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of their constitutions to do well, and lay on 

 flesh while growing. I send into Herefordshire 

 and buy in lean, young stock of the best breed- 

 ers, not trusting to fairs; I know how all are 

 bred. 



"The ox I won the first prize with at the 

 rtmithfield Show last year (fl 65) (and the best 

 beast of the class shown, ninety competitors) I 

 so bought as a three-year-old (with many more) 

 for 17 ($85), lean. He ran with the other 

 steers, and was put up with them to fat, and I 

 never thought of sending him to the Smithfield 

 till two months before the show, as I never sent 

 a beast there before. After the show I sold him 

 to a London butcher to kill for 70 ($350). 

 There is a wretched print of him in the London 

 shops. The painter who did his picture for me 

 is Mr. Davis, animal painter to the Queen, and 

 lives at Chelsea. He has made a very good col- 

 ored engraving, and one of which I shall be 

 very happy to procure for you, if you will have 

 the goodness to write to me when you arrive 

 next summer in England. 



"We breed some pretty good Leicester sheep 

 in Warwickshire. My bailiff will be happy to 

 show you anything I may have, if you are likely 

 to be that way. I only breed sheep we con- 

 sider nothing like the Leicester for long wool, 



and Southdowns for short. A Leicester tup has 

 been known to let for the season for 1,000. 

 My House in London is 7 Carlton Gardens. 

 "Your obedient servant, 



"WARWICK. 



"W. H. Sotham, Esq." 



"Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker: Since writing 

 you, I learn from Mr. Thornton (the person 

 who has charge of our stock) that the heifer 

 Spot, by 'Sir George/ coming three years old, 

 calved on the 18th of January, is now giving 

 from five to six quarts of milk daily over what 

 her calf sucks; he is a fine bull, thriving very 

 fast, is her first calf and lies loose in the stable 

 with her; her feed has been cut straw and hay 

 of about equal quantities, mixed with about a 

 peck of bran. Gay is the dam of Spot, whose 

 pedigree may be seen in the July number of the 

 'Cultivator/ 



"Yours sincerely, 



"\\'M. HY. SOTHAM. 



"Albany, Feb. 20, 1841." 



We submit that Mr. Sotham conducted this 

 controversy in an able and gentlemanly man- 

 ner. We next find Mr. H. S. Randall coming 

 to the attack in an article entitled "The Short- 

 horns and Herefords." 



"Messrs. Editors: It is with deep concern 



TOMB OF THE PARENTS OF WM, H, SOTHAM, IN WOOTON CHURCHYARD, OXFORDSHIRE. 



