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The Gi'ernsey Breed 



tests, the test to be conducted on much the same basis as our 

 Advanced Register records are made. They refused his gift 

 of $500, l)ut adopted rules almost exactly alonp the lines sug- 

 gested by Mr. Marsh. The rules friUow : 



In order to encourage the breeding and rearing of cattle of 

 great merit in production of liigli quality dairy products the Royal 

 Guernsey .-Xgricultural and Horticultural Society adopt the following 

 rules for tlie estalilislunent of a system of registry to be known as 



Flukes ,378, F. S. — 396 poumls 1,3 ounces milk in seven da\ s. 



"The yVdvanced Register of the Roj-al Guernsey .Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society's Herd' Book." 



(1) This register shall be under the general supervision and 

 direction of the managing committee, who shall have power to alter 

 and amend' the conditions established, and tlieir decision shall l>e 

 linal. The managing committee shall have power to appoint a sub- 

 couiuiittee to carry on the work. 



Eligibility of Animals. 



(,2) Any animal owned by a resident of the Island of Guernsey 

 or its Bailiwick, and entered in the Herd Book of the Royal Guern- 

 sey Agricultural and Horticultural Society may be entered for ad- 

 mission in the Ad'vanced Register under any of the following condi- 

 tions: 



(a) Bulls having two daughters in this .Vdvanced' Register or 

 that of any recognized "Guernsey" testing association with equivalent 

 requirements, 



(b) Cows of five years old and upwards that have pro\ided 360 



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