174 The Guerxsey Breed 



If calving within 19 months of last calving, 14 per cent. 

 If calving within 20 nir.nths of last calving, 16 per cent. 

 If calving within 21 months of last calving, 1<8 per cent. 

 If calving within 22 months of last calving, 20 per cent. 

 If calving after this period she will not iie accepted for entry. 

 Exceptional cases, such as abortion, will I)e dealt with on their 

 merits by the managin.g committee. 



The owner will be at liberty to feed liis cow or cows at his own 

 discretion. 



Fees and Expenses. 



(3) Tlie entrance fee for testing shall l)e 101- for each cow. 

 This fee will cover the entire cost for the year, except that it may 

 be necessary to provide meals for the supervisor on the day of the 

 official monthly test. 



When an animal has quabfied for entry under the requirements 

 of Rule 2, tlie secretary, in accordance with Rule 14, will be em- 

 powered to enter sucli animal in the Advanced Register, and issue 

 a certificate on jiaymcnt of a fee of 5''- for each cow, and 10|- for 

 each bull, to defray cost of registration. 



Commencement of Records. 



(4) Regular entry forms will lie furnished free liy the secretary, 

 .and also printed blanks for keeping the records. 



Tlie entry form, properly filled out. must be handed to the 

 secretary, accom])anied in- the fee, within seven days of the com- 

 mencement of takin,g record. 



(5) The test period need not be confined' to one period of 

 lactation, but may extend into the following period of lactation, pro- 

 vided it is confined to ^<'>S consecutive days. 



(6) In the case of a cow entered immediatebv after calving, 

 record's may not commence until tlie seventh day after calving, and 

 sliall cbise 305 days from the date nf the first record. 



Nature of Tests. 



(7) Tlie test, wliicli is ti] (U'lermiuc the amount of butterfat 

 given in one year (3(i5 days) l>y any cow, sliall cmisist of a daily 

 record of milk productimi to be kept by the owner of animals en- 

 tered, added to a test made lor one full day each month by an ofii- 

 cial supcr\'isor, nr supervisors, a]ipointed bv the Royal Guernsey 

 -Xgricultural ami Horticultural Society, who will see each cow milked 

 and weiwh such milk inimediately. taking samides cU each milking, 

 and tesliii.L;" same fi>r butterfat by tile Rabcock or Gerblier tester, such 

 butterfat tests to be taken as the avera.ye for the nnnith. 



(8) The cows under test shall be milked the same number oi 

 times on the fl'a_\- of the visit of the official supervisor as they have 

 been on the |ireceding days of tlie month, and the number of milk- 

 ings jier day sb.all in no case exceeil three. 



(9) Tile average i)er cent butterfat. calculated from the yield 

 and the tests of milk as reported by the suiier\-isor. will be taken 

 as representing the average fat contents of (he milk of the cow during 

 that calendar month. 



The tot;il of the nionthl>- milk yields and the total of the 

 monthly credits for butterfat shall constitute the year's record for 

 milk and butterf.at respectively. 



(10) In the event of either the supervisor or owner being dis- 



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