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attention to the breeding and development of his cattle. 

 In fact, on the Island, the glasshouse and bulb industry 

 supplanted that of the cows in the islander's mind. The 

 cattle were never bred to the dictate of fashion, but 

 developed by themselves into a hardy, sturdy breed, 

 commonly spoken of as " the old-time yellow and white 

 cow the farmer's cow." 



306. History in America. In 1818, a pair of cattle 

 were secured from the island of Alderney, by Reuben 

 Haines, of Germantown, Pennsylvania. These may have 

 been Guernseys. The first definite record of importation 

 of Guernseys into this country was about 1833, when a sea 

 captain, stopping at the Island, brought to this country a 

 pair of young animals that were sent to his brother on 

 what is known as Cow Island, in Lake Winnepesaukee, 

 New Hampshire. Traces of this importation are still to 

 be found in some Guernseys in that state. Guernseys 

 were introduced into private dairies around Philadelphia 

 as early as 1840, and are still to be found in the dairies of 

 some of those families who first introduced them there. 

 About 1865, a few Guernseys were brought over by the 

 Fowlers, who were importing Jerseys, and in some herds 

 animals can be traced to the importations of that period. 

 In June, 1871, James M. Codman, now President of the 

 American Guernsey Cattle Club, selected eight cows and 

 a bull on the island of Guernsey, and imported them. 

 These few cows made a high reputation for themselves, 

 and a number of owners of gentlemen's estates near Boston 

 were attracted by their merits. This led the Massachu- 

 setts Society for Promoting Agriculture to send, in 1874, 

 one of their members to import a herd, which was main- 

 tained by the Society for a short time, and then sold at 

 auction to its members. This was followed by a number 



