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to ill-shaped udders inheritable from dams deficient in this 
respect. We believe the future excellence of the Guernsey 
cow will be greatly aided by close attention on the part 
of her breeders to this point.” 
The temperament of both the bulls and cows of this 
breed is very quiet and uniform. The bulls are very 
tractable and the cows have been developed and handled 
on the Island in a way that would indicate gentleness and 
quietude. 
308. Use for milk, cream and butter.— The chief 
characteristic of the Guernsey is her economical production 
of the highest natural colored milk, cream and butter. 
Tn this she has excelled and proved herself in all impartial 
trials. In England, and to a growing extent in this coun- 
try, there is an impression that with this natural high 
color of her products there is a special and very desirable 
flavor. While the Guernsey is preéminently a cream and 
butter breed, it has been found within the last few years 
that the color and flavor of her milk, combined with a 
good amount which she is able to produce, has placed her 
a favorite in catering to the choicest trade in the sale of 
milk and cream. ‘To-day, in nearly all our largest towns 
and cities, this trade will be found supplied with the 
products of full-blood and grade Guernseys. 
This characteristic has appealed to two classes of 
dairymen —the progressive ones who are producing 
strictly high-class dairy products for a critical trade, 
from which the highest returns are secured, and those 
who desire the best flavored and colored milk, cream and 
butter for use on their private estate. To the former, the 
fact that in impartial trials the Guernsey has shown greater 
returns for a dollar invested in food when cream or butter, 
and even high-grade milk, is produced, is sufficient to win 
