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A good high record in Guernseys would be 10,000 pounds of milk 

 and 500 pounds of butter fat. The average of 4043 records in the 

 mature class, five years old and over, is 10,485 pounds of milk 

 and 519 pounds of butter fat. The average percentage of fat in 

 Guernsey milk is almost exactly 5.0, the average of 13,474 registry 

 records being 4.988 per cent butter fat. 



167. Size and type in Guernseys. — In size, Guernsey cows 

 should be well above 1000 pounds, and in the Guernsey breed, as 



Mildred II of Les Godaines 55120 

 Grand Champion at the National Dairy Show in 1920. Yearly record 11,546.9 

 pounds of milk, 575.06 pounds of butter fat. Owned by Jones & McKerrow, 

 Waukesha, Wisconsin. 



in other breeds, size counts and it should be the endeavor of every 

 Guernsey breeder to get 1200-pound cows as the average size of 

 his herd. Guernseys perhaps lack a little in uniformity of type and 

 may be criticized as being a little thick over the withers and apt 

 to drop a little in the back line. The ideal of the best breeders, 

 however, is for a straight back line in Guernseys as with other 

 breeds. The best milking Guernseys are spare in form with beauti- 

 ful mellow hides, covered with silky hair. The color of the Guernsey 



