Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . l. Members of this breed have larger frames thanthe Jerseys. They also have more vigorous constitutions and average1,050 pounds in weight. They are good milkers and their milk is ofa superior quality which tests well. This breed produces a butterfat which is distinctively yellow. In fact some of the butter producedfrom the milk of Guernsey cows and exhibited at a dairy conventionwas so yellow that it was believed by the judges to contain coloringmatter. The butter was accordingly analyzed and found to be entirelyfree from such
Profitable dairying; a manual for farmers, dairymen and students . l. Members of this breed have larger frames thanthe Jerseys. They also have more vigorous constitutions and average1,050 pounds in weight. They are good milkers and their milk is ofa superior quality which tests well. This breed produces a butterfat which is distinctively yellow. In fact some of the butter producedfrom the milk of Guernsey cows and exhibited at a dairy conventionwas so yellow that it was believed by the judges to contain coloringmatter. The butter was accordingly analyzed and found to be entirelyfree from such artificial ingredients. The milk from this breed issplendidly adapted for city milk trade on account of this rich yellowtinge so attractive to the customer. The milk of the Guernsey is notusually quite so rich in fat as that of the Jersey, but the quantity givenis somewhat greater. At the Pan American Exposition the Jerseymilk tested per cent while the Guernsey milk tested per cent. 23 PROFITABLE D A I R Y I N _G ? ??•?.?r„. ????\. Yeksa Sunbeam. One of the early champion Guernsey cows. She produced within one year14, pounds milk testing per cent, or pounds butter fat. This amount of fat wouldmake more than 1,000 pounds of butter. Courtesy owner, Rietbrock Estate. It was at this exposition held at Buffalo that the ten-year-oldGuernsey cow, Mary Marshall, produced 5,611 pounds of milk,yielding pounds of butter fat in a test covering a period ofsix months. The performances of Yeksa Sunbeam and Dolly Bloom,both Guernsey cows, are explained in a note accompanying the illus-trations. r Ayrshire—These cows are found principally in New Englandand Eastern States and Canada. They originally came from Scot-land and possess a great deal of merit. Like the Holstein-Friesianthey are as a rule persistent milkers. They are medium sized animals,weighing about 1000 pounds. The milk of this breed of cows isparticularly adapted for cheese making, owing to t
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