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less milk than those bred by Bates, but were thicker fleshed, 

 so that butchers liked them better. Cruickshank produced 

 quite a number of the most popular families of today, among 

 which the Violet, Venus, Orange Blossom, Brawith Bud, 

 Spicy, and Lovely may be mentioned. Cruickshank died 

 in 1895. He is regarded as the greatest breeder of Short- 

 horns in the history of Scotland. 



Fig. 25. A Shorthorn steer owned by the Ohio State University, 

 graph by the author. 



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The distribution of Shorthorns is world-wide. It is the 

 most common breed of English speaking countries, and more 

 great improvers of live stock have been found among Short- 

 horn breeders than any other one breed. So common is the 

 Shorthorn, and so well is it suited to different conditions, 

 that long ago it was nicknamed "The Universal Intruder." 



The introduction of the Shorthorn to America occurred 

 in 1783, when a few were imported into Virginia by Gough 



