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One of the Jersey cows at the American Red Cross Hospital at Salisbury, England. The sixty cows which are furnishing milk and cream for the American soldiers in the Hospital are half Jerseys and half Guernseys. All of them were donated by the people of the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and they are the pedigree stock, carefully selected by the farmers themselves

Some of the finest Jersey cows from the herd at the American Red Cross hospital, Salisbury, England. The Jerseys and the Guernseys at the Hospital are pedigree stock donated by the Farmers of the Islands of Jerseys and Guernseys. Much of the Farm work on the 186-acre farm is done by convalescent soldiers

First consignment of Jersey cows, the gift of the people of the little island of Jersey, in the English channel to the Red Cross Hospital farm at the new American hospital in Sarisbury, near Southampton, England. The photograph was taken on the docks at Jersey, just before the cows were loaded aboard the little steamer which transported them to the mainload. The people of Jersey raised about $8500 for the purpose of giving these cows to the American soldiers, and in addition to this subscription, several wealthy farmers gave each the pick of his herd outright, to help make up the hospital herd. Ten cows were sent to Sarisbury in this shipment, the remainder to be forwarded as soon as the hospital's stabling accomodations were complete. The neighboring island of Guernsey made a similar gift at the same time. The entire herd of sixty cows at Sarisbury is worth about $20,000 all given by the islanders as a mark of their appreciation of the American effort in the war

This type of dairy stock at the American Red Cross Hospital Farm at Salisbury England. The photograph shows Captain Frank S. Peer, director of the Farm, with one of the Jersey cows which are now furnishing milk to the big Hospital. Mr. Peer comes from Ithaca, N.Y. The cows at the Farm include thirty Jerseys and 30 Guernseys all of which were donated by the farmers of the little Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, in the English Channel, as a mark of their appreciation of the American effort in the war

Henry P. Davison, chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross visits the American Red Cross Hospital at Salisbury England. He is shown in a rain coat. Between him and the cow is Col. L.S. Hughes of Frankfort, Ky. The cow is one of the group of sixty which were presented to the American people by the Farmers of the little Islands of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel

A group of the Jerseys and Guernseys at the Red Cross Hospital Farm, Salisbury, England, in charge of Corp. W.C. Barr of Brooklyn, who is shown in the center with arm in sling. He is a University man who takes a keen interest in the work of the Hospital Farm, and has been put in charge of a squad of convalescent soldiers working with the cattle and learning Dairying. The Hospital Farm also has several Farm Girls, all of whom are English. The girl shown in the picture is wearing a land girl dress, known in England as a "Yorkshire Smock." All of these girls are being put into American Red Cross uniforms specially designed for the purpose

Henry P. Davison, chairman of the War Council, of the American Red Cross Hospital Farm at Salisbury, England, and inspects the herd cows given by the farmers of the little Islands of Jerseys and Guernseys by the farmers of the little Islands of Jersey and Guernseys, in the English Channel. The hospital herd includes thirty Jerseys and thirty Guernseys including some of the finest stock in the little Islands. Early in Nov. Mr. Davison made a tour of inspection of American Red Cross activities in the South of England. He made a special point of seeing the Salisbury cows. He is shown here with one of the Guernseys

Bringing home the cows. American soldiersm convalescent patients at the big Salisbury Hospital near Southampton, England are learning farming on the 186-acre farm attached to the Hospital. The photograph shows some of the prize Jerseys and Guernseys, sixty of which were given to the American Red Cross by the Farmers of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. At one side of the picture are seem some of the trees of the Hospital Farm Orchards, while beyond, over the tops of the trees, are seen the roofs of the Farm Greenhouses

American soldiers, convalescent patients at the big American Red Cross Hospital at Salisbury, England, spend a great deal of time is assisting on the Farm, particularly the work among the cows. The Farm has one of the finest herds of Guernseys and Jerseys in England, all pedigree cattle, donated by the Farmers of the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, as a mark of their appreciation of the American effort in the war. Most of the soldiers in this picture are convalescent wounded from the Atlantic Seaboard States who were wounded in the big push around St. Quentin, when they broke the Hinderburg Line. Captain Frank S. Peer of Ithaca, N.Y. the director of the Farm, is seen in the center of the group, in the Civilian Costume

A Jersey cow at the American Red Cross Military Hospital Farm, Salisbury, England. Much of the work on the Farm is done by Convalescent American soldiers. The Hospital Cattle include thirty cows (Jerseys) and thirty Guernseys, all selected stock given by the Farmers of little Islands of Jersey and Guernsey as an evidence of their appreciation of the American effort in the war

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.

Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Commission to England.

Group title: Hospital Farm. U.S. in England.

Data: Hoard's Dairyman, Washington Farmer, Farm and Fireside. Breeder's Gazette Jersey Bulletin used. Guernsey B. Jr. Farm, Stock and Home. Farmer and Breeder. Kimball's Dairy Farmer. Better Farming. 11/1918.

Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.

General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc

Temp note: Batch 21

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american red cross england salisbury glass negatives photo jerseys cross military hospital farm jersey cow convalescent american soldiers thirty cows american effort thirty guernseys ultra high resolution high resolution world war i wwi ww1 great britain stockphoto raw image photo online free agriculture farmers cows library of congress