. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 284 The Guernsey Breed days, and said to be one of the best cows yet imported; so that Bonny Boy had good blood on both sides. Very few of the daughters of Bonny Boy ever had a chance to be tested. Coralie of Ridgeview 5926 made pounds fat from 8, pounds of milk, commencing at 11J4 years of age. Bonny Gift 3912, a daughter of Bonny Boy, owned by N. K. Fair- bank, calved when 2 years and 7 months old, and in 375 days gave 9,158 pounds and 1 ounce of milk, giving up to 38 pound's and 7 ounces per day. She was sold to a Chicago man for a family c
. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 284 The Guernsey Breed days, and said to be one of the best cows yet imported; so that Bonny Boy had good blood on both sides. Very few of the daughters of Bonny Boy ever had a chance to be tested. Coralie of Ridgeview 5926 made pounds fat from 8, pounds of milk, commencing at 11J4 years of age. Bonny Gift 3912, a daughter of Bonny Boy, owned by N. K. Fair- bank, calved when 2 years and 7 months old, and in 375 days gave 9,158 pounds and 1 ounce of milk, giving up to 38 pound's and 7 ounces per day. She was sold to a Chicago man for a family cow, and both she and her daughter proved to be exceptionally good cows. Another daughter of Bonnj- Boy, Bonnie Lassie of Fairview. Coralie of Ridgeview 5926— pound,-; fat from pounds millv. commencing at llJ/2 years of age. 6002, was selected by the committee as worthy to be taken to Buffalo for use in the Pan-American test, though she was 13 years old. She did not do well enough to go into the test but was a very good cow. She was the dam of Henry of Fairview 6962, that sired Tessie of Maple Lane 23457, A. R. 1706 A, pounds fat. Many of Bonny Boy's other daughters are spoken of very highly by those who owned them. It IS through his sons, however, that Bonny Boy is best known. Lily's Bonny Boy was sold when a yearling to N. K. Fairbank, Lake Geneva, Wis., and j\Ir. Lawrence, his superintendent, says he did not take a particular fancy to the bull, as he was rather sma'lf and a little beefy. He was used extensively in this herd from 1891 to 1897, spend- ing his whole life there except one season, when he was rented to Walter Hately, of Lake Beulah, Bonny Boy's sons with their descendants are as follows: Lily's Bonny Boy 2676, A. R. record sire of Lily Ella 7240; semi-oPFlcial record ycT dam of Lily _Ella's Jeweler 5417, A. R. sire of Fantinclily 14898, A. R. 439, E 31127 Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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