Post by jamshundred on Sept 9, 2014 16:18:03 GMT
Here's the information as to the registry and herds as detailed in the 3rd herdbook. This is to correct or clarify some of the information I wrote on here somewhere the other day. My memory had the Peerless herd reduction in the 1950's, this history written in 1959 shows it to be in 1944.
ADCA - Herdbook - VOL III - 1959
HISTORY OF DEXTER CATTLE IN AMERICA
'I'he native home of the Dexter is in the southern part
of Ireland, where they were bred by smallholders and roamed
about the shelterless mountainous districts in an almost wild
state of nature.
The origin of the Dexter is quite obscure. The common
assumption has been that this breed is a cross between the
Kerry and some other breed, perhaps the Devon. It has also
been claimed that a "Mr. Dexter", who was agent to Lord
Hawarden, is responsible for this Irish breed, which for some
time was known as the Kerry-Dexter, but which now is
classed by organizations promoting these cattle as a distinct
and separate breed from the Kerry.
The introduction of the Dexter to America probably occurred long ago, when no discrimination was made between
Kerry and Dexter in importations. Perhaps two hundred Dexters were imported to the United States between 1905 and
1915. A large percentage of these were imported by Elmendorf Farm (Elmendorf herd) of Kentucky, Howard Gould
(Castlegould herd) of New York and James J. Hill (North
Oaks herd) of Minnesota. In 1917 the Castle gould herd was
sold to Daniel Guggenheim of Port Washington, who changed
the herd name to Hempstead House. Several years later a part
of the Hempstead herd was sold to Mrs. Louisa Satterlee
(Dover House Farm) of Greenwich, Conn.
Two of our present breeders got their Dexters directly
from the above mentioned herds. Mrs. Mabel Ingalls, 860
Fifth Ave., New York obtained foundation stock for her Clove
Brook herd from her mother, Mrs. Louisa Satterlee. The foun-
dation for the Peerless herd at Decorah, Iowa was obtained
by John Logsdon from the Elmendorf Farm, August A. Busch
and James J. Hill in 1919. Later, two bulls were obtained
successive from Daniel Guggenheim, owner of Hempstead
House herd. In 1944, when the Peerless herd had their first
public sale, the herd numbered 150 head of cows and heifers.
Peerless herd is the oldest Dexter herd under continuous
management in the United States.
There are sixty breeders of Dexter cattle at the present
time. They are located in 22 states of the United States and
Canada. Since 1950, Mrs. Mabel Tngalls, 860 Fifth Ave., New
York, Stewart & Frances Kellogg, R 1, Pound Ridge, N. Y.,
Edward C. Lord, Split Rock Road, Syosset, N. Y. and Mrs.
Margaret Rhodes, Sherbourne, Vermont have imported several
head of Dexters from England. A number of these and their
offspring have been sold to other breeders.
Mr. Otto C. Jensen, Lancaster, N. Y, a Dexter breeder
since 1944 and president of the American Dexter Cattle Asso-
ciation, has been instrumental in getting a class for Dexters
at the Erie County Fair, Hamburg, N. Y. He has had his
Dexters on exhibition at that fair for several years and for
the past two years (1958-1959) other breeders have been show-
ing their Dexters in competition.
Mr. W. O. Carcaud, Montreal, Canada, a member and
director of the American Dexter Cattle Association,
and the
only Dexter breeder in Canada, has put his herd on government
test for milk and butterfat
.
The American Kerry and Dexter Club was organized in
1911. Professor Charles S. Plumb of Columbus, Ohio, was
mainly responsible for the organization and served as its
Secretary-Treasurer for over ten years. In 1921 the Club pub-
lished a Herd Book which had registered 63 Dexter bulls and
260 Dexter cows. Soon after the publication of this Herd Book
the Club ceased to operate for lack of interest and registrations.
In 1940, the American Kerry and Dexter Club was reorganized by John Logsdon and Roy A. Cook. Mr. Cook served
as Secretary-Treasurer until his death in 1949, at which time
his secretary, Cleo Aschim, assumed the duties. Mr. Cook
published the second printing of volume I of the Herd Book.
This book had entries of 471 Dexters, including the entries
of the first Herd Book.
In 1950, Mrs. Daisy Moore was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued the duties since that time. Herd Book
II was published in 1956. This book contained 234 entries, 87
Dexter bulls and 147 Dexter cows. Herd Book III contains
221 entries, of which 66 are Dexter bulls and 155 are Dexter
cows.
