Guernsey cow GLENCOE'S BOPEEP. Champion cow of her breed at 

 the National Dairy $how in 1911. Shown by W. W. Marsh, Waterloo, 

 Iowa. 



DESCRIPTION OF GUERNSEY CATTLE. 



"PHE GUERNSEY cattle coming from the island of that name hava not had 

 attached to them any peculiar requirements as to the type or markings, 

 as these have been allowed to evolve themselves as the breed developed under 

 the patronage of the Royal Agricultural Society of the island. Being carefully 

 protected from the infusions of blood from foreign sources they have become 

 of a distinct type and their markings and color have necessarily assumed 

 uniformity. The greatest production of butter has been the aim and the 

 evolution of the breed and this has evolved the type of large capacity, neces- 

 sarily strong in frame without any encouragement being given to the finer 

 lines of beauty. The color is usually some shade of fawn with white mark- 

 ings, but this is considered subordinate to the color of the skin, which should 

 be of a rich orange tinge. The head in all its lineaments should show refine- 

 ment, the nostril and mouth large, the face slightly dished and clearly chiseled, 

 the eye large and full with the top of the head surmounted by delicate horns. 

 The juncture of the head and neck should be trim and light and the latter 

 slim. A sharp shoulder should run into a deep chest and the latter should 

 swell into a roomy barrel. The back should be sharp and straight and the 

 hind quarters completely free from fleshiness with a thin thigh. The udder 

 Is a leading consideration and it should be long with full, circular form and 

 teats large and the milk veins prominent, branched and tortuous. See the 

 elaborate official scale of points, page 98. 



