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called, after the gentleman who brought them, the "Patton 

 stock. They were well cared for, and made a decided improve- 

 ment in. the cattle of the "Blue grass country," where they were 

 first introduced. Some of this early Virginia stock also went 

 out to the "south branch of the Potomac," in that State, a fine 

 grazing country, which, fifty years ago, was famous for its good 

 cattle. 



In the year 1796, it is said that an Englishman, named Heaton, 

 brought two or three short-horn cattle from the north of England 

 to New York. They were taken to Westchester county, near by, 

 and bred, but no results, in pure blood, have been traced to them. 



In 181516, a Mr. Cox, an Englishman, imported a bull and 

 two heifers into Rensselaer county, N. Y. These were followed, 

 in 1822, by two bulls, imported by another Englishman named 

 Wayne. Descendants from this Cox stock were said to be bred 

 pure, and after wards crossed by Mr. "Wayne's bulls. The stock 

 now exists in considerable numbers and of good quality, in that 

 and adjoining counties. 



In 1817, Col. Lewis Sanders, of Lexington, Ky., made an 

 importation of three bulls and three heifers from England. 

 They were of good quality and blood, and laid the foundation 

 of many excellent herds in that State. 



In 1818, Mr. Cornelius Cooledge, of Boston, Mass., imported 

 a yearling heifer "Flora" and a bull "Cicero" into that 

 city, from the herd of Mr. Mason, of Chilton, in the county 

 of Durham, England. These were carefully bred, and many of 

 their descendants are now scattered throughout several States. 



About the same year, Mr. Samuel Williams, then a merchant 

 in London, but a native of Massachusetts, sent out a bull 

 " Young Denton " and some cows, bred by Mr. Wetherell, a 

 noted short-horn breeder. The bull was much used to cows of 

 the same and later importations, and their descendants are still 

 numerous among well bred short-horns of the present day. 



