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	Cattle - LoveToKnow 1911
		The term Alderney is obsolete, the cattle of Alderney being mainly a type of the Guernsey breed.
		No lover of cattle can view these quaint creatures without a feeling of satisfaction that the efforts made to resuscitate a breed which has many useful qualities to commend it have been successful, and that the extinction which threatened it in the 'eighties of last century is no longer imminent.
		Guernsey cattle are native to the islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cattle (4546 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		CATTLE, common term for the domesticated herbivorous mammals that constitute the genus Bos, of the family BOVIDAE, raised for their meat, milk, and for draft purposes; they are also of great importance for leather, glue, gelatin, and other products they yield.
		The concept and formulation of modern breeds of cattle began in the midregions of England, in northern Europe, and on the Channel Islands during the mid-1800s, and most modern breeds were formed in the latter half of that century.
		The Guernsey is fawn, with white markings and a yellow skin, and the Jersey may vary from a light gray to a very dark fawn, usually solid in color but sometimes with white spots.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/cattle.html (1129 words)

	Guernsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Guernsey cattle were developed from an amalgamation of Breton and Norman cattle, brought by Norman monks in the tenth and eleventh century.
		Important herdbook populations of Guernsey cattle outside great Britain and the USA are in Australia, Brazil and South Africa, while breed societies also exist in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
		The American Guernsey is taller and has a longer head than the original Guernsey; especially in Oregon and Washington, long-legged animals are bred.
	www.cattlenetwork.net /Breeds/guernsey.htm (298 words)

	Guernsey cattle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Guernsey is a small, cream-and-brown breed of dairy cattle, renowned for the high butterfat content of its milk, as well as its hardiness and genial disposition.
		It descended from cattle stock brought over from nearby Normandy, and was first recorded as a separate breed around 1700.
		In 1789, imports of foreign cattle into Guernsey were forbidden by law to maintain the purity of the breed, although exports of cattle and semen were for a while an important economic resource for the island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guernsey_cattle (222 words)

	HISTORY OF THE GUERNSEY BREED IN AUSTRALIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Guernsey is a small island in the English Channel and forms one of the Channel Island group.
		Their markings are similar to those of the Guernsey cattle and they possess the same characteristic docility and hardiness of this breed.
		The "Isigny cattle were characterised by the deep yellow pigment of their skin and this is very evident today in the Guernsey were it can easily be seen inside the ears; at the base of the horn; at the coronet and by parting the switch of the tail.
	www.australiaguernsey.com /indexhist.htm (1031 words)

	Guernsey
		The Isle of Guernsey, a tiny island in the English Channel off the coast of France, is the birthplace of the Guernsey cow.
		Data from herds enrolled in the American Guernsey Association's Dairy Herd Improvement Register program during 1992 shows the breed average to be 14,667 pounds of milk, 659 pounds of butterfat and 510 pounds of protein on a mature-equivalent basis.
		Today, although Guernsey breed numbers are steadily decreasing as the total dairy cow population decreases across the United States, the commitment of the AGA Board of Directors, staff and Guernsey breeders is stronger than ever.
	members.tripod.com /cow_baby/guernsey.html (675 words)

	Cattle Network - Connecting The Beef Industry Worldwide
		Genetically, the Guernsey of today is much different than that of 960 A.D. Due to the advent and commercialization of artificial insemination, a process by which a cow is inseminated without ever seeing a bull, a particular bull can sire thousands of offspring.
		Young bulls' semen is distributed throughout the Guernsey population until the bulls have a large enough daughter population that their offsprings' qualities are predictable.
		Today, although Guernsey breed numbers are steadily decreasing as the total dairy cow population decreases across the United States, the commitment of the AGA Board of Directors, staff and Guernsey breeders is stronger than ever.
	www.cattlenetwork.com /content.asp?contentid=34882 (692 words)

	Leon the Milkman’s Blog » Guernsey Body Characteristics
		The temperament of the Guernsey is particularly agreeable.
		Their faces were long, like a Guernsey, but “dished” like a Jersey and they had the prominent eye of the Jersey, in-turning horns and a pronounced white area round the nose.
		A lucrative cattle trade became established between the Channel Islands and the United States at the end of the 19th century, but it was not until 1910 that US buyers were allowed, by their own American Guernsey Cattle Club, to buy direct from Alderney.
	www.leonthemilkman.com /2006/11/20/guernsey-body-characteristics (1108 words)

	Canadian Guernsey Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands off the coast of France in the English Channel.
		Guernseys are known for their quiet temperment, ease of calving, early maturity, and great ability to convert roughage to milk.
		Guernsey milk has an abundance of Beta-carotene, a form of Vitamin A. The milk has a characteristic golden colour, and is high in the solids that make butter and cheese.
	www.guernseycanada.ca /about.php (944 words)

