The GuERNsisY Hreed 



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Mary Marshall 5604, A. G. C. C. — The prize-winning Guernsey and winning cow in 

 butter production in the Pan-American Model Dairy Herd, Buffalo, 1901. 



The individual records of the Guernse}' cows in the 30- 

 day test were as follows : 



Pounils Pounds Cost of 



Name of Cow and Owner milk fat Weight food 



Purity— G. H. Davison 1,0607 45.28 1,150 $5,587 



Careno— N. K. Fairbank 922.3 45.37 985 6.111 



Vesta's Valencia— A. J. Cassatt 985.7 43.33 1,082 5.651 



Sweet Ada— John M. Eddv 986 2 45.88 1,147 7.082 



Materna— N. K. Fairbank 1,058.4 45.16 1,076 7.36 



Select VIII— Francis Shaw 866.9 44.63 1,041 7.067 



Duchess of Orleans— Francis Shaw . . 1,044.3 41.85 975 5.979 



Marita— Walter Cutting 1,014.6 39.26 966 5.717 



Ethics of Cornwall— G. H. Davison.. 865.4 39.56 961 6.526 



Rosette V— Levi P. Morton 904.3 37.89 983 6.372 



Aldine— Ezra Michener 767.8 36.53 897 6.13 



Lady of Ellerslie— Levi P. Morton... 658.3 34.21 971 5.508 



Amanda— James Logan Fisher 847 33.79 974 5.859 



Princess Aster II— Hopewell Bros.... 866.8 34.39 918 6.369 



Essence— Levi P. Morton 669. 1 30 83 996 5.458 



I have purposely omitted the matter of profit because 

 the butter was variously credited at from 40c to 50c per pound 

 when it was not worth an averag-e of 25c in the market that 

 year. This made it possible to figure much lar.o-er profits for 

 the cows than the conditions warranted. In the case of the 

 cheese test, the cheese was actually worth not over 8c per 

 pound, and with 1 14c as the usual price allowed for the mak- 

 ing, the Guernsey and Jersey cows would have just paid for 

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