156 Thk Guernsey Breed 



Anyone desiring to enter contest between fourth month 1st, 1895, and 

 fourth month 1st, 1896, may do so; said tests to be counted in the 

 second year, which will end fourth month 1st, 1897, as it is deter- 

 mined to carry on the work for at least two years. The contest is 

 for individual tests and' for largest yield of butter-fat in a year. The 

 yearly award's will be as follows: h'irst [irizc, $100; second prize, 

 $50; third prize, $25. 



"One hundred dollars of this amount to be assumed by the asso- 

 ciation, the balance of yearly awards to be raised by contribution. 

 Competitors may enter more than one cow if desired, keeping records 

 individually. ]\Iembers of the Guernsey Breeders' Association only 

 are at liberty to compete for the prizes. All animals competing must 

 be registered in the American Guernsey Cattle Club Herd Register. 



"The association will be glad to enroll as members other breed- 

 ers. Terms of admission will be furnished by the secretary on appli- 

 cation. All persons wishing to compete will please apply to the secre- 

 tary for blanks as early as possible. It is desired that this effort will 

 be fruitful of lasting results, and' breeders are ur.ged to take hold in 

 earnest in the behalf of the good work.' 



'West Grove, Pa., Nov. 1, 1894.'^ 



"W. B. Harve}', Secretary. 



The results of the fir.st _year's wurk were announced as 

 follows : 



"First prize, Kin.g's Atyra 5399, made 539.48 pounds of butter. 

 She was fresh December 12, 1893; served January, 1895. Owner, Ezra 

 Michener, Carversville, Pa. 



"Second prize, Imported Beauty des Domaines 3d 4933, made 

 504.77 pounds of butter. She was fresh September 25, 1894; served 

 February 7, 189S; and is six j'ears old. Test commenced October, 

 1894. Owner, Henry W. Comfort, Fallsington, Pa. 



"Third prize, Mary Marshall 5604, made 485.55 pounds of butter. 

 She was fresh March 16, 1895; served April 3, 1895; and is four years 

 old. Test commenced March, 1895. Owner, Ezra Michener, Car- 

 versville, Pa. 



"The cows winning first and third prizes were fed a liberal but by 

 no means an excessive ration, varying through the year, of wheat, 

 bran, corn meal, cottonseed and oil cake, glucose, hay and fodder, 

 in varying proportions. A sample winter month reading as follows: 

 Three quarts each of wheat, bran, and glucose, one quart each ol 

 cottonseed and oil meal, and some hay. 



"The second prize cow, at about the same time of year, had en- 

 silage, 6 pounds of bran, 3 pounds cerealine, 3 pounds cottonseed 

 meal, and a little hay. 



"Summer sample rations for same cows are as follows: First and 

 third prize, pasture and four quarts of wheat bran, four quarts of 

 glucose, and one quart of cotton seed meal per day. Second prize, 

 grass and eight quarts of bran per day. 



"The differences in food given did not aft'ect the awar^, but were 

 made a part of the record for the instruction of the members. 



"John C. Higgins entered Pomara 3d 1743 — dropped April 22, 

 1882 — made 443 pounds of butter; Golden Horn's Mary 8975 — dropped 

 November 23, 1892 — made 407.9 pounds of butter. These cows had 



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