CHAPTER VIII. 



DEVELOPMENT OF OHIO VALLEY HERDS. 



In a general way it may be said that during 

 the first period following the early introduc- 

 tion of Short-horn blood into America the type 

 developed greatest favor among the holders of 

 the rich lands of Central Kentucky and South- 

 ern Central Ohio. In New England and New 

 York it had been chiefly in the hands of gen- 

 tlemen of wealth and leisure, and the farm- 

 ers of that section, who kept cattle mainly for 

 the dairy and the yoke, were rather inclined to 

 regard the breed as a mere "fancy" type, not 

 specially adapted to their comparatively thin 

 soils and rigorous climate. Still the merit of 

 Short-horn cows as dairy cattle was recognized, 

 and the blood was freely used by those who saw, 

 particularly in the Wetherell and Whitaker 

 stock, a valuable "general-purpose" type. 



In Ohio and Kentucky the Short-horns found 

 a most congenial home, and quickly acquired 

 favor among practical men in close touch with 

 the Baltimore and Philadelphia markets men 

 who had found in the Gough & Miller and San- 

 ders cattle a class of stock that made wonder- 



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