PEEFAOE;* 



I am indebted to the owners of the several animals Illustrated in this volume 

 for the loan of cuts, a considerable part of which have been drawn and 

 engraved expressly for use in this Report. 



" Aurora 2d," the head of which appears as the Frontispiece of the Report, is 

 red and white. She was calved April 7, 1864. She was got by " Matadore," 

 5,002— out of imported » Aurora " by " 3d Duke of York," (10,160)— 

 " Allspice " by " 2d Duke of Northumberland, (3,646,) " Young Amazon " 

 by "Crusader," (934,) "Amazon" by "Sultan," (1,485)— " Bellona" by 

 " Mars," (411)—" RoUa" by " North Star," (458.) 



Numbers inclosed thus ( — ) refer to the English Herd Book, and others to 

 the American. 



" Hope 10th," bred and owned by H. G. White, of South Framingham, 

 was calved October 12, 1865. Got by "Monitor," 5,019— out of "Hope" 

 by imported " Usurper," 3,522 — imported " Hopeless " by " Horatio," (10,- 

 335)—" Lady Elizabeth " by " Earl of Essex," (6,955)—" White Rose " by 

 " Senator," (2,610)—" Red Rose " by " Columella," (904)— by " Shakspeare," 

 (1,429)— by " Blythe Comet," (85)— by " Neswick," (1,266)— by " R. Col- 

 ling's," son of " Favorite," (1,033.) 



The " 6th Duke of Thorndale " is considered by many good judges as the 

 best Shorthorn bull in the United States. 



The Shorthorn bull "Windsor" is a roan, the property of A. J. Cass, 

 Holliston, Mass. Calved April 19, 1865. Got by " Monitor," 5,019— out of 

 " Windsor Lady " by " 2d Hiawatha," 1,660—" Windsor Belle " by Powhat- 

 tan," 829—" Red Romp " by " Agate 2,"—" Romp " by " Enchanter," (3,729) 

 —"Rachel" by " Washington," (1,566)— " Imported Pansy" by " Blaize," 

 76— "Primrose" by "Charles," (127)— by "Blythe Comet," (85)— by 

 " Prince," (521)— by " Patriot," (i8Q.)— American Herd Book, Vol. 7. 



" Monitor," 5,019 (bred by Samuel Thome,)— got by " 2d Duke of Thorn- 

 dale," 2,788— out of " Acacia" by " 2d Grand Duke," (12,961)— "Imported 

 Aurora" by " 3d Duke of York," (10,166,) &c. 



" Windsor" weighed, at two years old, 1,946 pounds, being at the time in 

 *' moderate " condition. He now weighs about 2,300 pounds. 



