204 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



for a cow of this family at the New York Mills sale of 

 September 10, 1873. 



Belvedere (1706) was one of the best bulls used by Bates, 

 while the Duke of Northumberland (1940), the acknowl- 

 edged champion bull of England in 1842, was undoubtedly 

 the best bull ever produced at Kirkle vington . Bates' aim in 

 breeding was to produce a dual-purpose cow, and as a con- 

 sequence he gave careful attention to preserving the milk- 

 ing qualities of his Shorthorns. There was a characteristic 

 style and finish about Bates' Shorthorns that still clings 

 to cattle containing a strong infusion of this blood. While 

 cattle of Thomas Bates' breeding were frequently seen in 

 the show-ring from 1838 to 1848, and wherever shown were 

 unusually successful, he was personally very much opposed 

 to training cattle for show. The Bates herd was dispersed 

 in 1850, when prices were very low, and as a consequence 

 the cattle did not bring what they were worth. 



236. Breeding by the Booths. The elder Booth was 

 a contemporary of Thomas Bates. His first herd was 

 established at Killerby in 1790. His especial aim was to 

 breed an earlier-maturing beast that would be noted for 

 its beef-producing rather than its milk-producing qualities. 

 While Booth was very ready to admit that the Collings 

 had greatly improved Shorthorns, he did not think, as 

 many of the breeders of the time apparently thought, 

 that it was necessary to buy the females composing his 

 herd of them. Among his early purchases were five 

 heifer calves from the herd of Mr. Broader of Fairholme. 

 To mate with these heifers, Booth purchased the Robert 

 Colling bred bull, Twin Brother to Ben (660), and one 

 of his get. Some of the best of the Killerby and Warlaby 

 cattle descended from this line of breeding and from the 

 following tribes or families : Blossom, Bright Eyes, Isabella 



