250 



The Guernsey Breed 



Quarts 



milk 



10 



16 



17 



16.1 



16.2 



Pounds 

 butter 



1.8 



2.2 



2.9 



2.85 



2.9 



1.115 



2.135 



2.155 



1.9 



Lady No, 5 (first crilf) 



Lady No. 5 



Lady No. 5 



Lady No, 6 , 



Lady No, 6 



Lady No. 9 (first calf) 



Lady No. 9 (second calf) 16.1 



Lady No. 9 (third calf) 17 



Lady No. 14 (first calf) 10 



It was the author's privileg-e to A'isit this farm in 1913. 

 'J'he present .Sir Henry Lennarcl is ^'ery much interested in 

 his herd, which is composed largely of the descendants of 

 this same Lady family. 



T. Bovd Ivinnear, ~S\ . P., for years maintained a very 

 choice herd at Collessie, Scotland, and he published the fol- 

 Idwing report of the milk yield of his herd for the years 1895, 

 ISOC, and 1897: 



1895 

 Name of cow Pounds 



Violet XXII 7.710 



Violet XXIV 6,200 



Fleur de Lis III 7.750 



Cowslip III 7,030 



J^ilac 8,360 



Ncrine III 7,710 



Flora III 4,670 



The English breeders ha\'e persistently entered their 

 cattle in the milking trials at the annual shows, and up to 

 1912 this, with their prize winning, had been the only means 

 of judging of the character of their animals. In 1912 they 

 adopted the following set of rules governing their tests for 

 yearly milk and fat records, which rules are much like those 

 adopted for the Advanced Register in the United States, The 

 same requirements for admission prevail, but Rule 6 provides 

 that "No record can be accepted unless the cow is safely in 

 calf within five months from the date the record commenced," 



1. Any animal the property of a member of the English Guern- 

 sey Cattle Society entered in their Herd' Book is eli.arible for the test, 



2. The record, which is to be for a lactation period not exceeding 

 ,36.S days, shall consist of a daily record of milk production to be kept 

 Viy the owner on a form supplied by the Secretary of the Society, 

 ^vhich shall be checked at least every two months during the lacta- 

 tion period by the Official Inspector of the Society, who shall at each 

 visit take a sample of each animal's milk and test the same for butter- 

 fat by the Gerber Tester. 



3. The cows shall be milked the same number of times on the 

 day of the test as they have been previously, but the number of milk- 

 in,!js must not exceed three. 



4. All cows must have calved at least se\en days before the 

 commencement of the test or record. No allowance can be made for 

 milk taken by suckling calves after that period, 



5. The records may commence at any time, but notice must be 



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