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pedigree of the improved Durham short-horn race, which were 

 some time kept for the improvement of the breed. In addition 

 to these, we have had a valuable bull imported by a merchant of 

 Boston, understood to bo the sire of Mr. Jaques's cream-pot 

 breed; and the superior bull Bolivar, injported by John Hare 

 Powell, of Pennsylvania, from J. Whitaker's stock in England, 

 celebrated for its extraordinary dairy properties. This bull was 

 the finest animal of the kind which I have ever seen. — 

 A full-blooded short-horn bull (Denton) was likewise im- 

 ported into Worcester county, whose progeny has been high- 

 ly esteemed. Several other animals of the same breed have 

 been imported and kept in the State ; and their blood has 

 been considerably diffused throughout the country. 



In point of size according to their age, in respect to symme- 

 try and perfection of form, these animals are in my opinion not 

 surpassed, indeed not equalled, by any wliich have come under 

 my observation. The Herefords are extremely beautiful ; in 

 neatness and fineness of form perhaps superior to the Im- 

 proved short-horns. The Devons likewise, though considerably 

 smaller in size, yield, in compactness of shape, in quickness of 

 movement and muscular strength, and in softness of hair and 

 beauty of coloring, to no other race known among us. — 

 They are the prevalent race of our country ; and in an extraor- 

 dinary instance, when I had the singidar pleasure of seeing 

 three hundred yoke of these cattle — that is, all more or less of 

 this breed — in one team, in Connecticut, I could not resist the 

 conclusion that a finer team, of the same number of ca'tle, 

 could not be found in the whole country. Yet I am ready to 

 admit that I have seen some few yokes of oxen of mixed blood, 

 of the Improved Durham, as fine in appearance, and in reputa- 

 tion as good animals for work, as any that I have met with ; and 

 some individual animals of the Improved Durham Short Horns, 

 both pure and half blood, bulls, oxen and cows, when all points 

 have been considered, have surpassed anything which I have 

 scon. They have approached as nearly to what I in^.agine the 

 perfection of form in this race of animals as is to be looked 

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