266 The Guernsey Breed 



up from these, so bought all the high-grade Jersey heifer 

 calves he could find. There were no Guernsey grades to be 

 had. 



"In a few years the herd averaged 392 pounds of butter- 

 fat. During the months of December and Januar}', the last 

 winter the grades were kept, the herd of 26 cows a^'eraged 47 

 pounds of butterfat per month. 



"About this time he decided to go into purebreds. The 

 grade Guernseys were sold for $120 per head. There were 

 several grade Jerseys that were just as good producers as the 

 grade Guernseys, but had to be sold for $71 per head." 



The individual records of some grade Guernsey cows may 

 be of interest. Elizabeth A., a grade sired by Coralman 3193, 

 was dropped in. May, 189,t, and dropped her calf in 1897. Her 

 record for ele\"en A-ears was as follows : 



These records are from January to January. One year she 

 calved in September and did not drop another calf for a year 

 and a half, and in 12 months she gave over 12,000 pound's of 

 milk and 605 pounds of butterfat, equal to 705 pounds of 

 butter. She was owned by II, D. Griswold, La Crosse, A\'is- 

 consin. Mr. Griswold has had many grade Guernsey cows 

 make over 500 pounds of butter per year, and manv years the 

 return from the creamery has been well over $100 per cow. 



The Jackson Farmers' Club of Duluth, Minnesota, in the 

 spring of 1913 organized what they called a Grade Guernsev 

 Production Register. In this association records made in reg- 

 ularly organized cow testing associations are recognized, and 

 no animal is admitted to the registry that has not completed 

 a record of at least 200 pounds of butterfat in a year. The 

 progeny of admitted cows, sired by purebred Guernsey bulls, 

 are eligible to record, also any heifer sired by a bull" whose 

 dam has recorded 300 pounds of fat or more. The registry is 

 to be carried on in the same manner as that of purebred rec- 

 ord associations and the initials G. P. R., standing for Guern- 



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