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DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR GUERNSEY BULLS 



Clean-cut, lean face ; strong sinewy jaw ; 

 wide muzzle with wide-open nostrils ; 

 full, bright eye with quiet and gentle 

 expression ; forehead long and broad . 



Long, masculine neck with strong juncture 

 to head ; clean throat. Backbone rising 

 well between shoulder blades; large, 

 rugged spinal processes, indicating good 

 development of the spinal cord . . . 

 Dairy Pelvis arching and wide ; rump long ; wide, 

 Temperament. - strong structure of spine at setting of 

 Constitution, tail. Long, thin tail with good switch. 

 38 Thin, incurving thighs 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide 

 apart, giving an open relaxed conforma- 

 tion; thin arching flank 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong 

 muscular and navel development, indic- 

 ative of capacity and vitality . . . 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling 

 and texture, but not thick 



Dairy 



Prepotency, 

 15 



Rudimentaries 



and Milk Veins, 



10 



Indicating 



Color of Milk 



in Offspring, 



15 



Symmetry and 

 Size, 22 



As shown by having a great deal of vigor, 

 style, alertness, and resolute appearance 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely and 

 broadly placed in front of and free from 

 scrotum. Milk veins prominent . . . 



15 



15 



10 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of 

 tail, at base of horns and body generally, 

 hoofs amber-colored 15 



Color of hair, a shade of fawn with white 

 markings. Cream-colored nose. Horns 

 amber-colored, curving and not coarse 8 



Size for the breed : Mature bulls, four 

 years old or over, about 1500 Ib. ... 4 



General appearance as indicative of the 

 power to beget animals of strong dairy 



qualities 10 



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