OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR CATTLE 



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GUERNSEY CATTLE. 



Dairy Tempera- 

 ment. Consti- 

 tution 38 



SCALE OF POINTS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN 



GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB, DEC. 13, 1899 COW. (J 



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 Marks 

 denoting qual- 

 ity of flow 6 



Symmetry and 

 Size 5 



Total. 



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 Ibs 2 



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