. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. The Guernsey Breed 111. Imp. Bonnie Lassie of Fernwood 1485. Kent and Hughes, who also paid $480 for the cow Lily des Islets 1816 and $550 for the cow The Nun 1812. Many others sold above the $400 mark. From the books it would appear that during those three or four years Mr. Kent registered nearly one-half of the cattle recorded in the American Register during that time. In view of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United States, the fact will be of interest that one of the importations made by Messrs. Kent and Hughes had this disease.
. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. The Guernsey Breed 111. Imp. Bonnie Lassie of Fernwood 1485. Kent and Hughes, who also paid $480 for the cow Lily des Islets 1816 and $550 for the cow The Nun 1812. Many others sold above the $400 mark. From the books it would appear that during those three or four years Mr. Kent registered nearly one-half of the cattle recorded in the American Register during that time. In view of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United States, the fact will be of interest that one of the importations made by Messrs. Kent and Hughes had this disease. The story of this outbreak is here given in Mr. Hughes' own words: "In the month of March, 1883, S. €. Kent, of West Grove, and myself, as partners, made an importation of 80 head of Guernsey cattle direct from the island. These cattle were landed March 18, 1883, from the steamship Nessmore, at Baltimore. My memory is that they had been about 17 days on the ship. Quarantine enforce- ment, then imposed by the Treasury Department, requiring us to keep them 90 days in quarantine, was turned over to this state. At the time of this importation, and several others also, permission had been granted us before the arrival of the cattle to quarantine them in barns that we procured in West Grove, Pa. I had actual care of the cattle of these several importations. "As soon as this particular importation of cattle landed my man told me that some of the cattle were sick, and from what he told me of the symptoms I at once suspected foot and mouth disease, after having heard what I had of the recent attacks in England. I 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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