Guernsey cow. Fantine 2d 3720. Record. 9,738 lbs. of milk and 602 lbs. of 

 butter. Owned by Chas. Solveson, Washota, Wisconsin. 



DESCRIPTION OF GUKRNSET CATTLE 



I^HE GUERNSEY cattle coming from the island of that name have not had 

 attached to them any peculiar requirements as to the type or markings, as 

 these have been allowed to evolve themselves as the breed developed under the 

 patronage of the Royal Agricultural Society of the island. Being carefully pro- 

 tected from the infusions of biood from foreign sources they have become of a dis- 

 tinct type and their markings and color have necessarily assumed uniformity. The 

 greatest production of butter has been the aim and the evolution of the breed and 

 this has evolved the type of large capacity, necessarily strong in frame without 

 any encouragement being given to the finer lines of beauty, The color is usually 

 some shade of fawn with white markings, but this is considered subordinate to the 

 color of the skin which should be of a rich orange tinge. The head in all its linea- 

 ments should show refinement, the nostril and mouth large, the face slightly dished 

 and clearly chiseled, the eye large and full with the top of the head surmounted 

 by delicate liorns. The .iuncture of the head and neck should be tiim and light 

 and the latter slim. A sharp shoulder should run Into a deep chest and the latter 

 should swell into a roomy barrel, The back should be sharp and straight and the 

 hind quarters completely free from fleshiness with a thin thigh. The udder is a 

 leading consideration and it should be long with full, circular form and teats large 

 and the milk veins prominent, branched and tortuous. See the elaborate official 

 scale of points, page 98. 



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