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to thirty animals ; the milk of each one is measured night and 

 morning, so that I have facts to go upon. Last year one cow 

 in twelve months, between second and third calving, gave 825 

 gallons. A heifer, first prize winner at the Eoyal Show at 

 Norwich this year, calved when two years two months and three 

 weeks old, and gave fifteen quarts a day. I have had others 

 giving with their first calves thirteen and fourteen quarts a day, 

 and as much as 700 gallons in ten months, and the second calf 

 within twelve months. I have several which have given from 

 500 to over 600 gallons between first and second calvings. 



Within the last three years the English Guernsey Cattle 

 Society has been started, which has given an impetus to the 

 breed. The society numbers over fifty members, and has issued 

 two volumes of a herd book, which is intended to be an annual 

 affair. Its rules for registration of stock are stringent, and 

 rightly so ; and it appears impossible for any but a perfectly 

 pure animal to be admitted. Appended is the scale of points 

 drawn up and approved by the society, from which it will be 

 seen what great importance is attached to the dairy properties 

 and indications. 



No. COUNT8. 



1 . Head fine and long, muzzle expanded, eyes large, quiet and 



gentle expression 4 



2. Horns yellow at base, curved, not coarse 3 



3. Nose free from black markings 1 



4. Tbroat clean, neck tbin and ratber long, not beavy at 



sboulders 7 



5. Back level to setting on of tail, broad and level across 



loins and bips. Eump long 10 



6. Witbers tbin, thigbs long and tbin 4 



7. Barrel long, well booped, and deep at flank 10 



8. Tail fine, reaching bocks, good switch 1 



9. Legs short, arms full, fine below knee and bocks 2 



10. Hide mellow and flexible to the touch, well and closely 



covered with fine hair. Yellow inside the ears, at the 

 end of tail, and on skin generally 12 



11. Fore udder large, and extending forward, and not fleshy; 



udder full in form, and well up behind, with flat sole. 

 Teats ratber large, wide apart, and squarely placed ... 25 



12. Milk veins prominent, long, and tortuous 6 



13. Escutcheon wide on thigbs, high and broad, with thigh 



ovals 5 



14. Size, general appearance, and apparent constitution 10 



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