660 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



spirit and judgment. He bred them assiduously at his fine estate at 

 Powelton, near the city, and sold many to neighboring breeders, and to 

 go into Ohio and Kentucky, where many of their descendants still 

 remain. 



In the year 1833, the late Mr. AValter Dun, near Lexington, Ky., im- 

 ported a })ull and several valual)le cows from choice herds in Yorkshire, 

 England. He bred them with much care, and their descendants are now 

 found in many good western herds. 



VIII. The Great Ohio Importation. 



But the first enter})risc in importing Shoi-t-Horns upon a grand scale 

 was commenced in 1834, by an association of cattle breeders of the 

 Scioto Valley, and its adjoining counties, in Ohio, They formed a com- 

 pany with adequate capital, and sent out an agent who purchased the 

 best cattle to be found, without regard to price, and brought out nine- 

 teen animals in one ship, landed them at Philadelphia, and drove them to 

 Ohio. Further importations were made by the same company, in the 

 years 1835 and 1836. The cattle were kept and bred together in one 

 locality, for upwards of two years, and then sold l)y auction. They 

 brought large prices — $500 to $2,500 each. 



IX. Kentucky and other Importations. 



In 1837-8-9, importations were made into Kentucky, by Messrs. James 

 Shelby and Henry Clay, Jr., and some other parties, of several well- 

 selected Short-Horns, some of which were kept and bred by the import- 

 ers, and the others sold in their vicinity. 



In 1837-8-9, Mr. Whitaker sent out to Philadelphia, on his own 

 account, upwards of a hundred Short-Horns, from his own and other 

 herds, and sold them at auction. They were purchased at good prices, 

 mostly by breeders from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky, and dis- 

 tributed widely through those States. 



About the year 1839, Mr. George Vail, of Troy, N. Y., made an im- 

 portation of a bull and heifer, purchased of INIr. Thomas Bates, of Kirk- 

 leavington, the first cattle from that particular herd which had been intro- 

 duced into the State. A few years later, he purchased and imported 

 several more cows from the herd of Mr. Bates, crosses of his "Duchess" 

 and other families. He bred them with success and widely distributed 

 their blood. 



X. Importation of Bates Cattle. 



Mr. Thomas Bates, a distinguished Short-Horn breeder in England, 

 died in 1849. His herd, fully equal in quality to any in England, was 



