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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



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f^reat hotel notoriety, and was extensivclj exhibited in this country as " the 

 largest ox ever seen." Perhaps some persons in this State may remember 

 the exliibition of this mammoth ox. 



In 1840, this great show animal was sent to England for exhibition there, 

 and, it is said, attracted much attention. From there he was taken to 

 I'Vance and Belgium, and exhibited as the great bullock of tlie world. He 

 was brought back to England and slaughtered, but his weight at the time, 

 either alive or dead, was not published, but it was less in tliis country than 

 that of several whose weights we have publislied. This is one of the great 

 show bullocks which have been exhibited and advertised as weighing over 

 •1,000 lbs., a weight that never has, so far as we have any satisfactory records, 

 yet been attained ; and although we believe that 4,000 lbs. is above the 

 limit that can be attained by one of the bovine race, we would not discourage 

 the efforts of those who have made noble attempts to improve this class of 

 livestock, both in form and quality, antl who.will not be content until the 

 utmost possible limit of weight is accomplished. 



The name of Mr. Hubbard's steer was " Olympus," in this country, but in 

 Europe he was exhibited under the name of " Brother Jonathan." He was 

 of the "native stock," common in New Hampshire; his color a dapple-bay 

 or red, a little changeable in the sun, with white spots on the face and legs. 



It is not, however, generally profitable to feed such great bullocks as we 

 ■nave noticed ; but, to see what has been done, it will always be an interest- 

 ing matter of reference. So will be the matter we shall give in the next 

 section. « 



SECTION V.-STATISTICS OF THE NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET- 



umbers of Butchers' Animals Annually Sold in New 

 York. — Farmers are very justly accused of a 

 neglect of statistical information in relation to the 

 business upon which all their prosperity depends. 

 In the very important matter of furnishing the 

 cities with bullocks, the producers had no means 

 of forming estimates of the needed supply, until we 

 instituted reports of the cattle markets of all the prin- 

 cii)al cities, and particularly the city of New I'ork, 

 which is an enormous consumer of fresh beef. To this 

 market we have devoted many years, attending almost 

 every weekly market, and have given the farmers statis- 

 tical tables of immense value to them. "We now 

 embody some of this useful statistical information, 

 where it can stand as a tabic of permanent reference; and we earnestly 

 commend it to all who are engaged in agricultural pursuits. 



