The Guernsey Breed 



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from the published report brings out another enviable record 

 for the grade Guernsey. 



The herd is composed, in the main, of purebred and grade Guern- 

 seys, but includes 16 purebred IIolstein-Friesian cattle. These are 

 all housed in the big 200-foot barn in which stand 152 head in steel 

 and concrete stalls. 



Following are the averages in milk production, stated in pounds, 

 roughly speaking, a pint to the pound. 



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Grade Guernsey cow PolanUer. Yearly record, 16,286,1 pounds milk; 844.8 pounds 

 butterfat. Owned by Montana State College of Agriculture. 



Average milk production for the year just closed, including in 

 every case every animal having completed a year's work, from first 

 calf heifers to aged cows : 



Purebred Guernseys (all records official) 8,919.25 pounds 



Grade Guernseys 7,354 59 pounds 



Grand average entire purebred and grade Guernsey bcrd.. 8,018.38 pounds 



Purebred Holstein-Friesians 10,418.22 pounds 



Grand average entire milking berd 8,486,64 pounds 



It was only a few years ago that a 5,000-pound cow was a reason- 

 ably high mark to pull for in this section, but the Island farm now 

 shows a grand herd average 3,486.64 pounds above that mark. 



During the last year only two animals in the herd have made 

 less than 6,000 pounds of milk, the records of these two being, respec- 

 tively, 5,756.2 and 5,007.3 pounds. 



One of the farm's grade Guernseys, Lady Jane, made last year 

 over seven tons of milk, to be exact 14,269.1 pounds, testing 4.32 per 

 cent butterfat, yielding a total of 616.43 pounds butterfat or the 



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