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The system of agriculture and the general management 

 of the cattle is much the same as that followed in Jersey. 

 There are about 8000 cattls on the Island. The Guernsey 

 breeders have kept the idea of utility alone in view, and have 

 given less attention to the development of the beauty of their 

 breed. 



Importation to America. There seem to be no records 

 available in regard to the first animals of this breed brought 

 to America. Most of the importations were made in the 

 period from 1880 to 1890, or since 1900. The American 

 Guernsey Club was founded in 1877. Up to the present 

 there have been something like 50,000 animals registered in 

 the Guernsey Register, the first volume of which was issued 

 in 1878. Of these close to one third are bulls. 



Guernseys are distributed most abundantly in the East, 

 especially in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, 

 and in the West in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Their rapid in- 

 crease in popularity within recent years has been brought 

 about to no small extent by the excellent system of yearly 

 records established by the Guernsey Cattle Club and by the 

 remarkable records made. The breeders of this breed should 

 also be commended for the general use they have made of the 

 tuberculin test, probably standing first in this respect in 

 America. 



Form and Characteristics. The Guernsey cow weighs 

 about 1000 pounds on the average, ranking in size about the 

 same as the Ayrshire, and at least 100 pounds larger than the 

 Jerseys. This breed is coarser boned and more irregular in 

 conformation than the Jersey. The colors resemble the 

 Jersey in general, but include some colors not found in that 

 breed. The common colors are a reddish yellow, or lemon 



