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from England ; a race which, owinj^ to the persevering 

 industry and intelligence of the breeders in the north of 

 England, has reached to as much perfection as can be 

 conceived or desired. Some of this valuable stock are 

 already in the United States. Mr. Williams of North- 

 borough, Massachusetts, has a noble .specimen of it, and 

 several of his descendants are in the vicinity of Philadel- 

 phia, in the possession of a gentleman animated with the 

 true spirit of improvement, and who formed his judg- 

 ment on this subject from an attentive examination of 

 the best specimens of the stock in England, and by com- 

 paring them widi other breeds. Two arrived in Phila- 

 delphia about three years since, on their way to Kentucky, 

 where they brought one thousand dollars a piece at pub- 

 lic auction. A son of the famous Comet, which sold for 

 one thousand guineas, at the sale of Mr. Colling's cattle, 

 in England, is at New Brunswick, New Jersey : but if 

 every county in every state had a pair of them, the 

 nation could not be soon overstocked. An inspection 

 of the animals alluded to, would convince any one ac- 

 quainted with the good points of stock, how far the short- 

 horned breed is superior to all others hitherto introduced 

 into the United States, in the great objects of size and 

 form. But as it is in the power of few to enjoy such 

 gratifying sights, some particulars shall be given, to show 

 the grounds upon which our praises are bestowed, Mr. 

 Charles Champion, of Blyth, near Bawtry, Nottingham- 

 shire, England, writes to me as follows : " You mention 

 the weights of several oxen which have been slaugh- 

 tered in America, but as you have not stated their ages, 

 I suppose they must have been six or seven years old.* 

 Their weights were certainly great, but in England we do 

 not consider those overgrown animals the most profita- 

 ble. Our lands are generally so highly rented, and the 



* Mr. Champion was right in his conjecture. 



