1(36 OXFORD COUNTY SOCIETY. 



hard and smooth, so that they can stand up and travel well on the 

 rOad. In motion they are quick and active for their size, and in 

 disposition very docile, mild and intelligent, and possess great power 

 of endurance. They are not very select in their food, but have an 

 appetite which relishes any decent feed, and a power of digestion 

 and appropriation which enables them to keep in good condition if 

 given enough of the poorer qualities of feed. They are very hardy 

 both to endure labor and the rigors of our climate. As milkers, 

 they are fair so far as quantity is concerned, and their milk is of the 

 very first quality, for butter especially. They are very peaceable 

 and quiet so long as they have enough to eat ; but they have one 

 fault, for men who undertake to half starve their stock, if fault it can 

 be called, and that is, if there is any thing to eat in their (neighbor- 

 hood, they are bound to have it, and no ordinary obstacle will hinder 

 them." 



Other statements of his are also appended: 



Bull " Young Silcer.^^ — Bred by William H. Sotham, Owego, 

 Tioga county, New York — age, one year and two months. 



This bull is a full blood Hereford, and from one of the best fami- 

 lies of stock in the world, of this class. He was brought into this 

 State on Monday last, and of course, is not entitled to a premium, 

 under the rules of this Society. We do not, therefore, present him 

 for premium, but only to have the judgment of the appropriate Com- 

 mittee on his merits. Subjoined is a certificate of his pedigree, and 

 a letter from Mr. Sotham, in relation to the manner in which he 

 has been bred and reared : 



Pedigree of Young Silver. Young Silver calved Aug. 28th, 

 1856, got by imported Poppinjay 2d, bred by Rev. J. Smythers, by 

 Poppinjay 1st, who was by Young Trueboy (32, English Herd 

 Book,) out of Jay by Blenkeim (26), out of a daughter of Old 

 Toby Pigeon, the dam of Trusty (15), Trumph (8), Young Wood- 

 man (12), &c., dam Spot by Young Forrester, Gr. D. by Forrester 

 (112), out of Venus by Cupid (198). Mr. Smythers gained at 

 Hereford as best yearling heifer, and the next year as a two years 

 old with Venus. He showed Cupid as a yearling, three years old, 

 and aged bull, and gained all three prizes. 



Dam of Young Silver, Cynthia, (imported,) by Woodlad (79), 

 dam Miss Climax by Climax, G. dam Dove. (See English Herd 



