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JUDGING CATTLE 



GUERNSEY CATTLE. 



Dairy Tempera- 

 ment. Consti- 

 tution 38 



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SCALE OF POINTS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN g 



GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB, DEC. I3, 1899 — COW. rj 



Clean cut, lean face; strong, sinewy jaw; 

 wide muzzle with wide open nostrils; full, 

 bright eye wiih quiet and gentle expres- 

 sion ; forehead long and broad 5 



Long, thin neck with strong juncture to 

 head; clean throat. Backbone rising well 

 between shoulder blades ; large, rugged 

 spinal processes, indicating good develop- 

 ment of the spinal cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide ; rump long ; wide, 

 strong structure of spine at setting on of 

 tail. Long, thin tail with good switch ; 

 Thin, in-curving thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, 

 giving an open, relaxed conformation; thin, 

 arching flank 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong mus- 

 cular and navel development, indicative of 

 capacity and vitality 15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling and 

 texture but not thick 3 



Milking Marks 

 denoting quan- 

 tity of flow. ... 10 



Udder Forma- 

 tion 26 



Indicating Color 

 of Milk 15 



Milking M arks 

 denoting qual- 

 ity of flow 6 



Symmetry and 

 Size 5 



Escutcheon wide on thighs, high and broad 

 with thigh ovals 2 



Milk veins crooked, branching and promi- 

 nent, with large or deep wells 8 



Udder full in front 8 



Udder full and well up behind 8 



Udder of large size and capacity 4 



Teats wide apart, squarely placed and of 



good and even size 6 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of 

 tail, at base of horns, on udder, teats and 

 body generally. Hoof amber colored. .. . 15 



Udder showing plenty of substance but not 

 too meaty 6 



Color of hair a shade of fawn with white 

 markings. Cream colored nose. Horns 

 amber colored, small, curved and not 

 coarse. Hoofs amber colored 3 



Size for the breed : Mature cows four years 

 old or over, about 1,050 lbs 2 



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