NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[July 29, 



great power, and they have much quietness and 

 docility. " — 



From Charles A. Barnitz, Esq. 



York, Ptnn. May 23rf, 1825. 

 John Hare Powel, Esq. 



Dear Sir, — Knowinaf the great interest yo" 

 feel in all lliings K'lalingr to i)ur stock of cattlr, 

 it gives me ploasi're to inform yon of the llatler- 

 ing prospects 1 h.ivc in the increasing excel 

 Jence of the Improved Dnrliam Short Horns, 

 which were dblained la«l spri'is. Yorkshire was 

 nine month*, and Hehe fitleen months old, when 

 they were procnrt- d ; I have now had them one 

 year, and ih^ir improvement in size and beauty 

 9iir|!a«ses every tliiii!^ of tlie kind that has been 

 known in ihis county. We iiave a rich valley, 

 highly cultivated, extend ns; Ihronarh York coun- 

 ty, and almost every farmer has one or two 

 choice rows of the native slock, which he con- 

 siders of a superior kind ; but frem all that I 

 have seen in my own examination, (and I have 

 taken pains in the mnHer,) as well, from what I 

 hear, they fall far shnri of Hehe in beauty, size, 

 shape, and other pomts of value. Early last 

 summer I olilained trnm a neisjhhoiirin^ firmer 

 a beautiful lieilVr of the native slock, ofihe tin 

 est sliape and promise, and of the Same a^ewitli 

 Heiie. 1 kept them together upon the same 

 feed until new year, when the difference was so 

 great, that allowing for a small original ditTer- 

 ence in size, Hebe appeared at least two year^ 

 aliead in improvement. Yorkshire is an nncom- 

 nionly tine animal, and although not Iwo year* 

 old, has the weight and size of the best coinnion 

 bulls at five yenrs old. The great breadth and 

 perfect symmetry of his frame is most extraordin- 

 ary ; his skin is covered with a coat of hair at 

 most as fine as fur, and his fine handling sh'iws 

 an elasiiciiy, which in the course of another 

 year will advance him to the first rank of fine 

 animals. 



Our farmers, who generally know the lead- 

 ing points of good slock, have formeil the high- 

 est 0|union of thi.s breed, and all agree on the 

 great imporlar^ce of exi.';;d)ng them as rapidly 

 tts possible. — The great difficultv of obtaining 

 them, and the high prices they command, will 

 for some years retard the jirogtes^ of the full 

 blood ; but even the half blaod, vyhich almost 

 every farmer may obtain, must make a sensible 

 improvement in the course oftwo or three years 



The calves got by Ynrkshiie when be wa^ 

 only a year old. from common cows, indicate the 

 great siiperioriiy of the bteed in a remarkable 

 degree. A heifer caif, got by liim on a common 

 cow, was lately sold for $20, when common 

 ealves of the same age and best appearance, will 

 not command five didlars. 



I hope, my dear sir, your exertions to pro- 

 mole the ini()ro\ement of our farm slock, may 

 be rewarded as well in value as In what 1 know 

 to be much more gratilying to you, the satisfac- 

 tion of contributing so largely to ih" substantial 

 wealth an<l coml'ort of your fellow citizens. 

 I am, very respeclfully, 



Your obedient st- rv't, 



CH.\S. A. BARNITZ. 



Extract from the letter from Mr Harvry, a profrsaed 

 breeder of lirrtfari entile^ acknowledging " Ihe su- 

 pr.rtorili/ of Short Horns over all oltitrs, and thai Ike 

 Mere fords stood scroaii." 

 To the Editor of llic Eritieh Farmers' Chrnniclo. 



Shi, _ Mburgh, Det. 21, 1824. 



ft having appeared in several papers that I 



had the honour to gain three prize? at the lite 

 Smilhfield cattle show, 1 be>^ you will have the 

 goodness to contradx.t it ; for 1 a^sure you, the 

 superiority of ihe short-horned cattle over all 

 other*, was most conspicuous. The Herelords 

 stood secon.'!. Sic. 



Signed, ROB..C. HARVEY. 



Extract from the " British Farmers' Chronicle,'" 

 21th December. 1824. 



" Sir Charles Morgan's Cattle Show.— This 

 exhibition took place on the 21si inst. Notwih 

 standing the unfavourable state of the weather, 

 the increasing importance of the meeting, and, 

 on Ihe pieseni occasion, the intense curixsily 

 which was universally entertained, to learn the 

 result of the long pending contest for usetuiiiess 

 and excellence, between the Improved .Short 

 Horns and Hereford*, promoted an assemblage 

 of ao'riculturists more numerous than had been 

 witnessed on any former occasion. Twice had 

 this question been already contested ; in the first 

 year, favourably to the short horns; in the sec- 

 ond, no decision bad been made, and curiosiiy 

 was raised to the highest pitch respecting this, 

 !be Ih.rd. 



" Premiums were awarded for the best bulls 

 and heifers of the North Devon. Short Horn. 

 Hereford and Glamorganshire breeds. A sweep- 

 stakes tor the best bull of any breed, > intended 

 to bring all the previovs Xi-inners together,' was 

 most numerously conlested. and was won by the 

 Key. H Berry''s improved short horn bull Wharf 

 dale, sixteen months old, by Mr Bale's Enchant- 

 er and Mr Whitaker's Miranda 'beating the field.' 



" The sweepstakes of ten guineas each, five 

 subscribers, for the best yearling heifer, was 

 won by Mr Cbam\nou^3 improved short horn heif 

 er. aged 17 months, beating the Herelbrd heifer 

 aged 20 months. 



