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The Guernsey Breed 



records was made ]n-evious to 1870. The only reason that can 

 be gi\'en why more weekly butter records were not made by 

 Guernsey cows is that the majority of them were in the hands 

 of well-to-do gentlemen who kept them to supply their own 

 and their friends' tables with milk, cream and butter. Know- 

 ing the worth of their cows and having a ready market for the 

 increase of their herds, they failed to become imbued with the 

 testing idea. The same could be said, however, of Jersey 

 breeders, and they Avere testing their cows. It may, perhaps, 

 be true also that, realizing how little a weekly record could 

 be depended upon as a real gauge of a cow's value, they de- 

 clined to engage in this kind of work. 



Guernsey breeders early showed an inclination toward 

 yearly records. 



The cow, 

 milk record : 



Lih- .Vlexandrc 10.^'', made the follo^\■inn■ vearly 



.Mcxan.lru 10.^9, .\ G. C. C— i;..S36 lLi>. milk in 1S8S rin.l ISS'l 



1888 Pounds 



October 1,306 



Novemljer 1.218'/2 



Decemlier 1,1325^ 



1889 



.January l.OlOJi 



Febrnarv 912 



March 1.0671/ 



April 1,047'^ 



May 1,2361^ 



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