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and New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, but 

 is also found occasionally in other states, notably in the East and 

 middle West. Why the Guernsey has not attracted more atten- 

 tion in the United States has never been clear to the author. It 

 is a dairy breed of the highest merit, as repeated tests have 

 shown, yet it is quite limited in development, and does not 

 seem to get much foothold in some of our greatest dairy states, 

 especially in the Mississippi Valley. 



Organizations for the promotion of Guernsey interests exist 

 on Guernsey and in England and the United States. The 

 Royal Guernsey Agricultural and Horticultural Society has for 

 many years supervised the registration and promotion of Guern- 

 seys on the island. Two herdbooks are maintained, one for 



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Fig. 127. Rutila's Daughter 6670, a very beautiful Guernsey cow with a record 

 of 898S pounds milk in one year, testing 489.8 pounds butter fat. Owned 

 by H. McKay Twombly, Madison, New Jersey. Photograph by Schreiber 



general registration, the other for advanced registry. The Eng- 

 lish Guernsey Cattle Society was organized in 1885 and has pub- 

 lished twenty herdbooks to 1904. The American Guernsey Cattle 

 Club was organized in 1877 in New York City, and has pub- 

 lished to 1905 about fifteen herd registers, these being issued in 



