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sale of 1836 to Mr. Harness for $1,500, were 

 bought and taken to Kentucky that same year 

 by Messrs. Vanmeter & Cunningham. Although 

 not a show cow like Young Phyllis, Young 

 Mary was one of the practical, profitable sort 

 that often do more for their owners than ani- 

 mals of show-yard character. She is described 

 as having been a large cow of striking appear- 

 ance, a light roan in color with some white, 

 especially on her legs. Her horns, which were 

 inclined to be "crumpled," were rather strong 

 and well carried out from her head, which was 

 broad and well shaped, with a good full eye. 

 Her neck was rather thin, shoulders smooth, 

 back broad, rib deep, udder large and good. In 

 fact she was an extraordinary milker one of 

 the best dairy cows ever owned in the Van- 

 meter herds. She was a remarkably prolific 

 breeder, and during the first month or six 

 weeks after calving (if on grass) could be de- 

 pended upon to yield a large pailful of milk 

 morning and evening after the calf had drawn 

 its fill. Unfortunately Isaac Vanmeter's pri- 

 vate herd records were lost or destroyed during 

 the Civil War, but it is a commonly-accepted 

 fact that Young Mary lived to be about twenty 

 years old and died after having given birth to 

 her sixteenth calf. 



She produced but four bulls; two of them 

 Davy Crockett and Logan were dropped while 



