TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I THE OLD SHORT-HORN COUNTRY AND 



ITS CATTLE. 



Some Short-horn shrines -A farmer's cow - -Grass a prime factor 

 in cattle-growing Birthplace and origin of the breed Ear- 

 liest known breeders Some foundation stock 9-24 



CHAPTER II DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPROVED TYPE. 



Faults of the old Teeswater stock The Bakewell experiments 

 Ketton and Barmpton The original Duchess cow "The Beau- 

 tiful Lady Maynard" The bull Hubback Foljambe and in- 

 breeding Favorite (25:3) an extraordinary sire "The Durham 

 Ox" " The White Heifer That Traveled " The " alloy " blood 



As to Robert Colling "The American Cow " The Ketton 

 Dispersion The Barmpton sales Pre-eminence of the Coil- 

 ings .. 25-54 



CHAPTER III FOUNDATIONS OF THE BOOTH HERDS. 



The elder Booth The Fairholme experiment Some foundation 

 sires The Halnaby or Strawberry tribe The Bracelets 

 Richard Booth at Studley The Isabellas John Booth at Kil- 

 lerby 55-67 



CHAPTER IV THOMAS BATES AND THE DUCHESSES. 



Early studies in cattle-breeding Original investments The 

 Duchess blood Student, experimenter and exhibitor Bulls 

 first used on the Duchesses From Halton to Ridley Hall Re- 

 moval to Kirklevington Belvedere (1706) of the Princess blood 



The cross of Whitaker 's Norfolk The Matchem cow and the 

 Oxfords A show-yard disappointment The Oxford Royal of 

 1839 Prizes at Cambridge A "brush" with the Booths 

 Duke of Northumberland (1940) Importance of tabulated ped- 

 igreesThe Waterloos Wild Eyes Tribe The Cambridge 

 (Red) Roses Foggathorpe family Blanche or Roan Duchess 

 sort The Secrets So-called Bell-Bates tribes Last appear- 

 ance in show-yard Dispersion of the herd Sixty-four Duch- 

 ess females Individual character of the cattle. .. .< .. 68-116 



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