| Show jerrys Lilli pation cattle the little cows cowa of kerry ireland may be considered as aa the survivors of the great massacre of irish cattle perpetrated pet rated by the english soldiers of queen elizabeth all that the defiant irish had to live upon v as aa their cattle and they held them correspondingly precious the kerry cows probably CB the great slaughter when the english drove their foes and their herds to the mountains where the hardy little animals survived and ate aie represented t to this day ills original jerrys are little black or red creature bright e ees es and crooked horns the females having heads a trifle too large tor for beauty one famous cow now rejoicing in several prizes at cubile cattle catti shows measures only two inches over a yard in height seventy inches in girth 9 irth and forty two inches in length I 1 from the top of the shoulder to the root of the tall another famous little animal has the record of giving in forty weeks beeks four tons seven hundred weight of butter these diminutive creatures are charming as aa pets and can be allowed to run in small lots and paddocks near the house where cows ot of an ordinary size would look out of place the kerry cattle have a remarkable faculty of taking care of themselves and an instance la Is related of a small cow cou being placed in a stall between two cows com s of the usual size st z e re refusing fasing to touch her own ample su supply p ot at hay till she had slipped her head under those of her neighbors and appropriated their provender another tiny pet was eeck to kapel at ai dually vi riggle under it a low chain ind calmly begin feasting on 1 a forbidden lawn which lay just beyond of the kerra breed there are now two kinds the jerrys proper and the dexter kerrye I 1 hese pretty little creatures nt abc a frequently compared with the black blach cattle ot of the and Shet lands which were vere said at one time to be so small that ft A man might pick them up tip and carry them in a borl boat from one Is land annd to another |
