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Tasmania. Dauncey bred with three objects in view : first, a large 

 average butter record ; second, constitution ; third, uniform color, 

 free from white. In 1826 he bought the bull Pope 652 on the 

 island, which greatly improved his herd. Dauncey bred the bull 

 Rioter 746 E, whose grandson Stoke Pogis 1269 became pro- 

 genitor in America of the St. Lambert family. 



The importation of Jerseys to America dates back well into the 

 nineteenth century. As far back as 1818 Reuben Haines of 

 Germantown, Pennsylvania, imported a pair of cattle from the 

 island of Alderney, but no definite importation from the island 

 of Jersey seems recorded prior .to 1850, when Messrs. Taintor, 

 Buck, Norton, and other gentlemen near Hartford, Connecticut, 

 brought over in the ship Splendid the first from the island to be 

 registered in the American herdbook. The bull Splendens 16 is 

 probably the first registered Island-bred bull brought to this coun- 

 try. In 1 85 i and 1855 other importations were taken to Connecti- 

 cut, including some animals that later became famous, notably the 

 bulls Splendid 2, St. Helier45, Rob Roy 17, and Pierrot 636 ; and 

 the cows Dot 7, Pansy 8, Jessie 28, and the Ives cow. In 1851 

 Thomas Motley imported for the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture, bringing over among other cows Flora 1 1 3 and 

 Countess 114. From 1850 importations became frequent. The 

 dates of the introduction of the Jersey into some other localities 

 are as follows: Maryland, 1851 ; New York and Pennsylvania, 

 1855 ; Ohio, 1865 ; Canada, 1868. Many importations have been 

 made in the last half century, yet none of these have been so 

 extensive or important as the annual importations of Mr. T. S. 

 Cooper of Pennsylvania, beginning in 1900. In recent years 

 F. S. Peer of New York has also brought over many valuable 

 cattle from the island of Jersey. 



f Characteristics of the Jersey. The color is generally termed 

 fawnlike, but is quite variable in its shade, being yellowish, red- 

 dish, grayish, brownish, or silvery fawn. Some are described as 

 orange or lemon fawn, and others as squirrel gray or mulberry 

 black. White as a whole does not occur, but white marks are 

 quite common, although solid fawn color over the entire body is 

 generally preferred. Brindle is a rare color and is objected to, 

 but does occur. The hair about the muzzle and eyes is usually 



