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golden color around the eye, on the udder and teats, at 

 base of horn, and at end of the bone of tail. 



Until recently Guernseys in America were kept chiefly 

 for family use. They were introduced into private dairies 

 around Philadelphia as early as 1840, and since that time no 

 other breeds have been permitted to replace them. The 

 gentlemen who first introduced Guernseys had no motive 

 to advertise them. They esteemed their golden-colored 

 products so highly that they were kept for the supplying 

 of families with the best milk and butter that could be pro- 

 duced. About 1865 a few Guernseys were introduced by 

 the importers, which laid the foundation of some of our 

 herds of to-day. A few years later the Massachusetts So- 

 ciety for the Promotion of Agriculture, realizing the great 

 promise of the breed, imported some and distributed them 

 at a public sale to dairymen in the State. A few years 

 later a number of Connecticut farmers joined together and 

 sent a man to the island to bring over a lot. It soon became 

 obvious to these gentlemen that some organization was 

 necessary to preserve the purity of these cattle and to 

 encourage their recognition. Accordingly on February 7, 

 1877, the American Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in 

 New York City. At that time there were about one hun- 

 dred and fifty pure-bred Guernseys in the country, whose 

 pedigrees could be traced without question to importation 

 from the island. At present there are about 14,000 animals 

 in the Register. In the last few years — in fact since the 

 World's Fair Dairy tests in 1893, and the work at the New 

 York and New Jersey Experiment Stations — great interest 

 has been taken in the Guernseys. More entries and trans- 

 fers have been recorded, and more members have joined 

 the Club than at any similar period in its history. The 

 public are just realizing the straightforward work that 

 has been quietly done for the last quarter of a century, and 

 find in a study of it that there are many valuable records to 

 the credit of the breed. These are all the more valuable as 

 the Guernsey has not been forced for high records, but 

 have honestly won their way. 



The best records reported of Guernseys are those of Lily 



