The Guernsey Breed 



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Imp. Bonnie Lassie of Fernwood 1485. 



Kent and Hughes, who also paid $480 for the cow Lily des 

 Islets 1816 and $550 for the cow The Nun 1812. Many others 

 sold above the $400 mark. From the books it would appear 

 that during those three or four years Mr. Kent registered 

 nearly one-half of the cattle recorded in the American Register 

 during that time. 



In view of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease 

 in the United States, the fact will be of interest that one of 

 the importations made by Messrs. Kent and Hughes had this 

 disease. The story of this outbreak is here given in Mr. 

 Hughes' own words : 



"In the month of March, 1883, S. €. Kent, of West Grove, and 

 myself, as partners, made an importation of 80 head of Guernsey 

 cattle direct from the island. These cattle were landed March 18, 

 1883, from the steamship Nessmore, at Baltimore. My memory is 

 that they had been about 17 days on the ship. Quarantine enforce- 

 ment, then imposed by the Treasury Department, requiring us to 

 keep them 90 days in quarantine, was turned over to this state. At 

 the time of this importation, and several others also, permission had 

 been granted us before the arrival of the cattle to quarantine them 

 in barns that we procured in West Grove, Pa. I had actual care 

 of the cattle of these several importations. 



"As soon as this particular importation of cattle landed my 

 man told me that some of the cattle were sick, and from what he 

 told me of the symptoms I at once suspected foot and mouth disease, 

 after having heard what I had of the recent attacks in England. I 



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