48 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



their produce in this country) Mr. Hustler 

 took this cow back with him, as she was a re- 

 markably good beast, and put her into his 

 father's herd. Then, on being put to Yarbor- 

 ough, she became the dam of Red Rose, after- 

 ward purchased by Mr. Bates, he calling her 

 Red Rose 1st, which, in his hands, was the 

 ancestress of the tribe of Red Rose, from whom 

 many excellent animals have descended. The 

 only English account we have of The American 

 Cow, aside from her pedigree, which we have 

 quoted, is that "she was sent to America, and 

 taken back to England." 



It is hardly necessary to follow Robert Col- 

 ling through the various particulars of his 

 breeding. The brothers bred much in concert, 

 followed the same system of blood concentra- 

 tion, and in fact were almost identical in their 

 practice. To sum up the results of their joint 

 action, it may be said that they, in the midst of 

 older and more experienced breeders, combated 

 the rooted prejudices of the day, and through 

 the Bakewell system established a new school 

 of breeding. 



The Ketton Dispersion. Enjoying the pres- 

 tige of success and reputation, in the month of 

 October, 1810, Charles Colling made a public 

 sale of his herd at Ketton and retired from 

 breeding. It was then the heyday of agricul- 

 tural prosperity in the British Islands. Eng- 



