FIRST IMPORTATIONS TO AMERICA. 185 



one of the great dairy cows of her time, hav- 

 ing a well -authenticated butter record of 20| 

 Ibs. per week. Cleopatra was the first Booth- 

 bred cow imported to America and was sold 

 by Col. Powel to David Sutton of Kentucky in 

 1833. She was called "a grand cow."* 



The bull Bertram not only had the endorse- 

 ment of Thomas Batesf but was recognized by 

 American breeders as one of the best Short- 

 horn bulls that had been imported up to that 

 period. He was a compactly-fashioned, short- 

 legged red of Colling' s Old Daisy sort, possess- 

 ing a fine touch, good hair and an impressive 

 individuality. Allen says: " The cows struck 

 us as being of excellent quality, with indica- 

 tions of giving large quantities of milk; were 

 good in form, long in body, straight on back, 

 broad in the hips, with fine heads and horns, 

 excellent coats of hair and well-shaped udders." 



Ancestress of the Louans. In 1821 a Mr. 

 Law of Baltimore, Md., imported the roan cow 

 Rosemary (of J. C. Curwen's breeding), by Flash 

 (261), and her white heifer Virginia, by General 

 (272), that afterward passed into the possession 



*See Preface A. H. B., Vol XIV. 



t"I think the bull Bertram which you have bought of Mr. Whitaker of 

 Greenholme la tlhq frost bull I know of at present to lay the foundation of a 

 good stock of Shorthorns in any country. He is descended from one of 

 the best-milking' and quickest-grazing tribes, and one which yielded meat 

 of the best quality, and, as I found by experiments, left tne most for the 

 food consumed. I used the Daisy bull, brother of the great-grand^/m of 

 Bertram above thirty years aero. * * * I consider Bertram a much supe- 

 rior bull to Comet, which bull I saw sold for 1,000 guineas. at public sale, 

 and afterward 1,500 was offered for him." Thomas Bates to Col. Powel, lotft 



