272 The Guernsey Breed 



Up to this date very few cows have been entered under 

 these rules, but it is to be hoped that this work can be com- 

 bined with that of the cow testing associations and the merit 

 of the grade Guernsey he demonstrated to an even greater 

 extent than it has been up to this time. 



Guernsey grade herds under test in different cow testing 

 associations are in ahnost every instance leading all other 

 grade herds in yearly butterfat production and profit. The 

 following figures showing the results of the East La Crosse 

 County Cow Testing Association, published June 12, 1914, 

 will be of interest : 



The East La Crosse County Cow Testing Association has com- 

 pleted a year's testing. Many cows have proved themselves worthy 

 of attention, and the testing, by disclosing the poor cows, has helped 

 to take the curse off others of the same herd. 



The five herds in the test association having the best production 

 records for the year are as folows: 



1. Elmer Smitli, 7 grade Guernsey cows — average production, 

 341.1 pounds butterfat. 



2. Josepli Jones, 12 grade Guernsey cows — average production, 

 324.5 pounds butterfat. 



3. E. D. Miller, 18 grade Guernsey cows — average production, 

 316.8 pounds 'butterfat. 



4. Sherman Dudley, 22 grade and purebred Guernsey cows — 

 average production, 301.5 pounds butterfat. 



5. Alfred E. White, 25 grade Guernsey and Durham cows — 

 average production, 296.6 pounds butterfat. 



The cow having the highest butterfat production for the year is 

 owned by Sherman Dudley. She produced 433.2 pounds of butterfat 

 from 9,507 pounds milk, and returned $3.40 for every dollar expended 

 for feed. 



The most economical producer is owned by H. D. Lovejoy. This 

 cow returned $4.66 for every dollar's worth of feed consumed, pro- 

 ducing 415 pounds butterfat from 9,204 pounds of milk. Mr. Lovejov 

 also has another cow that returned $4 for each dollar's worth of feed, 

 producing 342 pounds of butterfat from 6,683 pounds of milk. 



Victor .Stiehl, of Albert Lea, Afinnesota, has for several 

 years led all cow testing associations with his grade Guern- 

 seys. The tester in charge of the cow testing association at 

 Scandinavia, Wisconsin, reported that 72 cows under test in 

 that association produced during the month of May, 1914, 

 over 40 pounds fat each, a large proportion of the cows being 

 grade Guernseys. The best cow made over 82 pounds fat 

 and was, of course, a Guernsey grade. 



The figures published in June, 1914, of the work of the 

 cows at Island Farm, Island, Minnesota, owned by H. M. 

 Hartley, of Duluth, are instructive. The following extract 



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