Sec. 4.] 



BEEVES OF GREAT WEIGHT. 



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3,472 lbs. lie was probably weighed full at that time ; but after a railroad 

 passage of 75 miles, he was weiglied here, Jan. 9, 1860, before he was filled up 

 with food and water, and his fair, honest weight, as given by David Allcrton, 

 who weigiied him, was 3,4:52 lbs. Three days afterward, weighed upon the 

 same scales, by the same man, with scales carefully balanced, lie weigiied 

 3,418 lbs. Afterward, upon two other scales, his weight was 3,419. lie was 

 sold Jan. 10, 1860, to Wm. Lalor, of Centre Market, for $850; and was 

 slaughtered and dressed at Patterson's slaughter-house, Jan. 19, by the same 

 man who dressed the Washington, and hung until Jan. 26, when tlie quarters 

 were weighed, under the careful supervision of Barney Bartram, John Harris, 

 John M. Seaman, and James L. Stewart, and in tlie presence of a large 

 company of lookers-on, many of whom were considerably interested, having 

 invested largely in the way of bets upon the net weiglit. 



Tlie following was tlie result: fore quarters, 700 and 608 lbs. — l,3GSlbs. ; 

 the hind quarters, 482 and 462 lbs.— 951 lbs. ; total, 2,319 lbs. This \vas 2| 

 lbs. over 67 J lbs. per cwt. of the last live weight. The shrinkage .was esti- 

 mated at 50 lbs. ; but he was hung just the same length of time as the 

 Washington, and, like him, lias had his hide stulfed and form jjreserved, 

 being, up to that time, the largest bullock ever brought to New York. The 

 fatting of this steer lias been one of the most perfectly successful experiments 

 to produce a monstrous animal, so evenly formed and faultlessly shaped, 

 that no one could say where he could be improved. 



72. Other Large Bullocks. — A juir of oxen, called the " Cayuga Prize 

 Oxen," was also sold in the New York market, the same week, for $700, which 

 was considered remarkable; their live weight, however, was 2,865 lbs. each; 

 they were six years old. 



i'lic Jlic/i if/an Farmer of Jan. 20, 1860, says : " We lately gave an account 

 of several fat cattle which were killed in this city on the week betbre the 

 New Year. The pair weighed 6,437 lbs., or 3,218 lbs. each. The net weight 

 was estimated at 68 lbs. per cwt." Of some others the Farmer said : "The 

 actual yield of the cattle killed by William Smith, in this market, was 66 lbs. 

 to the 100 lbs. of live weight, or 2,150 lbs. from 3,218 lbs. It will be scon 

 by this, tlierefore, how those great oxen killed in the Detroit market 

 approximated to what is considered the largest and fattest animal ever killed 

 in the United States." 



We have a letter before us from Isaac Hubbard, of Claremont, N. II., 

 who is ninety years old, but not too old to read with interest the accounts 

 of these fat bullocks. He says that, seeing an account of the Ilaxtun 

 Btecr, which interested him very much, induced him to give the history of 

 a fat bullock fed by him twenty odd years ago. 



The calf was dropped Jan. 4, 1S32, and was then estimated to weigh 100 

 ll)s.; Jan. 4, 1833, lie weighed 874 lbs.; Dec. 3, 1833, 1,280 lbs.; Jan. 5, 

 1835, 1,800 lbs. ; Dec. 26, 1835, 2,3oO]bs. ; Feb. 15, 1837, 2,910 lbs. 



In Oct., 1838, Mr. II. sold him, and he was conveyed to Hartford, Conn., 

 and weighed 3,370 lbs. This steer was bought by Paran Stevens, since of 



