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The Guernsey Breed 



Will Treleven, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, recently re- 

 fused $500 for five grade heifers all under 10 months of age. 



The best evidence of the productive capacity of the grade 

 Guernsey cow is that furnished by the Wisconsin Dairy Cow 

 Competition. While these records have been published both 

 in a bulletin of the Wisconsin Experiment Station and in the 



Beautj — a grade Guernsey. Yearly record, 466. ."S pounds butterfat. 



Guernsey Breeders' Journal, still the reader may not have them 



in a convenient form for reference. The results from Guern- 

 sey grades in that contest were as follows : 



Records of Guernsey Grades in the Wisconsin Dairy Cow Competition. 1909-11. 



,, t ■ , ,. ^^'^ Pounds Percent Pounds 



Name of an.mal \ cars Months milk fat hutterfat 



Strawberry 3 H 3073 5J5 ^,55 



8"""=., 3 t 13.195 5.41 659:3 



f^^orat 4 5 12,368 4.85 600.0 



f^"^>' ■- 9 12.973 4.40 570.8 



Golden Squaw 7 13.261 4.16 551.2 



Q""" i 2 10 616 4.83 513.1 



ieJ^'^r ' ■• l--"5 4.06 503.8 



Maude 3 3 31^3 5 gg ^g^ j 



Mrss Robmson 7 8 11.715 409 4797 



^"1>'>' 3 4 9,843 4:74 466:5 



Ji^'''^ 2 3 8,313 4.71 391.2 



Miss Susan 7 6,684 5.26 351.8 



Glenwood R 6 7 11,517 5.29 509 6 



J"?;f, 2 11 8,481 5.75 487:9 



F™'.""! 2 11 10.039 4 72 483 9 



?°='"^ i 8.538 4.44 3790 



J"""y 7 8 15,744 4.64 729.9 



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