300 JUDGING DAIRY CATTLE 



Cow. 



Counts. 



DAIRY TEMPERAMENT, CONSTITUTION 38 Points. 



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 5 



Long, thin 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 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump long; wide, strong structure 

 of spine at setting on of tail. Long, thin taiL with good 

 switch. Thin, incurving thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, giving an open, 

 relaxed conformation; thin, arching flanks 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong muscular 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 QUANTITY OF FLOW 10 Points. 



Escutcheon wide on thighs; high and broad, with thigh ovals 2 



Milk veins long, crooked, branching and prominent, with 



large or deep wells 8 



UDDER FORMATION 26 Points. 



Udder full in front 8 



Udder full and well up behind 8 



Udder of large size and capacity 4 



Teats well apart, squarely placed, and of good and even 



size 6 



INDICATING COLOR OF MILK 15 Points. 



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 



MILKING MARKS DENOTING QUALITY OF FLOW 6 Points. 



Udder showing plenty of substance but not too meaty . . 6 

 SYMMETRY AND SIZE 5 Points. 



Color of hair a shade of fawn, with white markings. Cream- 

 colored nose. Horns amber-colored, small, curved, and not 

 coarse 3 



Size for the breed: Mature cows, four years old or over, 

 about 1050 pounds 2 



Total 100 



EXPLANATORY NOTES ON GUERNSEY BREED BY AMERICAN 

 GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB. 



The Guernsey should be: First. A dairy animal with a 

 distinctive dairy temperament and conformation, having a 

 strong, nervy structure with a corresponding flow of nervous 

 energy, and every indication of capacity and vitality. 



