276 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
for her a good trial. Wherever her golden-colored products 
are shown they are sure to win recognition. Numerous 
instances can be cited in which the products of herds of 
Guernseys are supplying such markets. A good grade 
Guernsey cow is eagerly sought in the higher-class dairies. 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club was the first to 
establish an Advanced Register on a yearly basis. This 
was done in 1901, and since this date 4351 cows and young 
heifers have entered with an official test averaging 8779.91 
pounds of milk and 437.20 pounds of butter-fat and an 
average percentage of 4.979. The improvement which is 
steadily being made in the breed as shown by the average 
annual increase in average fat production is seven pounds 
per year for the last four years. During the time since 
the establishment of the Advanced Register the world’s 
record for the production of butter-fat has been held by 
three different Guernsey cows, the first being made in 
1905 when one cow produced 14,920.8 pounds of milk and 
857.15 pounds of butter-fat. Another cow later produced 
19,673.00 pounds of milk and 1073.41 pounds of butter-fat, 
and still another 24,008.00 pounds of milk and 1098.18 
pounds of butter-fat. 
309. Other uses of Guernseys. — The composition of 
Guernsey milk adapts it for the preparation of high-grade 
cheese, but because of the demand for the milk, cream and 
butter, it is not used largely for cheese-making. 
While a distinctively dairy breed, the size of the Guern- 
sey allows her easily to be converted as a young animal, 
or when past her usefulness as a milker, into beef. There 
are few prettier sights than those seen in the meat divi- 
sion of the great market of St. Petersport on the island of 
Guernsey, and this testifies what can be done with the 
breed in this respect. 
