Great individuals of the Guernsey breed

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dc.contributor.authorBurke, T. E.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultureen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-13T19:06:40Zen
dc.date.available2015-11-13T19:06:40Zen
dc.date.issued1923en
dc.description.abstract1. The true measure of a sire's merit is the high average production of all his daughters and the excellent type of all his offspring, rather than the total number of Advanced Register daughters, or an exceptional individual. 2. The greatest foundation sire of the Guernsey breed is Presto 14 PS. 3. The two greatest foundation cows of the Guernsey breed are May Rose II 3251 PS and Itchen Daisy 3d. 15630. 4. The two greatest sires or the Guernsey breed, based on the production of their daughters, are Ne Plus Ultra 15265 and King of the May 9001. 5. The two greatest sires of the Guernsey breed, based on the showyard winnings of their offspring, are Hayes Cherub 2d 25147 and Ladysmith's Cherub 30760. 6. The four greatest sires or the Guernsey breed, based on both production and individual merit of offspring are King of the May 9001, Ne Plus Ultra 15265, Hayes Cherub II 25147, and Lord Mar 14359. 7. The two greatest dams of the Guernsey breed, based on the show yard winnings of their offspring, are Ladysmith or the Isle 28355, and Hayes Golden Cherry 3d. 44965. 8. The greatest sires of the Guernsey breed are the result of a cross between closely related families of linebred stock. 9. A study of the pedigrees of great sires, or the Guernsey breed, strengthens the conclusion reached in summary point 8.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent77 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/64013en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29832283en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1923.B873Aen
dc.subject.lcshGuernsey cattleen
dc.titleGreat individuals of the Guernsey breeden
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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