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years old, and his descendants were for many 

 years much sought after by Michigan breed- 

 ers. 



In 1847 George W. Phillips of Eomeo began 

 breeding from cows descended from the impor- 

 tations of Messrs. Weddle and Newbold of New 

 York, his first bull being Young Splendor 3611. 

 In 1848 Edward Belknap of Jackson County 

 founded a herd with the bull American Comet, 

 a son of the Bell-Bates cow imp. Hilpa, at the 

 head. Mr. Belknap's foundation cow was 

 Estelle 2d, descended from Whitaker stock- 

 Messrs. Moore of Kalamazoo County owned 

 a few Short-horns in the early fifties. In 

 1857 Mr. D. M. Uhl of Ypsilanti appears as an 

 exhibitor and breeder. About the same time 

 Silas Sly of Wayne County engaged in the trade 

 and was a successful showman at the Michigan 

 State Fairs. In 1855 Mr. J. B. Crippen of Cold- 

 water entered the lists and pushed the breed 

 with vigor. He was quite an extensive breeder 

 and did much to encourage the use of Short- 

 horn bulls throughout the State. In the 

 spring of 1857 William Curtis & Sons of Hills- 

 dale County laid the foundation of a herd 

 which afterward became very prominent in 

 the State. In 1861 they bought the entire 

 Crippen herd, and in 1864 secured the bull 

 Llewellyn 6596 from J. 0. Sheldon of New 

 York, They afterward visited Kentucky and 



