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The Guernsey Breed 



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irl 1761)6 -A. R. 790 — vearlv record, 18.60J.8 poiin.ls mil 

 957.38 pounds fat. 



As the recnrds nf the last )'ear's competition were made 

 under practically the same rules as those adopted, such (if 

 those CdW's as had passed the adx'anccd reyistrv requirements 

 were a<lmitted and appear as cnws Xos. 1 to 10. The advanced 

 registr_y records now cimipleted are a L;"reat credit to the breed, 

 and the |)opularit}' which the breed has achie\-ed because of 

 these tests rednunds ti) the credit of d'he American Guernsey 

 Cattle Club who thus ( irit^-inaled the .\dvanced Rej^'ister sys- 

 tem based on yearly butter-fat recnrds. 



Experience pro\'es that a serious (imissinn was made in 

 drawing;- u]) the rules, in nut rei|uiriuL;" that a C("iw must drop 

 a calf within 1,^ mcmths of the time she started her record 

 if she started as a fresh cow. 



."^ince the .V(h'anced Re,L;-isler has ikweloped so rapidly 

 and the higdi records of the leaders of each class are con- 

 stantly beint;- exceeded, and since the xVmcrican Guernsey 

 Cattle Club publbshes at frequent inter\-als nnt onb- tlie new 

 records made frdui time h> time but also cnm|>lete lists of all 

 ol thdse made up to date, it is unnecessar}- to include the list 

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