THE GUERNSEY BREED 185 



Table VII Average Cost of Food per Pound of Fat. 



B 



Ayrshire 

 Guernsey . . 

 Holstein-Fr'n 

 Jersey 





1,510 

 1,559 

 1,045 



*> -"H 



29,845 

 29,785 

 25,366 



19.76 

 19.10 

 24.27 



3.69 

 5.09 



3.55 



1,251 23,085 18.45 4.89 



Shorthorn .. 1,604 19.56 19.56 3.70 



,101.3 

 ,516.0 

 900.5 

 ,128.8 

 ,188.9 



0.73 

 0.97 

 0.86 

 0.90 

 1.74 



Q 



H"o 



$226.71 

 234.63 

 202.12 

 201.99 

 247.76 



Q o 



15.0c 

 14.9c 

 19. 3c 

 16.1c 

 15. 4c 





 I! 



20.6c 

 15. 3c 

 22.4c 

 17. 9c 

 20. 8c 



It was very unfortunate that the New Jersey station lost 

 this herd of cattle by fire so that the experiment could not 

 be continued. 



At about the same time, the station located at Geneva, 

 N. Y., undertook similar work, except that they started with 

 heifers instead of with cows, and they, too, were unfortunate 

 in that disease nearly ruined many of the cows. Probably 

 because of this discouragement and also because there was so 

 little value in a test of breeds where so few individuals were 

 concerned, they discontinued the work. 



The following- table and the table on page 186 are taken 

 from the report of that station for 1894: 



Table Showing Cost of One Pound of Butterfat. 



Period of Lactation 



Breed 



American Holderness. 

 American Holderness. 



Ayrshire 



Ayrshire 



Ayrshire 



Ayrshire ,. 



Devon 



Devon 



Devon 



Guernsey 



Guernsey 



Guernsey 



Guernsey 



Holstein-Friesian. . . . 

 Holstein-Friesian. . . . 

 Holstein-Friesian. . . . 



Holstein-Friesian. . . . 



Jersey 



Jersey 



Jersey 



Jersey 



Shorthorn. . 



It will be noted that one Guernsey and one Holstein- 

 Friesian heifer were added the second year, that this added 

 heifer was the only Holstein to make more than one year's 



