822 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



frequently developed. Sir Charles Knigtitley 

 with his Fawsley Fillpails carried the reputa- 

 tion of the Short-horn as a milking stock 

 throughout the entire cattle-breeding world. 



The early importations into New England 

 and the East were specially distinguished in 

 this regard; the descendants of such imported 

 cows as Pansy, Arabella, Agatha, Belina, the 

 Princesses and many others furnishing bounti- 

 ful supplies of dairy products. Cows descend- 

 ing from the earlier Ohio and Kentucky impor- 

 tations, although not handled to such an extent 

 as were those of the East, with a view toward 

 dairy work, often gave much more milk than 

 their lusty calves could possibly take care of. 

 The earlier volumes of the American Herd Book 

 contain many references to remarkable milk 

 and butter records, and coming down to recent 

 times we have the official Columbian test, the 

 records of various State fairs and agricultural 

 colleges, as well as private dairies, to prove 

 that this valuable trait still exists whenever 

 and wherever the necessary pains are taken to 

 cultivate it. This is as true to-day in the old 

 country as it is in the United States, as is 

 shown by the official records of the London 

 Dairy Show and by the books of the great Eng- 

 lish dairy supply companies and of the herds 

 making a specialty of the milking strains. 



It is a well-known fact that the milking habit 



