The Guernsey RREEn 



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Tessie — a grade Guernsey. Yearly record, 487.9 l^ounds buttcrfat. 



Bessie of Birchwood 11 11.406 4.38 500 



May 4 6 10,010 4.33 433.8 



Sue 3 9 10,476 4.18 438.1 



Maggie 3 6 9,287 4.59 436.8 



Miss Busse 5 6 6,478 5.01 329.6 



Elsie 5 5 5,509 5.67 312,4 



There were 23 grade Guernseys in this competition and 

 they gave an average of 10,073 pounrls milk, testing 4.72 per 

 cent fat, equal to 475 pounds fat for the year. This is more 

 than double the a^'crage annual production of the cows of 

 any state in the union, and may be taken as an indication of 

 what may be expected from the use of a purebred Guernsey 

 bull in a herd of grade or common cows. 



The largest record of the twenty-three was made by the 

 half-blood cow Jerry, owned by A. N. Schmit, Appleton, Wis- 

 consin. She was bred by Charles Breitrick of the same place, 

 and was sired b}' King of Ellington 11096, a bull of Mr. 

 Breitrick's own breeding. She was 10 years old at the time 

 of the test. Her record for the year was as follows : 



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