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and Horticultural Society, which sought to establish the breed 

 on a uniform and high basis. Annual exhibitions are held, the 

 cattle on the island compete, and the best individuals are care- 

 fully inspected and given proper distinction and prizes according 

 to merit. 



The introduction of the Guernsey to America dates back early 

 in the last century. In 1824 Reuben Haines of Germantown, 

 Pennsylvania, wrote in the Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agri- 

 cultural Society that he " procured a pair of cattle of the Island 



Fig. 122. Sheet Anchor 2934, a famous Guernsey sire and show bull. Owned 

 by H. McKay Twombly, Madison, New Jersey. Photograph by Schreiber 



of Alderney" and soon satisfied himself that no breed in the 

 country would bear a comparison with them. These were 

 imported in 18 18, and may be regarded as Guernseys in fact, 

 inasmuch as cattle on the Alderney Island are to-day registered 

 in the island of Guernsey herdbook. According to publications 

 of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, cattle were brought to 

 America from Guernsey about 1830, but concerning these no 

 special record was made. About 1850 a few were brought to 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia, and after 1865 more began to be 

 imported to the seaboard states. About 1865 E. P. P. Fowler 



