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CATTLE 



average of 96.34 total points compared with 95.80 for the Jersey, 

 while in color that of the Guernsey had an average grade of 14.97 

 out of a possible 15 points, the best record of any of the ten 

 breeds. The 5 Guernsey cows in the Pan-American test for the 

 six months produced 1429.43 pounds of churned butter, valued at 

 $357-36, yielding a net profit of $220.37, the best record of any 

 breed in profit and almost the first record in amount of butter 

 produced, the Holstein-Friesian leading in this regard by only 

 three fourths of a pound. In this test of 50 cows of ten breeds, 

 the Guernsey cow Mary Marshall 5604, aged ten years, led the list, 

 producing in six months 5611 pounds of milk, testing 5.36 per 

 cent and yielding 301.13 pounds butter fat and 354.26 pounds 

 churned butter, giving a total profit of $59.43. Guernsey breeders, 

 however, have attached special importance to long-time tests, being 

 from the first advocates of this method to measure the producing 

 value of the cow. Following are the leading records in butter-fat 

 production of Advanced Registry cows up to 1919. 



LEADING GUERNSEY BUTTER-FAT RECORDS FOR ONE YEAR 



The average of the above ten records is 997! pounds of butter 

 fat, a remarkable showing. Up to January i, 1919, there were 

 recorded annual butter-fat records of 7943 different cows, which 

 showed an average yield of 450 pounds, while the best 70 cows in 

 seven classes had the high average of 790 pounds. It is interesting 

 to note that there are 10 junior and 10 senior two-year-old heifers 

 in this list of 70 class leaders, and 1 1 of these 20 have produced 



