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GUERNSEYS. 



ranks as good as the best. The butter made from Guernsey cows is 

 claimed to be even more highly colored than that from the Jersey. 



At the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station the recently 

 conducted breed tests show very strongly in favor of the Guernsey as a 

 profitable dairy cow, placing her ahead of the Jersey on a basis of net 

 profit, as shown by the following summary: 



Total milk Total butter fat 



in 300 days. in 300 days. 



Guernsey, 5,730 Ibs. 291 Ibs 

 Jersey, 5,535 Ibs. 270 Ibs. 



Total value butter fat Total cost food 

 @ 25 cts. per Ib. in 300 days. 



$72 75- 



$67.50. 



$44.70. 

 $48.30. 



Total profit 

 per cow. 



$28.05. 

 $10.20. 



Quality of milk, 30 



Quantity and du- 

 ration of flow, 40 



Size and substance 

 , 16 



Of course "one swallow does not make a summer," but the single 

 test made as above stated shows that the Guernseys selected for the test 

 were superior animals certainly superior to the Jerseys with which they 

 were there compared. 



The following Scale of Points has been adopted by the American 

 Guernsey Cattle Club (Edward Norton, of Farmington, Conn., secre- 

 tary): 



Skin deep yellow, in ear, on end of bone of tail, at base of 



horn, on udder, teats and body generally 20 



Skin loose, mellow, with fine, soft hair 10 



Escutcheon wide on thighs, high and broad, with thigh ovals. 8 



Milk veins long and prominent .- . 6 



Udder full in front ....... \ 6 



Udder full and well up behind. ( 18* --... 8 



Udder large but not fleshy . . ) 4 



Udder Teats squarely placed .";,.. 4 



. Udder teats of good size 4 



Size for the breed 5 



Not too light bone i 



Barrel round and deep at flank 



Hips and joints wide 



Rump long and broad - . 



^ Thighs and withers thin 



Back level to setting-on of tail 



Throat clean, with small dewlap ..... 



Legs not too long, with hocks well apart in walking .... 2 



Tail long and thin i 



Horns curved and not coarse 2 



Head rather long and fine, with quiet and gentle expression. 3 



General appearance 2 



100 Perfection 100 



* For bulls deduct the 18 points for Udder from above. 



Of our illustrations we may say, in brief: Imported Select brought 

 with her from the island a record of 22 Ibs. 8 ozs. of well-worked and 

 salted butter in seven days, and of milk showing 18.05 P er cen t- total 

 solids, of which 8.09 per cent, was fat, with a yield of about 22^4 quarts 

 a day, on a ration of three quarts of crushed oats and three of wheat 



Symmetry 



