The Guernsey Breed 245 



Natural Color of Various Lots of Butter. 

 Source o{ Cream Breed ot Cows Sli.nlc or Color Value Oualily .if Color 



June 15. 1899. 

 Whitney Factory ..Mostly Holsteni ...\,, 3x cq. 85c c ..Orange. 



June 15. 

 Geo. C. Hill & Son, Guernsey herd ....N,,. 5 x, nearly No. Olil gold with an 



Rosendale, Wis. 6, ISO c. c olive cast. 



June 21. 



Burchard Farm Jersey herd K,, .! x cq. 85 c. c. .. Lemon and orange 



June 28. 



The same Jersey herd Xo. .1;^ cq. 85 c. c. .. Lemon and orange 



June 28. 

 Ex-Gov. Hoard's .. .Guernsey cows ....\o. 5 cq. 125 c.c. Olive lemon ami 



gold 

 Decemher 7. 

 Geo. C. Hill & Son. Guernsey herd .....\o. 3x cq. 85 c. c... Same quality of color 



March IS, I'lOO. 

 Geo. C. Hill & Son, Guernsey herd ....Xo. 2x cq 60 ^. ^. . . .-\l.out the color of 



hanana meat. 

 April 2. 



O. T. Howard Holstein herd Xi^. 1 eq, 15 c. c. .. .Almost white. 



Ft. Atkinson, \^'is. 



April 12. 



Burchard Farm Jersey herd Xo. 2x cci. 60 c. v.. 



June 4. 



O. T. Howard Holstein herd Xo, 2 eq 50 l.l. 



June 15, 1900. 

 Whitney Factory .. .Jlnsalted hotter ...No. 2x cq 60 c. c. 



Salted hotter No. 3;^ cq. 85 c, c. 



X for plus 



"The fall drop in a line of Wisconsin creameries does not go 

 below No. 2 until the ground hog days, and then it is a long time 

 going down towards No. 1. The whitest butter is produced' and most 

 artificial color is used in the spring just before sunshine and pastur- 

 age commence, and then the gain in color does not come all at once." 



Mr. Fitch, in writing me at the time the above Guernsey 

 sample was sent, March 15th, 1900, said: 



"The color has fallen to 2^ on the scale, and this woultl just suit 

 me, as it is for table use. It is as high a color as could be sold in 

 Manchester, England." 



In judging of the color of milk, it must be remembered 

 that the color value of Guernseys giving 5 per cent milk 

 would be increased as compared with 3 per cent Molstein milk 

 by the factor of 5/3 over the table color values of butter; 

 whereas for cream of the same richness, the comparative color 

 values would be as stated for butter. Thus Holstein milk- 

 might often have less than one-fourth the color of Guernsey 

 milk. 



James M. Codman, of Brookline, Mass., who visited the 

 Island in 1871, and made an importation at that time, mi3re 

 than any other person has called attention of the breeders 

 to the value of this b^^g^^J^^f^^j-^tic, and the results ob- 



