9$ 



JUDGING CATTLE 



Temperament. 

 Constitution 38 



SCALE OF POINTS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN 

 GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB, DEC. 13, 1899 BULL. 



f Clean cut, lean face; strong, sinewy 

 jaw; wide muzzle with wide open 

 nostrils; full, bright eye with quiet 

 gentle expression; forehead long and 

 broad 5 



Long Masculine neck with strong junc- 

 ture to head; clean throat. Back- 

 bone rising well between shoulder 

 blades; large, rugged spinal proc- 

 esses, indicating good development 

 of the spinal cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump Ions; 

 wide, strong structure of spine at 

 setting on p? 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; tihin, arching flank.... 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong 

 muscle and navel development, in- 

 dicative of capacity and vitalitv. 



15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feel- 

 ing and texture, but not thick. . . . 



Dairy prepo- 

 tency 15 



Rudimentaries 

 and Milk 



Veins . . 10 



Indicating color 

 of Milk in Off- 

 spring .... 15 



As shown by having a great deal of 

 vigor, style, alertness and resolute 

 appearance 15 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely 

 and broadly placed in front of and 

 free from scrotum. Milk veins prom- 

 inent 10 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone 

 of tail, at base of horns and body 

 generally, hoofs amber colored. ... 15 



Symmetry and 

 Size ..22 



Color of hair a shade of fawn with 

 white markings. Cream colored 

 nose. Horns amber colored, curv- 

 ing and not coarse 8 



Size for breed: Mature brills four years 

 old or over, about 1,500 Ibs 4 



General appearance as indicative of the 

 power to beget animals of strong 



dairy qualities 10 



Total 100 



EXPLANATORY NOTES BY COMMITTEE. 



We recognize the Guernsey should be 



First. A dairy animal with a distinctive dairy temperament 

 and conformation, having a strong, nervy structure wit'h a 

 corresponding flow of nervous energy, and every indication 

 of capacity and vitality. 



