THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Aug. 



IMPROVED SHORT-HORN BULL " BUENA VJSTA," 

 Owned bt S. P Chapman, of Clockvlle, Madison County, New York. 



Though we never " bred or owned a short-horn," 

 we do like to see and handle them — and when we 

 can not have that privilege, we e'en like to look upon 

 such a " counterfeit presentment" as the portrait 

 here given. Indeed, we admire a beautiful, well for- 

 med animal of any breed, and have little sympathy 

 with those specimens of the genus homo, who can 

 find nothing worth seeing, at a " cattle-show." 



We congratulate Mr. Chafman upon the possess- 

 ion of so perfect and noble an animal as the one 

 above represented; and we are assured that "Buena 

 Vista" is equally as good, if not " better looking," 

 than the engraving. His pedigree shows him to be 

 among the choicest of the breed to which he belongs, 

 and we are confident that while under the care and 

 management of his present owner, his good qualities 

 will be fully retained. • Mr. Chapman seems deter- 

 mined to keep pace with the improvements of the 

 age, and we consider his example well worthy of 

 imitation by other practical farmers and breeders. — 

 The success which has thus far attended his efforts 

 to improve the quality and augment the produce of 

 his stock, (both sheep and cattle,) proves that he 

 understands the subject — and we presume he fully 

 comprehends its importance. We trust his labors 

 will be adequately rewarded. 



We annex the pedigree of "Buena Vista:" — 

 Pedigree. — White — bred by George Vail, of 

 Troy, N. Y.; calved 10th April, 1845. Got by Me- 

 teor, 104, [ bred by Mr. Vail, from an imported cow 

 and bull, bred by Thomas Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire, 

 England,] out of Queen II., by Charles Henry Hall's 

 Meteor* — Queen I., by Monarch, 105, [bred by Mr. 



* Mr. Hall's Meteor was sired by Harlem Comet, 71, by 

 Wye Comet, [imported by Gov. Lloyd, of Maryland,] dam 

 Lily by Regent, [ imported by Mr. Hall, in 1821,] — Blanche 

 [imported by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, in 1823,] by a son 

 of Comet, 319. The dam of Meteor, Snow-drop, by im- 

 ported Regent; g. d., Old Snow-drop, got in England, out 

 of Blanche, [ imported.] 



Hall,] — Young Princess, by Regent, [imported by 

 Mr. Hall in 1821,— Old Princess, [imported by Ed- 

 ward Prince in 1825, bred by Robert Colling,] by 

 Lancaster, 360, — Golden Pippin by North Star, 458, 

 —by Favorite, 252,— by Hubback, 319. 



The Short-Horns. — In his " Compend of Amer- 

 ican Agriculture," Mr. Allen 6ays: — 



"The Short-horns or Durhams are decidedly the 

 most showy and taking among the cattle species. — 

 They are of all colors between a full deep red, and a 

 pure creamy white; but generally have both intermix- 

 ed in larger or smaller patches, or intimately blended 

 in a beautiful roan. Black, brown, orbrindle are not 

 recognized among pure bred short-horns. Their 

 form is well spread, symmetrical and imposing, and 

 capable of sustaining a large weight of valuable car- 

 cass. The horn was originally branching, and turn- 

 ed upward, but now frequently has a downward ten- 

 cy, with the tips pointing towards each other. They 

 are light and comparatively short, clear, highly pol- 

 ished and waxy. The head is finely formed, with a 

 longer face, but not so fine a muzzle as the Devon. 

 The neck is delicately formed without dewlap; the 

 brisket projecting, and the great depth and width of 

 the chest giving short, well spread fore legs. The 

 crops are good; back and loin broad and fiat; ribs 

 projecting; deep flank and twist; tail well set up, 

 strong at the roots and tapering. They have a thick 

 covering of soft hair, and are mellow to the touch, 

 technically termed handling well. They mature ear- 

 ly and rapidly for the quantity of food consumed, 

 yielding largely of good beef with little offal. As a 

 breed, they are excellent milkers, though some fami- 

 lies of short-horns surpass others in this quality. — 

 The short-horns are assigned a high antiquity by 

 the oldest breeders in the counties of Durham and 

 Yorkshire, England, the place of their origin, and 

 for a long time, of their almost exclusive breeding." 



