GUERNSEY CATTLE 



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people of the Island of Guernsey are very busily engaged in 

 raising flowers and garden supplies for the big markets of 

 London. The cattle have been allowed for the most 

 part to evolve naturally. Their origin seems to be a cross 

 between the big red cattle of Normandy, and the little 

 black cows of Brittany. The characteristics of the Nor- 

 mandy cattle predominate. For almost a century, no out- 



Fig. 40. — Guernsey cow. 



side cattle have been imported into the island. Thus they 

 have been kept pure. 



The first importation into America was about 1833. 

 No great impetus was given to the breed until the World's 

 Fair in Chicago, when in the public test they took their 

 place along with the Jerseys as economical producers 

 of butter fat, and with the other dairy breeds as producers 

 of total milk solids. Their strongest point is that they 

 yield a finely flavored product of the best natural color. 



