26 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



(a) The special aim of R. Booth was to lengthen the hind 

 quarter, to fill up the fore flank, to secure greater depth of 

 flesh and a strength of constitution that would stand forcing 

 well. 



(b) The Booth bulls have been found great improvers of 

 herds into which they have been introduced. 



(4) Amos Cruikshank of Sittyton, Aberdeenshire, Scot- 

 land, who may be regarded as the originator of Scotch 

 Shorthorns. 



(a) The many tribes of this famous herd were built upon 

 a mixed Bates and Booth foundation. 



(b) It was founded in 1837 and dispersed in 1889. 



VII. The Bates, Booth and Cruikshank cattle 

 contrasted. 



(1) The Bates Shorthorns were distinguished by their 

 size, good milking qualities, cleanness of head, neck and limbs, 

 and elegant style. 



(2) The Booth Shorthorns were equally large, possessed 

 greater heart girth and length of hind quarter, and more depth 

 and mellowness of flesh, but in instances not a few they were 

 plain in the head, strong in the horn and deficient in style. 



(3) The Cruikshank cattle, or Scotch Shorthorns, were 

 less in size than either the Bates or Booth cattle, but they 

 were more compact and blocky in build, took on flesh more 

 readily, and were superior when placed on the block. 



(4) Scotch Shorthorns have been great prize winners 

 during recent years. 