" ftlr Cham[iion's heifer measured in girl be- 

 hind the fore legs 6 leel 7 inches ; in length 

 from Ihe fore upper corner of the shoulder blade 

 bone to the hindmost point of the rump, 5 feet. 

 The given weight by this admeasurement, is 52 

 s!ones of 14 lbs. to the stone, (728 lbs.) Mr 

 VVhite'i bciter measured in the same way, in 

 girt 6 feet 1 inch; in length 5 feel; and by a 

 Similar calculation, her given tveight was 45 

 stones, (630 lbs.) From the foregoing statement, 

 it appears that Mr Champion's belter nearly av- 

 erngeil 43 lbs. per month, and Mr. White's heif- 

 er nearly 32 lbs. per month." Difl'erence in fa- 

 vour of the short horn heifer more than one-third. 



From E IViilcotl, Esq.. a skilful ;'raclical former, 

 who resides in the district wherein the Devons 

 of imported blood are well known. 



East Jf'indsor, Conn., June 17, 1825. 

 Since my return from my very agreeable 

 journey to Ihe south, I have made particular 

 inquiry respecting four remarkable oxen which 

 have been fattened on this part of the country. 

 The Grsi, was the Connecticut ox, which was 

 slaughtered in BosIoq in the year 1809 He was 

 bred by Mr E. Wolcoll, and fallened liy Mr .^a- 

 ron Bissell, both of this town. His colour was 

 niostlij white, with black op dark brown spots on 

 his neck, shoulders and sides. He was a beau- 

 tiful animal, and resembled more the Improved 

 Short Horn breid than any ox 1 have ever seen. 

 He was kept several months in Boston for exhi- 

 bition, during which time he is supposed to have 



lost considerably in weight. When killed, his 

 round weight »vas 21 83 Ifis. 



Mr VVolcoit, who bied him, inlbtms me that 

 his srindsire was an imported bull, but he does 

 nrl know of what breed. Since the period men- 

 tioned above, Col. Aiiel Chapin, ot Sjiringfipld, 

 Mi-sachusett*, has bred and failed thieu extra- 

 ordinary oxen, i have not been able to ascer- 

 tain their precise weii^hus. T"<' of ihem were 

 laiger than the Connecticut ox, ! ul Deiiher of 

 Ihftn of equal s\nimPtry. .Ml ol these, as Col. 

 Chapin inlormefl me, descendeil iiom ihe lull 

 inported bij .Mr Gore. Tlie*e facts, i think, sir, 

 i?> to show, that " the finest c.\ttie ' of ?■, evv 

 tngland have been derived from bulls of recent 

 inport.ilion. 



With regard to the cattle of our country c.ill- 

 eJ "■ nolire,'' I believe the hesi are lo I'e found 

 in the Tallies of the New England riTern, and io 

 tip western parts of Ihe slate o: New York. 

 These have been familiar to me for mnny years. 

 I have seen the imported Devons, both in Con- 

 necticut and Maryland, and have never had but 

 o!u- iipininn of them, which is, that they are in- 

 ferior to our native stock. 



In January last, I jmirue\ed to Vermont, and 

 S-1W :he descendants of the Holsteio (Short 

 Horns) callle, imported fiy Wvn. Jarvis, Esq. 

 atioiil fourieen years ago. Satisfied of the ex- 

 cellen.e of this slock, I purchased of Mr Jarvis 

 a few leifers. In March, 1 Ir.irelled into Massa- 

 rluisels, and saw the imported bulls Denton, 

 Coelels, and Admiral, of the lmpi-.i\ed Durham 

 ShorlHorn lireed, and many of their progeny. 



Re:ently 1 have seen more of the same breed 

 in v(ir possession, anil in Baliimore ; and should 

 ihii'l' no lover of fine callle coulil see them, 

 wiilnut acknowledging their escellence. — How 

 full I arc persuaded of their superiority ' ver 

 any other breed of neat cattle, you may well 

 I.110W by the price I paid for a young male of 

 ,iure blood. 



WMth sentiments of much respect and esteem, 

 am, sir, your mosl ohed'l humble sery"l. 



(Signed) E. WOLCOTT. 



foHN Hare I^ovvel, Esq., 

 Corref. Sec''ri/ of the Penn. .Agric. Soc^y. 



Extract from a letter from one of the oldest breid- 

 ers in England — Yorkshire, .'\tarch 26, 1825. 

 "1 have declined breeding &c. 1 have noth. 

 og left worth your notice. The best Short 

 Horns are all true in their form, and well cotcu- 

 loted for the yoke, Iheirstep \iQ\r\Si firm and good." 

 lTi|iroved .Short Horns are of yariou* sizes; 

 w"ight is not always determined, by (At height 

 an I circumference of the animal, especially 

 wien in a lean slate. Compactness of f'orm ac- 

 companied liy length of the hind, and depth of 

 the lore quarters, with the property of carrying 

 Jlesh without, as well a? fat, or " proof" wiihin, 

 causes both Improved Shoit Horns, and Improv- 

 ed Herelorila, to arrive at great weights, al- 

 thoogh when in "store condition," they appear 

 comiiaralively small. 



Philaddphia covnty — Tvmptke scales Gate ^o. I, 



December 27, 1824. 

 Mr Powel's bull calf weighs Ibis day when 10 



months 12 days old - . 1022 lbs. 



Cow 4 years old ... IGIO ' 



' Virgnia 6 years old - 1309 • 



Bull calf, Dffi^ince, weighs this day, (Januarj. 



28,) wheo 6 mo. 20 days old, - 665 « 



