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tion and an aptitude to fatten, he could improve 

 even upon the work of the GOLLINGS. To this ex- 

 tent, therefore, he must be credited with greater 

 originality than some of his brother breeders. More- 

 over, the outcome revealed that he possessed quite 

 as much skill as he had independence of character. 



Mr. BOOTH always put substance ahead of points 

 of less practical importance, and from the very first 

 regarded flesh-making capacity and breadth of back 

 and loin of more value than persistent flow of milk. 

 While there were some cows of marked dairy capa- 

 city in his original herd, they soon acquired a dis- 

 position to "dry off" quickly and put on great wealth 

 of flesh a trait which ever afterward distinguished 

 the best of the BOOTH cattle. 



The inbred COLLING bulls on the unpedigreed 

 market-cow foundation had given Mr. BOOTH by the 

 year 1814 two families of cattle in particular, called 

 the Strawberries (or Halnabys) and the Bracelets, 

 that made great weights and possessed plenty of 

 substance and constitution, but lacked somewhat 

 in refinement and quality. In that year his son 

 RICHARD engaged in Shorthorn breeding at Studley, 

 taking from Killerby three good cows, one of which, 

 Ariadne, became the dam of Anna by Pilot, ances- 

 tress of one of England's greatest showyard tribes. 



