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cows 1,050 pounds or so. Guernseys are often rather plain 

 of head and rough of shoulder and appear coarser than 

 the Jersey. The aged males vary in type fully as much as 

 do the Holstein-Friesian males, and often incline to a thick, 

 fleshy conformation not admired by students of dairy form. 

 The skin is noted for its soft, mellow, elastic quality, and 

 yellow color, especially in the ear and about the vulva, 

 thighs and udder. The horns also show much yellow color-; 

 ing. Of 4,719 cows in the advanced register up to April 

 30, 1916, the average yield was 8,806 pounds. The largest 



Fig. 188. — Guernsey bull, "Galaxy's Sequel, noted as a sire of 

 advanced registry cows." 



official milk yield for a Guernsey cow in a year, was 24,008 

 pounds by Murne Cowan 19597. Guernsey milk tests rich 

 in fat, often exceeding 5 per cent, and the fat globules carry 

 so high a yellow tint as not to require butter coloring at any 

 time. The average yield of fat produced by the 4,719 cows 

 noted above was 437.45 pounds, the largest record of 1,098.18 

 pounds being by Murne Cowan 19597. Guernsey butter 

 ranks as of the best class. In temperament the Guernsey 

 male is perhaps somewhat quieter than its Jersey cousin, 

 though the cows do not materially differ. 



