| Show kerry cattle i the little cows of kerry ireland may be considered as the survivors ol of the great massacre of irish cattle perpetrated pet rated by the soldiers of queen elizabeth all that the defiant irish had to live upon was their cattle and they held them correspondingly precious the kerry cows probably escaped the great slaughter when the english drove their fees and their herds to the mountains where the hardy little animals survia ed A and are represented to th s day the original jerrys are little black or red creature bright eyes and crooked horns the females having havin heads a trifle too large for beauty beamut one famous cow now rejoicing in several prizes at bublic cattle shows elbows measures only two inches over a yard in height seventy inches in girth and forty two inches in length from the top of the shoulder to the root of the tail another famous little animal has the record of giving in forty weeks w four tons seven hundred weight of butter these diminutive creatures are charming as pets and can be allowed to run in small lots and paddocks near the house where cows of an ordinary size would look out of place the kerry cattle have a remarkable faculty of taking care ot of themselves and an instance is related of a small cow being placed in a stall stal between two cows of the usual size refusing to touch her own ample supply of hay till she had slipped her head under those of her neighbors and V appropriated their provender another tiny pet was seen to kneel knee actually wriggle under a low chain nl ind calmly begin feasting on a forbid forbidden Ien lawn which lay just beyond of the kerry breed there are now two kinds the jerrys proper and the dexter jerrys these pretty little creatures are frequently compared with the blace cattle of the and Shet shetland lands which were said at one time to be so small that a man might pick them up and carry them in a boat from one island to another |
