SHORT-HORN UATTLB, 



1. SHORT-HORNED BREEDS. II. THE OLD TEESWATERS. III. ORIGIN OF MOD- 

 ERN SHOUT-HORNS. IV. WHAT MADE THEM FAMOUS. V. THE BULL HUB- 

 BACK. VI. BEEP FIIOM THE OLD TEKSWATEKS. VII. SHORT-HOKNS IN 



AMERICA. VIII. THE GREAT OHIO IMrOUTATION. IX. KENTUCKY AND 



OTHER IMPORTATIONS. X. IMPORTATION OF BATES CATTI . XI. CANA- 

 DIAN SHORT-IIORNS XH. WESTWARD MARCH OF THE SHO. HORN. XIII. 



SHORT-HORNS AS BEEF MAKERS. XIV. THE PATTON FAMILY OK SHORT-HORNS. 



XV. GRADE COWS AND STEERS. XVI, SHORT-HORNS CRITICALLY DES- 

 CRIBED XVII. THE HEAD. XVIII. THE NECK. XIX. THE BODY. XX. 



THE LEGS SHORT AND STRAIGHT. XXI. THE LOIN BROAD. XXII. WIDE IN 



THE CROPS. XXIII. THE BACK STRAIGHT AND BROAD. XXIV. THE RIBS 



BARREL-SHAPED. XXV. THE TOUCH. XXVI. THE HIDE. XXVII. THE 



HAIR. XXVIII. THE COLOR. XXIX. BEEF POINTS ILLUSTRATED. XXX. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR SHORT-HORN BULLS. XXXI. SCALE OF POINTS FOR 



SHORT-HORN COWS. 



I. Short-Homed Breeds. 



Of the short-horned breeds of England of 100 years ago, repre- 

 isented by the Durham or Tecswater, the Yorkshire, the Lincohishire and 

 the Holderness, all arc probably descended from a common origin. The 

 descendants of the old Durham and the Channel Islands cattle, (Jersey 

 and Alderney notably) are all that can now be distinctively recognized as 

 having attained special celebrity. The name Short-Horn is not now used 

 to designate any but the descendants of the Durham cattle, as improved, 

 and is now applied distinctively only to them. 



The Jerseys will be treated of in their proper chapter as among the 

 breeds entitled to distinguished merit, the Short-Horns as standing at the 

 head of established beef breeds being under consideration here. 



II. The Old Teeswaters. 

 There has existed from a remote period in the region of the Teeswater 

 (one of the small rivers of England), a race of short-horned cattle that 

 were possessed of good feeding qualities combined "vvith early maturity 

 and thick flesh, as weights were considered 200 years ago. Their origin 

 has been variously stated, but nothing is truly known of it and only 

 traditionary statements are extant. 



III. Origin of Modern Short-Horns. 

 The origin of the modern Short-Horn is not fully agreed on, except 

 that they have descended directly from the Teeswaters or old Durhams on 

 one side, and that they were gradually improved by breeders who recog- 



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