The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-12
THE GUERNSEY COW.

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interested here. 1t was in 1890 that
we paid a visit to the New Jersey
Experiment Station and first saw the
high color of the Guernsey milk in
comparison with that of other breeds.
We we're successful in selecting the
milk of every breed up to Jersey and
Guernsey at that time being tested
in the Station Laboratory, but in
our ignorance of the higher color of
the Guernsey product, took it for
Jersey.
The Guernseys won a high place
in the Worlds Fair tests and Score
tary Caldwell has figured out that
although not the highest record was
hers, the Guernsey was the most
economical producer, having in those
tests produced more pounds of but
ter per given quantity or cost of
food.
In the year book for 1899, issued
by the Guernsey Cattle Club, we find
the following maximum records by
Guernsey COWS: The maximum au-
thentic record is for Lily Alexandra
1859, owned by Francis Shaw, Esq,
Wayland, Mass, but her record was
made for Mr.. Mark Hughes, of West
Grove, Pa. This record for the
breed was 1886 pounds of milk.
Butter does not seem to have been
made from this milk, and only one
fat test late in lactation.
One remarkable feature of this
record is that in the eighth month
the yield was almost as much as for
the first and more than for the Sec
ond, viz: First month, 1906 pounds !;
eighth month, 1867 pounds second.
month, 1881 pounds.
There r ten Guernseys with rec
ords of TO- 900 pounds or more of milk
per year and five of these are in the
great herd of Hon. Levi P. Morton,
of New York.
Pretty Dairy Maid End 1856, has a
three days record of 176 pounds 2
ounces of milk. The second day,
62I pounds, was the highest one day
yield.
Bretonne 1850, ex-Gov. Martins
cow, yielded from Oct. goth, 1898, to
Oct. 18th. 1894, II, 218I pounds milk,
which was regularly tested and
which contained from So to 81 per.
cent. fat. The total fat for the year
was 602.91 pounds equivalent to
1904 pounds butter, one-sixth added
to fat" as Secretary Caldwell puts it.
We have fallen into the habit of
calculating at IS per cent fat. This
rate gives a little more than 1858
pounds of butter from the yield of
fat. The dairy rations of this COW
Ire given in Guernsey Breeders
Year Book, and will be found else
where in this issue.
One hundred and thirty-seven
Guernsey COWS are credited with
400 and more pounds of butter in one
year. Doubtless a few more might
be counted on the difference we have
noted between adding one-sixth the
fat and calculating butter as 85 per
cent. fat.
This breed has never made any of
the phenomenal seven-day tests for
which Jersey COWS and breeders have
become famous. The highest seven
day tests reported is that of Royal
cite 1929 for F. w. Trait, 28I
pounds. Altogether seven-day rec
of Il pounds and upward have
been made by one hundred and thirty
nine COWS.
Twelve yearly herd records rang
ing from 10 up to 83 COWS range from
313 up to 574 pounds of butter per
cow per year.
The most remarkable test of all we
seen of this practical breed Of
COWS is that of the COW Lilly Ella
7240 when a heifer. The following
record gives facts in compact
form: Lilly Ella 7240 was born Oct.
18th, 1898, and dropped a heifer calf
March 18th, 1895. She was bred
April 9th, 1892, to springunde.
amount of milk given in one
lay, March Goth, 1896, 80 pounds II
ounces, smallest amount of milk in
one day March 18th, 1892, Is pounds
ounces. Highest single test 7.9O;
single test 4.8 per cent. fat.
Her yield figured by months is very
interesting. The summary for the
year amounts to 5000 mounds Of