. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GUERNSEY 285 and New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, but is also found occasionally in other states, notably in the East and middle West. Why the Guernsey has not attracted more atten- tion in the United States has never been clear to the author. It is a dairy breed of the highest merit, as repeated tests have shown, yet it is quite limited in development, and does not seem to get much foothold in some of our greatest dairy states, especially in the Mississippi Valley. Organizations for the promotion of Guernsey interests exist
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GUERNSEY 285 and New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, but is also found occasionally in other states, notably in the East and middle West. Why the Guernsey has not attracted more atten- tion in the United States has never been clear to the author. It is a dairy breed of the highest merit, as repeated tests have shown, yet it is quite limited in development, and does not seem to get much foothold in some of our greatest dairy states, especially in the Mississippi Valley. Organizations for the promotion of Guernsey interests exist on Guernsey and in England and the United States. The Royal Guernsey Agricultural and Horticultural Society has for many years supervised the registration and promotion of Guern- seys on the island. Two herdbooks are maintained, one for. ^*ife Fig. 127. Rutila's Daughter 6670, a very beautiful Guernsey cow with a record of 898S pounds milk in one year, testing pounds butter fat. Owned by H. McKay Twombly, Madison, New Jersey. Photograph by Schreiber general registration, the other for advanced registry. The Eng- lish Guernsey Cattle Society was organized in 1885 and has pub- lished twenty herdbooks to 1904. The American Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in 1877 in New York City, and has pub- lished to 1905 about fifteen herd registers, these being issued in. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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