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DURHAM CATTtE. 



I HAVE imp'^rtcd several rows and heif'^rs of the celebra- 

 ted Princess Tribe of Short-Horn Durham Cattle, bred by 

 and from the herd of John Stopliensou, England. This 

 tribe is unequalled in England or America, for style, qual- 

 ity, and milk. 



In conncotion with Col. Sherwood, I imported the prize 

 bull Third Duice of Cambridge, ("',941,) bred l)y the distin- 

 p;uislic<l breeder, Thomas Bales, of Enarland, and got by his 

 tu'nous prize bull, Duke of Norlhum-i5erland (1,940.) We 

 also icnported from Mr. Slephenson, the Princess prize bull, 

 Karl of Seah.im. (lii,lSl.) I have also imported IVincess I, 

 Prineess II, Princess III, Princess IV, Princess V, and the 

 bulls Wolvistou and Earl Vane, all of the Princess Tribe, 

 and bred by Mr. Stephenson. I also imported the cow 

 Waterloo V, bred by Mr. Bates, got by his prac bull Duke 

 of Northumberland, and of the same fam.ily as Third Duke 

 of Cambridge. I also purchased of jMr. Ramsay, the cow 

 Wildeyes V, bred by Mr. Bates, and bought by Mr. Ramsay 

 at the sale of Mr. Bates' cattle, in EnMand, in" 1850. 



I am now breeding these imported cows and heifers, to 

 the imported prize l)ulls Third Duke of Cambridge, Earl of 

 Seaham, and Vane Tempest ; also, to Wolviston and Earl 

 Vane. I can supply breeders with bull calves out of these 

 cows and heifers, got by these imported bulls, of a red or 

 roan color, as may be preferred. 



Tlie Third Duke of Cambridge won the first prize for 

 Durham bulls at the Show of the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Society, at Syracuse, in 1S4D, beating among others, 

 three bulls of Mr. George Vail's (of Troy) breeding, inclu- 

 ding Buena Vista. He also won the first prize for Durham 

 bulls at the show of the same Society at Albany, in 1850, 

 beating among others, Mr. George VaiVs bull Meteor. — 

 (Meteor by >ir. Vail's imported Bates bull AVellington — 

 dam, Mr. Vail's imported cow Duchess.) 



Earl of Seaham won the first prize for two-year-old Dur- 

 ham buils at the Show of the same Society at Albany, in 

 185' I, beating Mr. George Vail's buUs Fortune and Eclipse. 

 Seaham won the first prize for Durliam bulls of all ages two 

 years and over, at the Show of the American Institute in 

 New York, in 1850. Seaham also won the first prize for 

 Durham bulls at the Show of the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Sooiety at Rochester, in 1851, beating Mr. Lewis G. 

 Morris' prize bull Lamartine, and many others. 



Prince.s3 II won the first prize for yearling Durham heif- 

 ers at the Show of the New York State Agricultural Society 

 at Syracuse, in 1S49, beating Mr. Chapman's Fashion frora 

 Mr. Vail's herd. Princess II also won the first prize for 

 two-year-olds at the Show of the same Society at Albany, in 

 1S50, beating, among others, Mr. George Vail's two heifers, 

 Ililpa 2d (got by Mr. Vail's imported AV'ellington, out of his 

 imported cow Ililpa,) and Eunice 4th. 



Princess I is the dam of Col. Sherwood's prize bull Vane 

 Tempest At the Show of the New York t' tnte Agricultural 

 Society at Albany, in ISSil, as a bull calf, and at the Show of 

 the same Society at Rochester in 1351, as a yearling bull. 

 Vane Tempest won the first prizes, beating, in both instan- 

 ces, Jlr. Vail's bull Kirkleavington (got by Mr. Vail's im- 

 portetl Wellington, out of imported Lady Barrington.) Of 

 these imported cows and heifers, Princess II has alone been 

 shov.'n. Wolviston and Earl Vane have not been exhibited. 



Third Duke of Cambridge is the only bull now in Amer- 

 ica bred by the celebrated Thomas Bates of Kirkleavington, 

 England, and is the best bml ever brought to America from 

 Mr. Bates' herd. 



Wolviston is brother to Earl of Dublin, bred by Mr. 

 Stephenson, that is now let at a high price, to that celebra- 

 ted breeder, Sir Charles Knightley, Leicestershire, England. 

 Earl Vane, now a yearling, is brother to Vane Tempest 



Breeders desiring the blood of Mr. Bates' herd, can no- 

 where else in America, than from Third Duke of Cam- 

 bridge, " procure it with such high characteristics of style, 

 quality, symmetry, and substance." . 



Breeders buying bulls of the Princess Tribe, wiU get those 

 which are superior to all other Short-Hoi-n Durham Cattle. 

