. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 144 The Guernsey Breed records was made ]n-evious to 1870. The only reason that can be gi\'en why more weekly butter records were not made by Guernsey cows is that the majority of them were in the hands of well-to-do gentlemen who kept them to supply their own and their friends' tables with milk, cream and butter. Know- ing the worth of their cows and having a ready market for the increase of their herds, they failed to become imbued with the testing idea. The same could be said, however, of Jersey breeders, and they Avere testing their cows. It may, perh
. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 144 The Guernsey Breed records was made ]n-evious to 1870. The only reason that can be gi\'en why more weekly butter records were not made by Guernsey cows is that the majority of them were in the hands of well-to-do gentlemen who kept them to supply their own and their friends' tables with milk, cream and butter. Know- ing the worth of their cows and having a ready market for the increase of their herds, they failed to become imbued with the testing idea. The same could be said, however, of Jersey breeders, and they Avere testing their cows. It may, perhaps, be true also that, realizing how little a weekly record could be depended upon as a real gauge of a cow's value, they de- clined to engage in this kind of work. Guernsey breeders early showed an inclination toward yearly records. The cow, milk record: Lih- .Vlexandrc 10.^'', made the follo^\â innâ vearly. . 10.^9, .\ G. C. Câi;..S36 lLi>. milk in 1S8S ISS'l 1888 Pounds October 1,306 Novemljer '/2 Decemlier 1,1325^ 1889 .January Febrnarv 912 March April 1,047'^ May 1,2361^ Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, Charles Lewis, 1869-. Waterloo, Iowa. : F. L. Kimball Co.
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