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George E. Barnard, of West Hopkinton; and the Canterbury 

 Shakers, of Canterbury, N. H. ; and from this foundation came 

 Lily Belle of Canterbury 11352, a splendid old cow, she being 

 the granddam of the well-known cow, Glencoe's Bopeep 18602. 

 The cattle descending from this first importation were not 

 recorded in the herd register of the American Guernsey Cattle 

 Club until 1899, but for many years previous to that time the 

 New Hampshire gentlemen aforementioned kept a sort of 

 joint private herd book. When the matter of registry came 

 up for investigation by the club, it was found that Mr. Barn- 

 ard Sr. had a carefully kept diary giving all the details of the 

 individual animals, which made it possible to register a major 

 part of each of these herds. 



The next earliest importation, as far as known from the 

 records kept that later enabled the progeny to be recorded, 

 was of three cows, Jennie Deans, Fenella, and Flora Mclvor, 

 Nos. 1, 2, 3, respectively, of the American Guernsey Cattle 

 Club Herd Registry. These cows were brought to New York 

 on the schooner Pilot, September 26, 1840, by the late Nicholas 

 Biddle, of Andalusia, Pa. Two of these cows dropped heifer 

 calves, Fanny Ellsler 4, and Fairy 5 and one a bull calf, St. 

 Patrick 1. Subsequently Judge Craig Biddle, a son of Nicholas 

 Biddle, became equally attached to the cattle and visited the 

 Island of Guernsey to see them in their native home. 



Prof. W. Gibson, an eminent surgeon connected with the 

 University of Pennsylvania, who owned a country seat near 

 Philadelphia, purchased a black and white Guernsey heifer 

 in 1858. He was a great admirer of fine cattle and sub- 

 sequently went to the Channel Islands and remained there 

 for several months, visiting both Guernsey and Jersey Islands 

 to learn all he could of both breeds. He became an enthusi- 

 astic admirer of the Guernseys and wrote glowing descriptions 

 of their superiority over the Jerseys. He brought back several 

 choice animals for himself and several for his friend, Judge 

 Biddle. The Biddies maintained the purity of their cattle for 

 many years and kept careful records. 



As far as known, the history of the next importation is 

 as follows : In the American Agriculturist of April, 1868, there 

 appeared what is believed to be the first picture of a Guernsey 

 cow published in America. This was of Cottie 188; and her 

 owner, James P. Swain, of Bronxville, N. Y., writes as fol- 

 lows in the article accompanying the cut : 



"You ask me for facts in regard to the Guernsey cow Cottie. 

 I will tell you the story of the Channel cattle as far as they 



