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the Bank of England siiRpended cash payments j We now posseRs the material; apply the right pon 

 in 1797 and did not resume for many years after- oi' talent and proper judiiment, and Kentuci<y can. 

 wards. Compare relatively, the value oC money, in a lew yparf=, p'-odiice a tieiler breed olcalile than 

 when the lonfr-horns were most in lavor, with its | haseverbeen sf'en in England orany othercouniry. 

 value, when the short-horns were, and it will show i The cattle ofKemucky are free from dii-ease. An 



that the lonif-horns were, nearly, il' not equal, 

 in value to the others. 



The decided preliirencc given to the short-horns 

 at the commencement ol' the present century, in- 

 duced breeders to seek out that blood ; and they 

 have continued up to this time, with great parti- 

 cularity, running back to Favorite (ihe sire of Co- 



expf-rienced and intelli<:ent leeder oC the vicinity 

 ol' Cliiilicothe, informed me that we would pay 

 live per cent, more lor Kentucky bullocks than 

 he would lor Ohio bred bullocks. From ex])e- 

 rience in the business, he was of the opinion there 

 was fully that ditierence on account of the greater 

 mortaliiv on the part of ihe Ohio cattle. This? 



met antl of ilie Durham ox Foljamne,) and otliers | will apply with equal force to the stales of Indiana 

 to the tSh/^i/fj/ 6////, the crigin of the race. We i and Illinois.* 



have no evidence ihat any t)reeder of noie (except 

 C. Collings,) attempted lo introduce I6reif;n blood 

 with the short-horns, whi(;h is quite surprising, 

 as he was singularly successliil. The grandson of 



To improve the breed of cattle of a neiirhbor- 

 hood, or upon a single farm, in Ifie shnriest time 

 with the least cost, is the great desideratum. 

 New beirinners should commence with such cows 



Bolingbroke was also the grandson of a common ; ns they may chance to own, sell or oiherwise dis- 



Mulexj cow — this gr.indson of Bolinsbroke was ihe I 

 sire oi' (he splendid old cow Larly, whose produce 

 hroufjht more mnney, ihan did the produce of any 

 of his thorough bred cows, at this great public sale 

 m 1810. 



From the slate of facts before us, the mutability of 

 the various breeds is evident. That splendid, no- 

 ble race, the long-horns, commanding tfie admi- 

 ration ol" all thai ever saw them, retired with so 

 much care and assiduity by Mr. Bakewell, (the 

 most eminent breeder of any age,) have become 

 almost extinc'. In our own cuuntr}', that large 

 and valuable Ijreed, the Paiton siock, alter en- 

 grossing the attention of breeders for twenty-five 

 years, have entirely disappeared. Their immediate 

 successors, the importation of 1S17, that have add- 

 ed countless wealih to the slate, and at nne lime 

 thought to be superior to any oiher breed, (as evi- 

 •lenced by their carryin():oir the premiums irom the 

 improved short-horns at several cattle shows at 

 Lexington,) are Ibilowincr in iheir wake — Mr. 

 Clay's celebrated Herelbrds (at on*^ time the favor- 

 ites ai Smithtield) also imfjoripd in 18l7, have van- 

 ished, not even a half blood lo be Ibund. There is 

 not a full blooded lonir-liorn remnininijf, within my 

 knowledjjre, dc-c^nded from the f)ur animals im- 

 ported ol tliat blood in 1S17, The breed now aiiract- 

 Jngaltentiof, itie short-horned Dorhams, the white 

 and roan caitle, are of great intrinsic value — their 

 capacity to take on fa;, and being ripe, at an eaily 



pns'» of the ill-shaiied, coarse and old ones. A 

 prejudice exists against black cows ; it is best to 

 yield to if, and part wiih them also; retain the 

 voung and well-fi)rmed lemales; if good and well 

 bred so much the inciter. The bull is the im- 

 portant instrument whereby the improvement is 

 effected. Select a trood young bull, having due 

 reixard to the blood of the cow he is to go to; 

 the more remote of kin the better. Let him be 

 from one to three years old ; he can serve from 

 filty to sixty cows, from the first of April to the 

 1st of September, the best time for a bull to 

 be wiih the cows ; after settinjj two sets of calves, 

 sell the bull. II" he has been well kept, he will 

 fetch his cost or more ; then produce a bull of 

 different blood from the last, and suitable for the 

 voung stock, Afier breeding to this bull two sea- 

 sons, sell him and buy ^inoijier, and so on pro- 

 gressively. Pursuinu tliis method, the whole slock 

 of a country may be speedily changed from an 

 inferior to a very superior race, wiihoutany expense 

 or cost whateser, except ihe risk of the life of the 

 bull, and the interest on his cost; by re-investing the 

 mnnev, it will not be lost, unless ihe animal dies. 

 Carry out this system, and benefit must be the 

 result, and in proporiion to ihe care and ability be- 

 stowed on the subject, A neijihborhood now sell- 

 in<j one hundred bullocks a year of the common 

 breed, loses two thousand dollars on thai number, 

 by not breedinir to a lijil blooded hull, aiul so in pro- 



ngp, has fleoervedly led to this preierence, JJiit i |!oriion of a rjrealer or le.-^.* niiniher; a leeder wi 



their popularity in England has induced breeders ' pay len dollars more, for a two yearold hall-blooded 



to keep up the race, r-nnnins^ too lonp: back in ilic \ sleerlhan he will be willing to give lor a three year 



same line of ancestry, tOLrether, that all the vourii: 

 ones, good, bad and indifiisrent, are either sold or 

 kept lor breeders, or from some other cause, this 

 breed is more delicate in constitution, more impo- 

 tency in the males and barrenness in the female. 

 and subject to early death, than any breed that i 

 have ever handled. Their great value cannot now 

 be questioned, hut to secure it is a point to be well 

 considered ; cro^sina u-iih remote blood I deem in- 

 dispensable. If we could bring to bear such abili- 

 ties as were po-sessed and practised bv Mr, 

 Bakewell and Mr, C. Collings, it could be'easilv 

 alfecled. I think that the climaie of Kentucky is 

 better suiied to cattle, than that of England or of 

 any other coumry that I have any knowledrre 

 of— our grasses and hay are vot so good, but our 

 corn crop, ihe cut-up corn and fi^dder, is so much 

 superior lor winter feed to any ihinir that Enjrland 

 can produce, that the balanceis greatly in our favor. 



old of tlie common breed — a year's keep., risk of 

 life and interest of money, is worth ten <lollars. 

 Ten dollars received, and len dollars saved, is 

 twenlv dollars. 



A slock book, recordiniT authrniic pedigrees of 

 horses and ofcaitle, is much to be desired. Some 

 breeders deeming such a publicalion of grea^ 

 impor'ance, have taken preparatory steps to ef- 

 fl'ct that object — a mass of matter has been col- 



* The Jews, the dpcendanfs of Abraham, have a 

 synao:of;ne in Cincinnati, and their priests superintend 

 the slaimhtering of the hullocks. When the aniinal is 

 opened the intestines must all he perfect, free from 

 blemish. If any imperfection exists, the butcher is 

 told to kill another, until an unexceptionable one is 

 opened ; then the token is put on and the beef sent to 

 market. The butcher that supplies the Jews with 

 beef, informed me that he had to get cattle for the 

 Jews exclufiively from Kentucky, on occoinit of their 

 superior state of health over the Ohio fed cattle. 



