OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOE CATTLE 



97 



Dairy Temper- 

 ament. Con- 

 stitution ..38 



GUERNSEY CATTLE. 



SCALE OF POINTS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN ~ 



GUERNSEY CATTLE CLTTB, DEC. 13, 1899 COW. 



, 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, indi- 

 cating 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, in-curving 

 thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide 

 apart, giving an open, relaxed con- 

 formation; thin, arching flank.... 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong 

 muscular and navel development, 

 indicative of capacity and vitality. . 



15 



Milking Marks 

 de n o t i n g 

 quantity of 

 flow . ... .10 



Udder 

 tion 



Forma- 



26 



Indicating Col- 

 or of Milk. .15 



Milking Marks 

 denoting qual- 

 ity of flow. . 6 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feel- 

 ing and texture but not 'thick 3 



Escutcheon wide on tMghs, high and 

 broad with thigh ovals % 



Milk veins crooked, branching and 

 prominent, 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, 

 j teats and body generally. Hoof, am- 

 ber colored 15 



Symmetry and 

 Size , . 5 



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 color- 

 ed 3 



Size for tihe breed: Mature cows 

 four years old or over about 1,050 



pounds 2 



Total , 100 



