. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GUERNSEY 277 and Horticultural Society, which sought to establish the breed on a uniform and high basis. Annual exhibitions are held, the cattle on the island compete, and the best individuals are care- fully inspected and given proper distinction and prizes according to merit. The introduction of the Guernsey to America dates back early in the last century. In 1824 Reuben Haines of Germantown, Pennsylvania, wrote in the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agri- cultural Society that he " procured a pair of cattle of the Island. Fig. 122. Sheet
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE GUERNSEY 277 and Horticultural Society, which sought to establish the breed on a uniform and high basis. Annual exhibitions are held, the cattle on the island compete, and the best individuals are care- fully inspected and given proper distinction and prizes according to merit. The introduction of the Guernsey to America dates back early in the last century. In 1824 Reuben Haines of Germantown, Pennsylvania, wrote in the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agri- cultural Society that he " procured a pair of cattle of the Island. Fig. 122. Sheet Anchor 2934, a famous Guernsey sire and show bull. Owned by H. McKay Twombly, Madison, New Jersey. Photograph by Schreiber of Alderney" and soon satisfied himself that no breed in the country would bear a comparison with them. These were imported in 1818, and may be regarded as Guernseys in fact, inasmuch as cattle on the Alderney Island are to-day registered in the island of Guernsey herdbook. According to publications of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, cattle were brought to America from Guernsey about 1830, but concerning these no special record was made. About 1850 a few were brought to the vicinity of Philadelphia, and after 1865 more began to be imported to the seaboard states. About 1865 E. P. P. Fowler. 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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