	This is Guernsey - Archive
		GUERNSEY cow breeders from across the world are in the island to meet and visit local farmers.
		The trip is part of the World Guernsey Cattle Federation conference, which is held every three years, this year in the British Isles.
		Guernsey cattle have been in his family for 80 years and are considered one of the top breeds worldwide.
	www.thisisguernsey.com /code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=011496&year=2004&category=news (536 words)

	SA Guernsey
		As early as 1789, measures to restrict the importation of any other cattle to the Island of Guernsey were used to keep the Guernsey breed pure and to maintain the high quality of the golden milk.
		These studies proofed Guernsey milk a safe and healthy drinking milk especially to susceptible people and children in whom the beta casein alleges A1 and B could cause the formation of betacaso-morphins which were starting to be linked with heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, autism and several other problems of children.
		Data of the South African Guernsey breed was accepted by INTERBULL in 2001 for the routine estimation of MACE breeding values of AI sires.
	www.studbook.co.za /Society/guernsey (1445 words)

	Channel Island Cattle
		Guernsey, the Westernmost island, is distant about thirty-two miles from the coast; and Jersey, the largest and farthest south of the Islands, is eighteen to twenty miles from the coast.
		Apparently, cattle on the Channel Islands in the latter half on the 18th century and during most of the 19th century were of all sorts and conditions.
		Guernsey history however, is an exception to this rule for the story is rapidly growing and evidence suddenly appears where it never before was known.
	www.jersey.syd-fyn.dk /prentice.htm (17410 words)

	Harlem Valley Times - Local farms gird for Guernsey Convention
		Guernsey cows were much more popular in the beginning of the 20th century.
		The "Golden Guernsey" brand trademark was adopted in 1923 at the annual meeting of The American Guernsey Cattle Club to recognize the quality and ensure the purity of the Guernsey brand.
		In 2003, only 6,000 Guernseys were newly registered in the United States, according to Seth Johnson, executive secretary and treasurer for the American Guernsey Association.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11258362&BRD=1703&PAG=461&dept_id=71557&rfi=6 (640 words)

	This is Guernsey - Archive
		GUERNSEY will not be taking up celebrity chef Rick Stein’s invitation to supply his Padstow restaurant with local beef.
		Farmers in Guernsey were not competing on a level playing field; subsidies paid in England and high local slaughter costs meant that raising beef cattle was not profitable.
		Guernsey Farmers’ Association vice-president Julian Ogier said it was unlikely that a farmer would enter into beef production in a ‘big way’.
	www.thisisguernsey.com /code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=011153&year=2004&category=news (693 words)

	History of the Guernsey Breed
		Regional differences of "race" in cattle before the eighteenth century were largely the outcome of geographical distance or isolation by natural barriers rather than of deliberate attempts to maintain purity of breed.
		The Guernsey breed is unusual among European breeds in possessing both the bovine haemoglobin B allele and the Beta Casein A2 allele, which are prevalent in African and Asian cattle, indicating that the former theory may be the most accurate.
		Cattle of this type probably existed in the Channel Islands until about the middle of the 18th Century when the importation of Dutch cattle into England started the improvement of the meat producing British cattle.
	www.guernsey.net /~wgcf/history.html (1824 words)

	Dairy Cattle Breeds Page
		It is descended from cattle used in the valleys and mountain slopes of Switzerland since before historic records began.
		The first recorded Brown Swiss cattle to be introduced into America were brought in by Henry M. Clark, of Belmont, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1869 and 1870.
		Jersey bulls are known for having the least docile temperament of the common breeds of cattle.
	www.wiu.edu /users/mfjpc/dairy.htm (1931 words)

	Guernsey cattle - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Guernsey cattle breed of dairy cattle developed on the islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Sark near the north coast of France.
		The island that said 'Non' It's only 40 miles from France but Guernsey chose to be a unique part of the British Isles
		The island that said 'Non'; It's only 40 miles from France - but Guernsey chose to be a unique part of the British Isles.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Guernsey-c.html (371 words)

	Question of the Week: ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
		Guernsey cattle are on their list of breeds to watch, as they are becoming more and more rare.
		The breeders of dairy cattle associated with the ALBC may know of sources of Guernsey and Jersey stock that haven't been heavily bred and have characteristics of more traditional stock.
		To locate breeders and sources of cattle you can also contact the American Guernsey Association at www.usguernsey.com or 614-864-2409; California Guernsey Cattle Club at www.calguernsey.com or 209-632-7539; and the American Jersey Cattle Association at www.usjersey.com or 641-861-3636.
	attra.ncat.org /calendar/question.php/2006/11/20/where_can_i_find_sources_of_old_style_da (452 words)

