SCALE OF POINTS FOR SCORING DAIRY ANIMALS 



RULES ADOPTED BY THE BREEDERS OF THE GUERNSEY AND T 



JERSEY. 



Notes by Association Committee. 



Cattle breeders' associations have established standards by which ex- 

 cellence of any animal of the breed shall be judged and rated, as nearly 

 as may be from long study of the points that indicate to the observer the 

 worth of the animal for butter or for beef production, and the dairy farmer 

 should familiarize himself with the characteristics that denote the type of 

 arsimal he is dealing with. In the following are given the scoring points as 

 adopted by the breeders of the Guernsey and of the Jersey, being consid- 

 ered sufficient to express to the reader those points most desired in the 

 conformation of the dairy animal, and by which standards, with due allow- 

 ance for general breed type, each reader may score his own herd and estab- 

 lish a standard to which each animal shall attain to keep its place in the 

 dairy. While the Babcock test and the scales must give the final judgment 

 of the dairy cow's standing as a profitable animal, there is need to know the 

 way by which to judge the young animal's possible performance, and thes<= 

 tables of the scoring points are the key to that wider knowledge. 



THE GUERNSEY. 



All measurements, description and scaling shall be in accord w. 

 following scale of points for Guernsey cattle, adopted by The America. - 

 Guernsey Cattle Club, December 13, 1899: 



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