



.92 



.57 



were Holsteins ; Nos. 3, 

 Jerseys ; and No. 4 was a Guernsey. The results indicate that 

 there was a disposition on the part of the buttermakers to 

 leave considerable water in the butter, and Dr. S. M. Babcock, 

 writing under date of May 21, 1887, commenting on this said: 

 "I think the only fair way to judge such tests is by the amount 

 of fat which the butter contains." 



In 1888 the New Jersey Experiment Station asked the 

 different associations registering purebred dairy cattle to se- 

 lect and furnish the station with three purebred cows each. 

 Five associations did this. In Bulletin 47, December 11, 1890, 

 the following tables were published : 



Table I Average Composition of Milk for Eight Months. 

 Specific 

 gravity 



Herd gravity Water 



Ayrshire 1.0341 87.30 



Guernsey 1.0350 85.52 



Holstein-Friesian 1.0328 87.88 



Jersey 1.0353 85.76 



Shorthorn . 1.0339 87.55 



Total 

 solids 

 12.70 

 14.48 

 12.12 

 14.34 

 12.45 



Fat Casein Sugar Ash 



3.68 3.48 4.84 0.69 



5.02 3.92 3.92 0.75 



3.51 3.28 3.28 0.64 



4.78 3.96 3.96 0.75 



3.75 3.27 3.27 0.75 



Table V Average Cost of Food per Quart of Milk. 



Days under TotE 



Herd experiment pounds 



Ayrshire ... 1,510 29,845 



Guernsey .. 1,559 29,785 



Holstein-Fr'n 1,045 25,376 



Jersey 1,251 23,085 



Shorthorn .. 1,604 31,370 



Table VI Average Cost of Food per Pound of Total Solids. 



