The Guernsey Breed 



49 





Cows as tliey ai'e tetliered 



Xor 



for b)^ T. H. Mahv, a snn of P. Mahy, who fiimself cared for 

 the bull and showed hini on Jerse}' at the exposition. 



T. H. Aiahy is now a breeder of the well known Bel Air 

 family. It is of interest here to note also that with the bull, 

 Fair Lad, he showed the heifer, Queen of the Field, which he 

 tells me was one of the hrst animals of the now well known 

 Jessie family. 



I have been told many times that the present cattle of 

 Normand}' were very similar in color and form to the Jerseys, 

 but on a visit in 1912 to the northern part of Normandy in 

 the vicinity of Cherbourg I saw no cattle that in form or color 

 looked like Guernse3rs. They Avere larger, coarser, and nearly 

 all black or brown in color, with white heads. The accompany- 

 ing illustrations are of typical cows as I saw them in that dis- 

 trict, and of a herd tethered in the fields. 



There is a celebrated painting in the Tate Gallery, Lon- 

 don, done in 1820 by the well known English animal painter, 

 James Ward, 1769-1859, that is deserving of our study. The 

 picture is called "Protection," and is now labeled "An Al- 

 derney Bull, Cow and Calf." The bull is decidedly brindle 

 and spotted with white, with a white, spotted face and black 

 nose. The cow is yellow in color, one-half to two-thirds 

 white, and a bufT nose. The calf is white with quite a black, 

 mottled nose. The cow has medium large teats. Both have 

 Digitized by Microsoft® 



