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to indicate her class shall be doubled and would be respectively 

 AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF, or GG, according to the conditions. 

 The Guernsey as a producer of milk has steadily grown in favor, 

 although breeders have emphasized the quality and fat content. 

 In the year 1888-1889 the cow Lily Alexandre 1059 produced 

 12,856 pounds of milk. Between 1883 and 1903 daily milk 

 records were kept of the N. K. Fairbanks herd of 60 head, in 

 which 6000 to 7000 pounds were not infrequent, the best record 

 being 9447 pounds in three hundred and twenty-eight days. The 

 average annual yield of 62 cows and heifers of the Ellerslie herd of 

 New York for about 1892 was 6120 pounds, with 10,316 the max- 

 imum. Various other herd records of this period gave similar re- 

 sults. Beginning with the Advanced Registry rules about 1900 came 

 a greatly increased activity in record-making. The following yearly 

 official records up to 19 19 are for the more important ten animals. 



Leading Guernsey Milk Records for One Year 



Many very large milk yields are recorded. Of 7943 Advanced 

 Registry milk records up to March, 1919, over 2300 aged cows 

 averaged 10,288 pounds, while the average for the 7943, repre- 

 senting all ages from two years up, was 9000 pounds. The aver- 

 age yield of 70 class leaders for this group was 15,160 pounds, 

 a remarkable record when, one considers the size of the animal 

 producing the yield. 



The Guernsey as a producer of butter fat occupies a position 

 of the very first rank. A study of the history of the breed brings 



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