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VOLUME XXVII.—No. 7. NEW YORK, JULY 1868. NEW SERIES-No. 258 
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KERRY CATTLE .—The Property of Andrew H. Green, Esq. On Exhibition at the New York Central Park. 
The Kerry breed of cattle offer another ex¬ 
ample, like those of the Channel Islands, of a 
variety which has been formed by the urgent 
necessities of a people. County Kerry i 3 a 
rude, rough, poor district in the southwestern 
extremity of Ireland. As an agricultural region 
it is primitive, isolated, and, in part, mountain¬ 
ous and sterile. Pushing out into the ocean, 
it not only forms a headland or breakwater 
against the warm Gulf Stream, but presents a 
bold front to all the storms of the Atlantic. 
This gives rise to that abundant moisture which 
adapts the country to the growth of peat; and 
peat bogs alternate with rocky pastures, upon 
neither of which could ordinary cattle pick up 
a tolerable living—while at the same time, the 
climate is milder than that of any other portion 
of the British Islands. The poor people needed 
cows which would sustain themselves upon 
scanty fire, and give an abundance of good 
milk, and in the course of time this has been 
brought about. The Kerrys are very small, 
hardy, rugged cattle, not notable for symmetry, 
or any beauty but that of a picturesque rough¬ 
ness ; they yield an abundance of excellent milk, 
and make, properly fattened, very good beef. 
Our engraving is a truthful representation of 
three animals of this breed, the property of 
Andrew H. Green, Esq., of this city, and now 
on exhibition at the Central Park. The stock 
was imported in 1864, the bull having j ust taken 
the prize of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England. The herds of that mountainous 
district having been searched by an experienced 
breeder, with the object of securing the very 
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