'CHAPTER XXL 



RISE OF SCOTCH POWER IN AMERICA. 



The first importations of Scotch-bred Short- 

 horns to America were made in 1854 and 1856 

 by the Shakers of Union Village, Warren Co., 

 0., and R. G. Corwine of Lebanon, 0., and con- 

 sisted of some thirty head, most of which were 

 bred by Douglas of Athelstaneford. The first 

 of the North-of-Scotland blood was brought by 

 the Illinois Importing Co., in 1857, from the 

 herd of Messrs. Cruickshank at Sittyton; and 

 the excellence of the two animals representing 

 that blood in this first Western importation is 

 amply attested by the fact that at the com- 

 pany's sale at Springfield the pair consisting 

 of the bull Defender (12687), by Matadore 

 (11800), and the roan Nonpareil heifer Lady 

 Harriet brought $3,800 at auction. Notwith- 

 standing this early introduction of Scotch cat- 

 tle, the descendants of the New York, Ohio and 

 Kentucky importations from England, as we 

 have already shown, so dominated the trade in 

 the United States that little attention was paid 

 for many years to the operations of the Scotch 

 breeders. 



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