 All Mr. Bates' great leading prize animalJ, winning at the 

 great English Shows, viz : Duke of Northumberland, Duch- 

 ess 34th, Duchess 42d, Duchess 43d, Cambridge Rose, &c., 

 were got by Mr. Stepiienson's Princess Tribe bull, Belvedere, 

 (1,700,) anil he never got beaten when he showed the get of 

 Belvedere. 



As feeding beasts, no Tribe ever surpassed the Princess. 

 Earl of Seaham in six months, March to September 1851, 

 made over 600 pounds growth. 



Tlie Princess Tribe of Short-Horns is concededly the best 

 milking tribe of Durham cattle in England ; all the cows of 

 the tribe milk capitally. Of the four which have dropped 

 calves for me, all are very fin« milkers. I'rincess I, at four 

 year* old, has given twetity-si.\ quarU a day, very rich milk. 



And Princess IV, with her first calf, has given twenty-two 

 quarts a day. Col. Sherwood's Red Rose of this tribe, four 

 years old, getting grass only, made in thirty successive days 

 of May and June 1851, sixty pounds and four ounces of 

 butter; and forty-seven pounds and eleven ounces in thirty 

 successive days in August 1851, which was a period of great 

 drouth. 



C-lt-a AMBROSE STEVENS, Now York ci'y. 



LEWIS G. MORRIS' 



THIRD ANNUAL SALE, BY AUCTION, 



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IMPROVED BREEDS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 



Will take place at Mount Fordham, Westchester Co., (U 



miles frora City Hall, New York,) on WEDNESDAY, 



JUNE 9, 1^5'2. James M. Miller, Auctioneer. 

 APFLIOATIOW need not be made at private sale, as I 

 decline in all cases, so as to make it an object for persons 

 at a distance to attend. Sale positive to the liighest bidder, 

 without reserve. 



Numbering about fifty head of Horned Stock, including a 

 variety of ages and sex, consisting of Piu'e Bred Short 

 Horns, Devoiis, and Ayrsliires; Southdown Buck Lambs, 

 and a very few Ewes; Sufi'olk and Eksex Swine. Cata- 

 logues, with fuU pedigrees, &c.. &c., will be ready for deliv- 

 ery on the first of Maj' — to be obtained from the sub.scriber, 

 or at the ofiices of any of the principal Agricultural Jour- 

 nals or Stores in the Union. This sale will offer the best 

 opportunity to obtain very fine animals I ever have given, 

 as 1 shall reduce my herd lower than e\'er before, contem- 

 plating a trip to Europe, to be absent a year, and shall not 

 have another sale until 1554. 



It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of our 

 State Agricultural Soo'cty, that I was the most siiccessful 

 exhibitor of Domestic Animals, at the late State Fair. 



I will also ofi'er a new feature to American breeders — one 

 which works well in Europe ; that is, Mtino the services of 

 male animaU ; and v/ill solicit propositions from such as 

 see fit to try it Conditions — The animal hired, to be at the 

 risk of the owner, unless by some positive neglect or care- 

 lessness of the hirer ; the expense of transporuition too and 

 from, to be borne jointly ; the term of letting, to be one year 

 or less, as parties agree ; price to be adjusietl by i)arties — to 

 be paid in advance when the bull is taken away ; circum- 

 stances would vary the price ; animal to be kept in accord- 

 ance with instructions of owner before taking him away. 



I offer on the foregoing conditions, three celebrated prize 

 bulls, "Major," a Devon, nine years old; "Lamartine," a 

 Short Horn, four years old ; "Lord Eryhoime," Short Horn, 

 threcyears old. Pedigrees will he given in Catalogues. 



At the time of my sale, (and I would not part with them 

 before,) I shall have secured two rr three yearly setts of 

 their progeny ; and as I shail send out in August next a 

 new importation of m^le animals, i snail not want the ser- 

 vices of either of these next year. I would not sell them, ivs 

 I wish to keep control of their propagating qualities here- 

 after. 



I also have one Imported buck, the prize winner at Ro- 

 chester last fall, imp'jrted direct from the celebrated Jonas 

 Webb ; and also five yearling bucks, winners also, I>red by 

 me, from bucks and ewes imported direct from the above 

 celebrated breeder. They will be let on the same condi- 

 tions as the bulls, excepting that I will keep them until the 

 party hiring wishes thorn, and they must be returned to me 

 on or about Christmas Day. By this plan, the party hiring 

 gets rid of the risk and trouble of kee])ing a buck the year 

 round. All communicatioas by mail must be prepaid, and 

 I will prepay the answers. L. G. MORRIS. 



Mount Fordham, April, 1852.— 5-2t 



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