108 The Guernsey Breed 



At the same time a group of farmers around Hartford, 

 Conn., and especially those who were patrons of the creamery 

 at Farmington, having heard of the Guernseys, and not being 

 able to buy them in this country, unitedly sent to the island 

 C. M. Beach, of Hartford, and M. C. AVeld.'of New York. They 

 made a number of importations of cattle to Connecticut, and 

 from them many herds were founded, including that of the late 

 Edward Norton, who became the first secretar_v of the club. 



Other single animals imported earlier than 1871 were 

 Lady Thierman 135, imported in 1869; Brown Forest 69, Belle 

 Forest 67, Fadv Forest 45, I^ilv Forest 41, and Ladv Hudson 

 391, imported May 2, 1870. 



In 1872 Silas Bctts, of Camden, N. J., purchased the cows 

 Queen 74, Beauty of Bloomfield 7S. and Peeress 76 from an 

 importation of E. P P. Fowler, the last two named dropping 

 the calves VAWy 3 and Romeo 40. The cow Beautv of Bloom- 

 field numbers among her descendants many high-class ani- 

 mals, including the cow Cinderella 3251, that won first prize 

 at the Wisconsin State Fair of 1887. 



At this time the Fowlers were gradually increasing the 

 number of Guernseys in their importations, and in the spring 

 of 1872 Thomas JM. Ilarve)^ and Son, AA^est Grove, Pa., pur- 

 chased of them the cows Nr)s. 81 to 86, and these, with 

 the cows Nos. 24 and 25, purchased by JMcssrs. Harvey 

 of Judge Biddle, were the first cattle, as the records show, 

 that went into Chester county, Pcnns}dvania, which .rounty 

 later was for }-ears the headquarters for the lireed. 



In May, 1878, importations were made to Boston by James 

 Lawrence, who, it will be remembered, had some of the first 

 cattle of the importations by the Massachusetts Society for 

 the Promotion of Agriculture, and b>' this time cattle from the 

 Fowler importations had been scattered to all the seaboard 

 states. 



In 1878 Wm. L. Fox, of Foxburg, Pa., imported fi^-e cows. 

 Frolic 49, Florence 50, Fancy 51, Fan 52, and Fay 53, In June 

 of the same year J, J, C, Abbot, of Montreal, Canada, imported 

 the cows Rosey of Les A'auxbelets 379 and Rosebud of Les 

 Vauxbelets 2d 380, they appearing to be the first Guernsey^ 

 to go to Canada. 



As early as November 24, 1872, a cow, l\ronica 371, was 

 imported direct to San Francisco, Cal., by J. N. Knowles and 

 sold to Henry Pierce, of the Yerba Baena ranch. In October, 

 1879, Mr. Pierce made an importation of bull No. 183 and the 



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