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variations among the Dexter-Kerry branch than in the true 

 Kerry. In each case the udder is unusually well developed, 

 showing large capacity in proportion to size of body. 



The size of the Kerry is small, the Dexter being the smallest 

 of any British breed. The following are given as measurements 

 of a celebrated Kerry bull, Busaco, shown as a two-year-old at 

 the Paris Exposition in 1878: height at withers, 34 inches; 

 length from withers to tail end, 38 inches ; heart girth, 50 

 inches. In 1900 the Dexter-Kerry bull La Mancha Union 

 Jack was shown at the Royal Agricultural Society Show of 

 England at York. He was a two-year-old, red in color, stood 



FIG. 135. A pair of Kerry cows shown at the Royal Agricultural Society 

 Show at Manchester, England, in 1897. Photograph by the author 



about 36 inches high, and weighed about 400 pounds as esti- 

 mated by the author. As champion of the breed and a famous 

 prize winner he attracted much attention, a special inspection 

 being made by the Prince of Wales, now Edward VII. The cele- 

 brated Dexter-Kerry show cow Red Rose weighed 762 pounds. 

 The Kerry as a milk producer ranks high. The cow Red 

 Rose, already referred to, yielded in one year nearly 10,000 

 pounds of milk. Messrs. William and James Macdonald, in 

 reporting on the Kerry cattle shown at the 1878 Paris Expo- 

 sition, state that twelve quarts of milk daily during the season, 

 and from six to seven pounds of butter a week are the esti- 

 mated yields of a Kerry cow, and that cows have been known 

 to give sixteen quarts every day for some time after calving. 

 The quality of the milk is also superior, being rich in fat. 