	Major Breeds of North America
		Refinement and beauty of such cattle in mature form led to the marked superiority of cattle imported from the island of Jersey or their direct descendants in winning most of the major awards of the American show ring.
		Cattle referred to by this description are usually larger, a bit coarser, and have been bred for years for those qualities that suit them for milk and butterfat production.
		The cattle imported by Scott and Harris in 1882 came by boat from New York to the Wethersfield wharf where they were unloaded and driven to the farm.
	web1.msue.msu.edu /msue/iac/dairy/breeds.html (6576 words)

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		enetically, the Guernsey of today is much different than that of 960 A.D. Due to the advent and commericalization of artificial insemination, a process by which a cow is inseminated without ever seeing a bull, a particular bull can sire thousands of offspring.
		he Guernsey cow is known for producing high-butterfat, high protein milk with a high concentration of beta-carotene.
		ata from herds enrolled in the American Guernsey Association's Dairy Herd Improvement Register program during 1998 shows the breed average to be 15,887 pounds of milk, 699 pounds of butterfat and 545 pounds of protein on a mature- equivalent basis.
	www.usguernsey.com /history.htm (655 words)

	Cattle Breeders' Associations - UK
		This is the official web site of the British Charolais Cattle Society containing the most up to date and easily accessible information anywhere on the Charolais Breed.
		Like the Kerry they are descended from the predominately fl cattle of the early Celts.
		The Galloway is one of the oldest and purest of the United Kingdom's native cattle breeds.
	www.stackyard.com /pedigree/html/ukcattle2.html (248 words)

	Cold Cows
		The American Guernsey Cattle Club was an important feature in Peterborough for eighty-eight years of service.
		The American Guernsey Cattle Club was founded to keep registers of the breed to protect the purity of the Guernsey cows.
		Although the Cattle Club is long gone signs of its existence still mark the town from the names of the buildings to the stone carving of a cows face.
	www.peterboroughhistory.org /ColdCows.htm (491 words)

	Economy Of Guernsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/guernsey_country_economy.shtml (349 words)

	Guernsey Vacation at La Pointe Farm Apartments
		This 11 acre property sits on a hill in the parish of St. Peter in the Wood (St. Pierre du Bois) with sea views to the front and a peaceful green valley behind.
		We also have two Golden Guernsey goats which are a special breed originating on Guernsey.
		Guernsey cattle graze on our land; they are from a farm further down the lane, the farmer produces world-renowned Guernsey milk from them.
	www.guernsey-holiday.co.uk /general.html (244 words)

	www.MyCattle.com News
		In December 1886 the first Guernsey calf was born in the judge's barn yard.
		In 1925, there was a drive to improve all cattle in the county and the "Scrub Sire Eradication Campaign" resulted in the farmers going over the county and purchasing "scrub" (inferior) bulls from farmers.
		The agricultural agent said that Guernsey cattle were just as important to Chester as cotton or peaches.
	www.mycattle.com /article_print.cfm?storyid=5720 (538 words)

	Guernsey Cattle Breeders Societies and Associations
		Guernseys were first imported to Canada by Sir John Abbott, a former Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture for Canada, in the year 1878.
		Our mission is to provide and promote programs and services to enhance the value and profitability of the Guernsey breed for the members, owners and dairy industry worldwide.
		The World Guernsey Cattle Federation (WGCF) is a non-profit making organisation linking Guernsey Breed Societies around the world with the objective of developing and promoting the Guernsey Breed.
	www.tumpline.com /stackyard/pedigree/html/guernsey.html (144 words)

	Search for "guernsey"
		Tenants in Guernsey would like to see the legislation which offers greater protection for tenants in Britain introduced in the island.
		A portion of Interstate 70 in Guernsey County was closed Sunday morning after a county-owned truck that was treating snow-covered roadways struck telephone lines, snapping a utility pole in half and dropping...
		Guernsey's auction house plans to auction over 1,000 items once owned by the famous Jackson family.
	www.topix.net /search?q=guernsey (560 words)

	Guernsey Global Breeding Plan
		Thirdly, the support of the States of Guernsey is seen by the international community as the authoritative base upon which WGCF and GGBP is founded.
		In Guernsey the ACB Breed Development Panel is responsible for the supply and distribution of semen and management of the Guernsey A.I. Service.
		In Guernsey, bull calves born to contract mated cows are raised at the new calf unit at Home Farm.
	www.worldguernseys.org /GGBP.html (1588 words)

	National Dairy Shrine
		An internationally recognized dairy cattle judge and classifier, he judged or classified dairy cattle in 10 foreign countries and one or more times in 35 states.
		His major contributions were in the field of dairy cattle health, expanding the markets for dairy products, and the development of peacetime dairy programs to improve the economic lot of the American dairy farmer.
		An avid student of dairy cattle conformation, his untouched photographs of successive generations of dairy cattle are an indispensable aid in recording progress through breeding.
	www.dairyshrine.org /award-Guest.asp (3008 words)

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