298 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



described as " large, with good frame and constitu- 

 tion, an excellent hide and coat, shown in rather low 

 condition, with a beautiful heifer calf at side by 

 Cronkhill." 



Dowley Importation of 1852. In the fifth an- 

 nual report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agriculture, published in 1858, there 



is an account of the state fair and cattle show held 







in Boston, accompanied by reviews of the various 

 breeds on exhibition, including the Herefords. In 

 the course of these references it is stated that "Hon. 

 L. A. Dowley of Boston in 1852 imported a bull and 

 two heifers which were placed on his farm at Brat- 

 tleboro, Vt. They were both bred by Lord Ber- 

 wick. " It is further stated that "the Herefords 

 owned by the state, and kept at the station farm at 

 Westboro, are from the Dowley importation. Cronk- 

 hill 3d was sired by Cronkhill, imported in 1852 from 

 Lord Berwick's stock. His dam was Milton, im- 

 ported at the same time with Cronkhill. The heifer 

 Cora, also out of Milton and by Cronkhill, is now 

 two years old. She is a fine specimen of the breed, 

 possessing remarkable beauty and symmetry of 

 form." Again it is stated that "the Dowley herd, 

 now owned by Mr. Goodell of Brattleboro, Vt., the 

 herd of Mr. Clark of Boston kept at Granby, and 

 those of Messrs. Sotham and Corning of New York 

 are perhaps the most widely known of any in this 

 country. ' ' 



At this fair these Dowley cattle, Cronkhill 3d, 

 then a yearling bull, the cow imported Milton, then 



