738 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



VIII. 



CATTLE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OK 



BREEDS. 



QHORT-HORNS. While our readers are particularly in- 

 O terested in the Short-horns of the present day, as found 

 in our own country, a short sketch of the origin of the breed, as 

 far as known, will be interesting. 



The breed is of English origin, and there is no authentic 

 record of them until the first half of the eighteenth century. 

 Few pedigrees, if any, can be traced back further than 1740, 

 although Mr. Thomas Bates, a distinguished Short-horn breeder, 

 of England, in an account of these cattle, claims that they were 

 bred on the estate of the earl of Northumberland as early as 

 1580. Modern Short-horns, however, trace back in direct line 

 to the famous bull, Hubback, who was calved in 1777. This 

 bull, who may be said to be the founder of the breed of Short- 

 horns, as known at the present day, was bred by Mr. Turner, 

 of Hurworth, and subsequently owned by Mr. Colling, in whose 

 hands he laid the foundation of this celebrated breed. There 

 is some doubt as to whether Hubback was a pure Short- 

 horn, although "Allen," in his "American Cattle Book," claims 

 that he was; but whether or not, he proved a most valuable 

 stock-getter, and his descendants, Foljamb, Bolingbroke, Favor- 

 ite, and Comet permanently fixed the characteristics of the 

 breed. Comet was so highly esteemed among breeders that he 

 sold for one thousand guineas, or over five thousand dollars. 



Mr. Charles Colling was a sagacious man, and as the value 

 of this superior breed of cattle was only known to the breed- 

 ers, and their reputation as yet local, he determined to make 

 other farmers of England familiar with them. For this purpose 

 he took a calf got by Favorite, made him a steer, and fed him 



