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also have some capital specimens of tlie Guernsey breed. Mr. 
le Carre, of Les Blicqs, St. Andrew's, is especially well known 
as a breeder. The Lady Jane strain is one of the most famous 
represented in his herd. Mr. G. Le Page, of Catel, and Mr. 
Prevost, of the same parish, should also be mentioned in this 
connection ; but there are other notable herds which did not 
come under my notice, and two or three of those named above 
had to be left unseen. I was much struck with the generally 
high standard of excellence in the Guernsey cows that I saw. 
The uniformity of type is certainly gi-eater than it is among the 
Jerseys, and it seemed to me that the same might be said of the 
standard of merit. 
The numbers of the several classes of live stock in the 
baili^\ick of Guernsey for 1867 and 1887 compare as follows: — 
Ln'B Stock in GUEKNSEy 
1867 
1887 
7 3C8 
7,813 
1,923 (in 1869) 
1,502 
1,348 
56G 
6,718 
4,035 
It will be borne in mind that these numbers include those of 
animals kept in Aldemey, Sark, and the smaller islands. As in 
Jersey, there is a considerable decrease in the number of sheep 
and pigs. 
There are no better butter cows in the world than the 
Guernseys, and the people of the island appear to think that 
they make the best use of them. So long as they get Is. Q>d. a 
pound for butter in the cheapest season, and 2s. for a great part of 
the year, they may well be satisfied, and have no need to change 
a system under which they, in reality, dispose of a considerable 
quantity of cheese at those high prices. By churning the whole 
milk, soured, and churning it into a lump, they necessarily 
work a substantial proportion of caseine into their butter, which 
is decidedly too solid and cheesy. Its fine natural colour makes 
it attractive in appearance, and the Guernsey residents will give 
more for it than for any other butter. The old dolly churn is 
still generally used, though Englishmen in the island and a few 
Guernsey men have the barrel churn. There is no dairy factory 
in the island. 
The cart-horses in Guernsey, as in Jersey, are small and 
carelessly bred. I do not remember having seen a sheep, and 
the pigs escaped my attention. 
