134 Maine Aceicultuhal Experiment Station. 1918. 



The data in this tab'e reaffirm the " conclusion of Spills 

 man, 3 Wilson, 4 and others that black is dominant to the red and 

 yellow coats (so called fawns). The number in the second gen- 

 eration from the cross are not large enough, as yet, to establish 

 any facts regarding the proportions between the animals of the 

 different kinds of coats resulting from breeding these first gener- 

 ation animals together. The apearance of the dark fawn and 

 deep orange offspring from Black Fi, parents indicate that such 

 reappearance of the parental types of coat color doe.; occur. 



Crossbred No. 38. 



This second generation bull comes from the cross of a black first 

 cross bull Aberdeen-Angus-Guernsey x Guernsey. He is sol.d orange 

 in color, carries horns, and has the light eye ring and muzzle color of the 

 Guernsey breed. The conformation resembles the Guernsey especially in 

 the region of the loin, chine and tail set. 



Crossbred Number 38, the deep orange coated bull shown in 

 the photograph, is of special inteiest as the coat of the Guern- 

 sey parent has reappeared in a much deeper shade. This deep- 

 ening of the shade seems to be confirmatory evidence for the 

 ■hypothesis advanced by Wright 5 that Guernsey cattle differ from 



