THE GUERNSEY BREED 101 



agitation was started to unite the herd books of the two is- 

 lands, which was done in 1910, and the books are now pub- 

 lished as "Herd Book of the Bailiwick of Guernsey," "Guern- 

 sey Branch" and "Alderney Branch." 



The same system of shows is followed on the Island of 

 Alderney as on Guernsey, though I do not know just how 

 long such shows have existed there. 



The cattle on the Island of Sark were as early as 1883 

 registered in the General Herd Book ; but, like the Alderney 

 bred ones registered in the same book, it was only such ani- 

 mals as were bred on Sark and taken to Guernsey. The Royal 

 Guernsey Agricultural Society from the first recognized the 



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A bull in his paddock on the Island of Guernsey. 



cattle of Sark as being the same as those of Guernsey. They 

 were transferred back and forth. In recent years an annual 

 show has been maintained on Sark. 



Whoever has been the tenant on the island of Herm has 

 maintained a herd of Guernseys which are always recorded 

 in the Herd Book of the Royal Agricultural Society of 

 Guernsey. 



That the best of feeling exists among the Guernsey breed- 

 ers of this island group is proven by the fact that they attend 

 the annual shows held on the other islands and often act as 

 judges. There are now recorded in the Herd Book of the Am- 

 erican Guernsey Cattle Club animals that have been bred on 

 each of these islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm. 

 The bulls used on Sark are often of Guernsey breeding, but 

 the breeders of Guernsey and of Alderney use native bulls only. 



One of the things that has without doubt contributed 



