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TiiK Guernsey Breed 



their feed, while the Shorthorns would have come a g-Qod way 

 from it. But in the published reports, with cheese valued at 

 12;f4@15c, the cows were represented as makin"- individual 

 profits for the 15 days of from $1,08 to $6.97. 



Throughout the year the Guernseys maintained their 

 reputation for scoring above otlier breeds in the flavor of the 

 butter, while tlie Jersey butter always excelled in solidity. 



Medara Feni 7426- -Mcmlicr Tan-American Model Dairy Herd, Buffalo, 1901. 



When it is considered that, up to the time of this test, only 

 about 6,000 Guernseys had been registered in America, that 

 the Guernsey interests were then, in their infancy, and that 

 only by the generosity of some men deeply interested in the 

 1)reed was it possible for the Guernsews tn enter tliis test, the 

 results were very gratifying, indeed, and multitudes of new 

 friends were made for the breed. As the Guernsey butter 

 was made without artificial coloring matter, it proved a revela- 

 tion to people who had not previously known of the breed. 

 In 1901 the officials of the ran-.\niericaii h'xposition, to 

 be held in Bufifalo that year, announced that thev would con- 

 duct a model dairy, to consist of fi\-e cows from each of as 

 many breeds as could be obtained. The committee of the 



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