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During the years 1822 to 1830, the late Mr. Charles Henry 

 Hall, of New York, imported several short-horn bulls and cows, 

 from some of the best English herds. Several of these he sold 

 to persons in the neighborhood of that city, soon after they 

 arrived, and others he sent to his farm in Rensselaer county, near 

 Albany, and there bred them. Their descendants are now scat- 

 tered through several good herds. 



In 1824, the late Col. John Hare Powell, of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., commenced importations, and for several years continued 

 them with much spirit and judgment. His selections were 

 principally from the herd of Jonas ' Whitaker, of Otley, in 

 Yorkshire, England. He bred them assiduously at his fine 

 estate at Powelton, near the city, and sold many to neighboring 

 breeders, and to go into Ohio, and Kentucky, where many of 

 their descendants still remain. 



About the year 1828, Mr. Francis Rotch, then of New 

 Bedford, Mass., selected from the herd of Mr. Whitaker, and 

 sent to Mr. Benj. Rodman, of New Bedford, a bull and three 

 heifers. They were afterwards sold to other breeders, and their 

 descendants are now found in several excellent herds. 



In the year 1833, the late Mr. Walter Dun, near Lexington, 

 Ky., imported a bull and several valuable cows from choice 

 herds in Yorkshire, England. He bred them with much care, 

 and their descendants are now found in many good western herds. 



But the first enterprise in importing short-horns upon a grand 

 scale, was commenced in 1834, by an association of cattle 

 breeders of the Scioto Valley, and its adjoining counties, in 

 Ohio. They formed a company, with an adequate capital, and 

 sent out an agent, who purchased the best cattle to be found, 

 without regard to price, and brought out nineteen animals in one 

 ship, landed them at Philadelphia, and drove them to Ohio. 

 Further importations wero made by the same company, in the 

 years 1835 and 1836. The cattle were kept and bred together 



