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now rigidly enforced, that the birth of a calf must be attested 

 by a member of the society within twenty-four hours, otherwise a 

 heifer would be eligible for registration as a foundation cow only 

 after coming in milk. Descendants of foundation (F.) or pedigree 

 stock (P. S.) are registered as pedigree stock. 



The introduction of the Guernsey to America dates back early 

 in the last century. In 1824 Reuben Haines of Germantown, 



Fig. 167. Sheet Anchor 2934 (imp.), calved in 1891, a famous Guernsey sire 



and show bull. Owned by H. McKay Twombly, Madison, New Jersey. From 



photograph by Schreiber 



Pennsylvania, wrote in the "" Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agri- 

 cultural Society " that he " procured a pair of cattle of the Island 

 of Alderney" and soon satisfied himself that no breed in the 

 country would bear a comparison with them. These were imported 

 in 1818 and may be regarded as Guernseys in fact, inasmuch as 

 cattle on Alderney island are to-day registered in the island of 

 Guernsey herdbook. According to publications of the Ameri- 

 can Guernsey Cattle Club, cattle were brought to America from 

 Guernsey about 1830 by a Mr. Prince of Boston and placed 

 on a farm of his in Massachusetts. Soon after importation a 

 cow and bull were shinped to Cow Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, 



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