In 1957, the name American Kerry and Dexter Club was
changed to American Dexter Cattle Association. There have
been no Kerry registrations since 1920.
HISTORY OF DEXTER CATTLE IN AMERICA
'I'he native home of the Dexter is in the southern part
of Ireland, where they were bred by smallholders and roamed
about the shelterless mountainous districts in an almost wild
state of nature.
The origin of the Dexter is quite obscure. The common
assumption has been that this breed is a cross between the
Kerry and some other breed, perhaps the Devon. It has also
been claimed that a "Mr. Dexter", who was agent to Lord
Hawarden, is responsible for this Irish breed, which for some
time was known as the Kerry-Dexter, but which now is
classed by organizations promoting these cattle as a distinct
and separate breed from the Kerry.
The introduction of the Dexter to America probably occurred long ago, when no discrimination was made between
Kerry and Dexter in importations. Perhaps two hundred Dexters were imported to the United States between 1905 and
1915. A large percentage of these were imported by Elmendorf Farm (Elmendorf herd) of Kentucky, Howard Gould
(Castlegould herd) of New York and James J. Hill (North
Oaks herd) of Minnesota. In 1917 the Castle gould herd was
sold to Daniel Guggenheim of Port Washington, who changed
the herd name to Hempstead House. Several years later a part
of the Hempstead herd was sold to Mrs. Louisa Satterlee
(Dover House Farm) of Greenwich, Conn.
Two of our present breeders got their Dexters directly
from the above mentioned herds. Mrs. Mabel Ingalls, 860
Fifth Ave., New York obtained foundation stock for her Clove
Brook herd from her mother, Mrs. Louisa Satterlee. The foun-
dation for the Peerless herd at Decorah, Iowa was obtained
by John Logsdon from the Elmendorf Farm, August A. Busch
and James J. Hill in 1919. Later, two bulls were obtained
successive from Daniel Guggenheim, owner of Hempstead
House herd. In 1944, when the Peerless herd had their first
public sale, the herd numbered 150 head of cows and heifers.
Peerless herd is the oldest Dexter herd under continuous
management in the United States.
There are sixty breeders of Dexter cattle at the present
time. They are located in 22 states of the United States and
Canada. Since 1950, Mrs. Mabel Tngalls, 860 Fifth Ave., New
York, Stewart & Frances Kellogg, R 1, Pound Ridge, N. Y.,
Edward C. Lord, Split Rock Road, Syosset, N. Y. and Mrs.
Margaret Rhodes, Sherbourne, Vermont have imported several
head of Dexters from England. A number of these and their
offspring have been sold to other breeders.
Mr. Otto C. Jensen, Lancaster, N. Y, a Dexter breeder
since 1944 and president of the American Dexter Cattle Asso-
ciation, has been instrumental in getting a class for Dexters
at the Erie County Fair, Hamburg, N. Y. He has had his
Dexters on exhibition at that fair for several years and for
the past two years (1958-1959) other breeders have been show-
ing their Dexters in competition.
Mr. W. O. Carcaud, Montreal, Canada, a member and
director of the American Dexter Cattle Association,
and the
only Dexter breeder in Canada, has put his herd on government
test for milk and butterfat
.
The American Kerry and Dexter Club was organized in
1911. Professor Charles S. Plumb of Columbus, Ohio, was
mainly responsible for the organization and served as its
Secretary-Treasurer for over ten years. In 1921 the Club pub-
lished a Herd Book which had registered 63 Dexter bulls and
260 Dexter cows. Soon after the publication of this Herd Book
the Club ceased to operate for lack of interest and registrations.
In 1940, the American Kerry and Dexter Club was reorganized by John Logsdon and Roy A. Cook. Mr. Cook served
as Secretary-Treasurer until his death in 1949, at which time
his secretary, Cleo Aschim, assumed the duties. Mr. Cook
published the second printing of volume I of the Herd Book.
This book had entries of 471 Dexters, including the entries
of the first Herd Book.
In 1950, Mrs. Daisy Moore was elected Secretary-Treasurer and has continued the duties since that time. Herd Book
II was published in 1956. This book contained 234 entries, 87
Dexter bulls and 147 Dexter cows. Herd Book III contains
221 entries, of which 66 are Dexter bulls and 155 are Dexter
cows.
In 1957, the name American Kerry and Dexter Club was
changed to American Dexter Cattle Association. There have
been no Kerry registrations since 1920.