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(a) The colors include red, light lemon, orange and yel- 

 low fawn, sometimes solid but more commonly with white 

 markings. 



(b) The shading includes such hues as reddish yellow, 

 darker than brown, and fawn dun, but never gray, as in the 

 Jersey. 



(c) The color markings are white and are distinct, and 

 they are found sometimes on the body, but oftener on the face, 

 flanks, legs and switch. 



(d) Among the favorite colors are orange red, orange 

 fawn and lemon fawn, with white markings. 



IV. Bulls contrasted with cows. 



(1) They are stronger and more masculine in form and 

 limb. 



(2) The head is shorter, wider and less dished, and the 

 horns are stronger, shorter and less curved upward. 



(3) The neck is shorter, thicker and more arched. 



(4) The forequarters have more relative development and 

 more width through the breast, the coupling is relatively not 

 so long and the angular points less distinctly defined. 



(5) The skin should be thicker and particularly loose and 

 pliable before and around the scrotum and the embryo teats 

 widely placed. 



(6) The carriage and action are more pronounced. 



V. General Appearance The Guernsey has 

 that plain attractiveness and evenness of balance in 

 dairy development which conveys the idea of capacity 

 for everyday work and her mild look speaks of a 

 quiet and contented disposition. 



VI. Compared with Holsteins. 



(1) The Guernseys are considerably less in size and 

 weight than the Holsteins and they are also more prominent 

 at the angular points. 



(2) They are not so long in the head, are less incurved at 

 the horn, less straight in the back and at the rear, shorter, 

 lighter and less square relatively in the hindquarter and thin- 

 ner and more incurved at the thigh. 



(3) They are somewhat thinner, more unctuous and high 

 colored in the skin and there are the differences in color 

 markings. 



