80 AMERICAN CATTLE. 



too, says that the long horns have never been so good since 

 Bakewell's time. "Tradition," however, is not accepted in the 

 present day as evidence in a court of justice, and many of her 

 rumors and sayings may be apocryphal. We are inclined to 

 believe, from accounts which we have occasionally seen, and up 

 to a late date also, that there do now exist in England as good 

 long-horns as Bakewell ever bred, although not in numerous 

 herds, nor of wide-spread fame. 



A Mr. Fowler, of Rollwright, in Oxfordshire, bought some 

 cattle of Bakewell, and bred them with great care. He had a 

 sale in the year 1791, in which seven bulls and six cows were 

 sold. The prices of his bulls ranged from $760 to $1,250, and 

 his cows from $446 to $1,365 each, and his whole herd of fifty 

 averaged $429 each, showing the high value put upon the breed 

 at that day. But it is needless to pursue this branch of the 

 subject further, as we have no definite interest in the breed, as 

 yet, in this country. Indeed, we have only introduced this 

 information here as a matter of collateral interest to our American 

 cattle breeders, and to give an outline of one branch of Mr. 

 Bakewell's course, and success. 



AS A DAIRY COW, 



The " old-fashioned " long-horn ranks high, and is extensively 

 used in some of the dairy counties of England, many, in their 

 purity of blood, and more in their grades with other breeds and 

 admixtures. Her milk is good, and the quantity given satisfac- 

 tory to the dairyman ; and without both these qualities, a people 

 so systematic as they, and looking sharply to profits, would 

 certainly discard her. 



Aside from the plate, which is that of a very fat cow, we 

 give a more particular description. The head is long; the 

 neck none too clean ; the dewlap small ; the shoulder fair ; 

 the rib tolerable ; the brisket good ; the back a little swayed, or 



