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At about the same time Mr. Swain purcliased tlie Inill. 

 Rosewell Colt 29, bred by Mr. Biddle, and in the fall uf 1838 

 he made another importation, in the ship Guy Mannerins^. 

 He imported a cow which, as far as I can find, was never 

 registered, but she was carrying the calf Guy 33. 



In June, 1855, W. H. Stewart, of Torrcsdale, Pa., imported 

 the cow named Stewart's Cow 11. Edward M. Hopkins, of 

 the same place, imported the cow Flora 17 the same year. 



In 1855 Charles Henry Fisher, nf Philadelphia, imported 

 the three cows. Little Red Riding Hood 26, Sophia 27, and 

 Fanny Physic 28. Mr. Fisher already owned a bull, Hercules 

 9, born 1850 and imported by R. L. Colt, of Paterson, N. J , 

 and the blood of these animals is still mingled in the higli- 

 class herd owned by James Logan Fisher, of Fernrock, one of 

 the suburbs of Philadelphia. 



The Fowlers, of Philadelphia and Southampton, had 

 brought over large numbers of Jerse3-s for public sale, and 

 at about 1865 they began to bring a few Guernseys also, 

 though I do not find any animal recorded of their importa- 

 tion earlier than the cow Signet 99, imported to Boston in 

 September, 1870. This cow was sold to James M. Codman, 

 and he tells me that it was she that first gave him his interest 

 in the breed. He also says that it was the first Guernsey cow 

 sold at auction in the LInited States of which there is any 

 record. Liking this cow and being impressed with the very 

 yellow milk and butter that she gave, he decided the next 

 year to make a trip to the island, arriving on the very morning 

 that the cattle from Guernsey were being shipped over to 

 Jersey for the Channel Islands exhibition mentioned in Chapter 

 II. Seeing this, he stayed on the boat and went to Jersey 

 and attended this exhibition. He spent several weeks on 

 Guernsey, studying the history and characteristics of the 

 breed, and purchased the cows Amber 50 and Crystal 51 for 

 himself, and also imported the bull Jasper 25 and the cows 

 Pearl 20, Topaz 21, Jewel 22, and Ruby 23 for Wm. P. Per- 

 kins, of Wayland, Mass. 



Shortly after this time the Massachusetts Society for the 

 Promotion of Agriculture became interested in the introduction 

 of Guernseys into Massachusetts for the improvement of the 

 dairy stock, and as early as September 28, 1874, an importa- 

 tion was made and the cattle scattered to many different farms 

 in the state, including those of James Lawrence, Groton ; 

 E. F. Bowditch, Framingham ; and W. C. Cabot, Brookline. 

 All three of these herds are still maintained. 

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