^NE of the largest and finest herds 



^'' l.iiry cattle in New England was 



-luestion that of C. S. Tenncy of 



Id, Mass. The Tenncy farm is 



ited in the heart of one of'tlie finest 



ieys in the state. The buildings are 



ited in the heart of the farm, i)ainted 



wiih white;trinimings, and with two 

 \^' silos they made a beautiful picture 

 we looked down on the valley. Near- 

 Ts the farrn home, beautifully land- 

 ped. 



lere were lioused some 347 head of 

 ry cattle, the results of some 25 years 

 consistent and constructive breeding. 

 I cattle were Jerseys with the excep- 

 1 of one unit of 40 Holsteins. Out of 



herd went daily some 1600 quarts 

 nilk, shipped to Springfield and Wal- 

 m, Mass. Animals in this herd had 

 le lustory in the Jersey breed. Silver, 

 i and medal of merit awards had 

 en to the lot of many outstanding ma- 

 ig of the herd. It was a farm and a 

 a of which to be proud. 

 Axmo: the flood sweeping down through 



river valley. Floods had come be- 



'fore. The great flood of 1927 had iV 

 but little damage there. Su( ' ' * ' 

 tcrs were not likely to ever 

 They swept pa.^^t, bul sudd.M.r ^.i i... 

 the low-lying flats were inundated and 

 ere long they surrounded the entire 

 •farmstead, rushing furiously, sweeping-' 

 everything before if. In a comparatively 

 short period of time the barns were 

 flooded. There was n(j escape and whea 

 the waters receded, they lefi disaster in. 

 their wake. The toll was 346 head of 

 cattle drowned on this Tarni alone, and 

 neighbors suffered proportionate losses. 

 Before the waters circled the farm, 

 willing hands had transferred mtich of 

 thepoultry to the lofts of tJie barns, but 

 some 5,000 were swept away. One young, 

 Jersey heifer was about due to calve. 

 She had been placed in the hay barn. 

 When found later, she was up in the 

 loft, and lo and behold had given birth 

 to a beautiiul heifer calf. May we present 

 to you Owl-Interest Lovely Miss and 

 her heifer calf, the sole survivors of the 

 Tenney herd. All that remain of a great 



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