664 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



choice herds. These "Bates" importations Lave since been bred so sue- 

 cessfuUy by their holders here, that several young bulls and heifers have 

 been purchased by English breeders, and sent over to them at good 

 prices, where they are highly valued. 



In 1852-3-4, several spirited companies were formed in Clinton, Mad- 

 ison, and other counties in Ohio, and in Bourbon, Fayette, and some 

 other counties of Kentucky, and made importations of the best cattle to b'. 

 found in the English herds, and after their arrival here, distribute! 

 among their stockholders. Mr. R. A. Alexander, of Kentucky, also, 

 during those years, made extensive importations of choice blood for his 

 own breeding, so that in the year 185(5, it mny be said that the United 

 States possessed, according to their numbers, as valuable a selection of 

 Short-Horns as could be found in England itself. 

 XI. Canadian Short-Horns. 



Keepmg pace with the States, a number of enterprising Canadians, 

 since the year 1835, among whom may be named the late Mr. Adam 

 Fergusson, Mr. Howitt, Mr. Wade, the Millers, near Toronto, Mr. 

 Frederick Wm. Stone, of Guelph, and Mr. David Christie, of Brantford, 

 ill Canada West, and Mr. M. H. Cochrane and others in Lower Canada, 

 have made sundry importations of excellent cattle, and bred them with 

 skill and spirit. Many cattle from these importations, and their descend- 

 ants, have been interchanged between the United States and Canada, 

 and all may now be classed, without distinction, as American Short- 

 Horns. 



XTL Westward March of the Short-Homs, 



In the West, the North-west and in the South-west, as fast as the set 

 tlement of the country allowed, the Short-Horns were every-where intro 

 duced, and within the last fifteen years, annual sales have been made at 

 important cities and on the farms of the wealthier breeders, whoj-e the 

 surplus stock is bid off at auction. These sales are attended by buyers 

 from all parts of the country, especially by breeders from the newer 

 settlements West, until now Minnesota, Ne))raska, Kansas, Colorado and 

 even the territory of Dakota, have most excellent herds of their own. In 

 addition to this, Short-Horn bulls arc shipped by the car-load to the 

 great herding grounds of the far western plains to improve the stock 

 there, 



Xm. Short-Homs as Beef-Makers. 



It is to be regretted that we no longer have the fine milking strains of 

 Short-Horns, that were so abundant thirty years ago. Nevertheless, their 

 places are amply supplied by the Jerseys, the Ayrshires and the Dutch 

 Friesian or Holstein cattle 



