270 The Guernsey Breed 



Yearly Record of Grade Guernsey Cow Jerry. 



Pounds Per cent Pounds 



Month milk fat fat 



Mav, 1910 1,005.8 4.94 49.687 



June 1,695 3.74 63.393 



July 1,655.3 3.95 65.384 



Aug-ust 1,603 4.39 70.372 



.■September 1,465.1 4.45 65.233 



October 1,429.3 4.29 61.317 



November 1,233.9 5.34 65.890 



December 1,173.4 5.40 63.364 



January, 1911 945.1 5.75 54.154 



February 663.4 5.82 38.610 



March 926.6 5.00 46.309 



April 1,462 4.65 67.983 



May 4S5.3 3.74 18.174 



Totals 15,744 729.87 



I think this is the largest record ever made by a cow that 

 calved again during the year of her test, and the largest record 

 ever made by a grade cow of any breed, up to 1912. 



Her feed for the year consisted of 1,191 pounds of Ajax 

 flakes, 639 pounds wheat bran, 80 pounds gluten feed, 253 

 pounds ground oats, 682 pounds corn meal, 960 pounds soil- 

 ing crops, 8,332 pounds corn silage, 1,374 pounds alfalfa hay, 

 164 pounds oil meal, 704 pounds ground barley, 604 pounds 

 mixed hay, 1,191 pounds Unicorn dairy ration, 750 pounds 

 beets, 20 pounds peas, 53 pounds corn stover. 



At market prices this food was worth $99.20, a feed in- 

 \'estment that would scare many if not most dairymen, but 

 think of the net returns at Wisconsin creamer_v prices for fat 

 — $130.35 for fat alone above cost of the feed. 



The largest records made in this competition by grades 

 of other breeds were : 



Pounds Pounds Xet 



milk fat profit 



Holstem 20,541 644.4 $97.43 



Jersey 9,889 554 96.47 



At least three other grade Guernseys made a larger net 

 profit than the best grade of any of the' breeds. They were: 



Pounds Pounds Net 



milk fat profit 



Bessie 12,195 659 $128 79 



Favorite 12,368 600 10135 



Glenwood 11,517 609.6 100.08 



Bessie was but 3 years and 4 months old at the beginning 

 of the test. These figures ought to prove to any dairyman 

 that the grade Guernsey is pre-eminently the cow for the man 

 whose cows must pav for their living and for his also. 



A great deal of discussion has been carried on both 

 through the press and in breeders' meetings in recent years 



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