THE GUERNSEY BREED 



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Mary Marshall 5604, A. G. C. C. The prize-winning Guernsey and winning cow in 

 butter production in the Pan-American Model Dairy Herd, Buffalo, 1901. 



The individual records of the Guernsey crows in the 30- 

 day test were as follows : 



Pounds Pounds Cost of 



Name of Cow and Owner milk fat Weight food 



Purity G. H. Davison 1,060.7 45.28 1,150 $5.587 



Careno N. K. Fairbank 922.3 45.37 985 6.111 



Vesta's Valencia A. J. Cassatt 985.7 43.33 1,082 5.651 



Sweet Ada John M. Eddy 986.2 45.88 1,147 7.082 



Materna N. K. Fairbank 1,058.4 45.16 1,076 7.36 



Select VIII Francis Shaw 866.9 44.63 1,041 7.067 



Duchess of Orleans Francis Shaw . . 1,044.3 41.85 975 5.979 



Marita Walter Cutting 1,014.6 39.26 966 5.717 



Ethics of Cornwall G. H. Davison.. 865.4 39.56 961 6.526 



Rosette VLevi P. Morton 904.3 37.89 983 6.372 



Aldine Ezra Michener 767.8 36.53 897 6.13 



Lady of Ellerslie Levi P. Morton... 658.3 34.21 971 5.508 



Amanda James Logan Fisher 847 33.79 974 5.859 



Princess Aster II Hopewell Bros 866.8 34.39 918 6.369 



Essence Levi P. Morton 669.1 30.83 996 5.458 



I have purposely omitted the matter of profit because 

 the butter was variously credited at from 40c to 50c per pound 

 when it was not worth an average of 25c in the market that 

 year. This made it possible to figure much larger profits for 

 the cows than the conditions warranted. In the case of the 

 cheese test, the cheese was actually worth not over 8c per 

 pound, and with l%c as the usual price allowed for the mak- 

 ing, the Guernsey and Jersey cows would have just paid for 



