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THE GUERNSEY BREED 



recent as 1913 I saw in Guernsey two registered cows, both 

 daughters of the well known Fanny's Sequel, that were Jersey 

 in type and were solid, dingy black with black noses and 

 tails. Plenty of Jersey cows also show the Guernsey type of 

 color so plainly that, even if no more positive evidence were 

 available, no one could reasonably doubt for a moment that 

 there had been in comparatively recent years an exchange of 

 cattle from one island to another and that, within a century, 

 and probably within 60 or 70 years, the islanders themselves 

 considered the cattle of the different islands one and the same 

 breed. 



In 1871 there was held on the Island of Jersey a Chan- 

 nel Islands Exposition., and a few cattle were taken over from 

 Guernsey to Jersey for that show. P. Mahy, of the Landes 

 du Marche, Vale, took over the bull Fair Lad 7, F. S., the 

 bull that won the Prix Douglas at the Whitsuntide Show, 

 Guernsey, that year. He was awarded first prize in the Guern- 

 sey class at the exposition. Mr. Nicholle, a breeder of Jersey, 

 was so impressed with the opportunity he saw to improve 

 the cattle on that island that he tried to induce Mr. Mahy 

 to leave Fair Lad on that island for two months, offering to 

 keep the bull free of charge and to pay 1 per cow service 

 fee. This Mr. Mahy refused to do. This statement is vouched 



A typical Normandy cow. The blood of Norman cattle of the brindle variety is one 

 source from which the Guernsey has been formed. 



