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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



their feed, while the Shorthorns would have come a good way 

 from it. But in the published reports, with cheese valued at 

 12^@15c, the cows were represented as making individual 

 profits for the 15 days of from $1.08 to $6.97. 



Throughout the year the Guernseys maintained their 

 reputation for scoring above other breeds in the flavor of the 

 butter, while the Jersey butter always excelled in solidity. 



Medara Fern 7426 Member Pan-American Model Dairy Herd, Buffalo, 1901. 



When it is considered that, up to the time of this test, only 

 about 6,000 Guernseys had been registered in America, that 

 the Guernsey interests were then in their infancy, and that 

 only by the generosity of some men deeply interested in the 

 breed was it possible for the Guernseys to enter this test, the 

 results were very gratifying, indeed, and multitudes of new 

 friends were made for the breed. As the Guernsey butter 

 was made without artificial coloring matter, it proved a revela- 

 tion to people who had not previously known of the breed. 

 In 1901 the officials of the Pan-American Exposition, to 

 be held in Buffalo that year, announced that they would con- 

 duct a model dairy, to consist of five cows from each of as 

 many breeds as could be obtained. The committee of the 



