No. 9. 



Tfie Short-horns in America. 



279 



ing qualities. In 1830, Mr. Bullock pur 

 chased " Copson," just imported by Mr 

 Smith, of Upper Canada, with which he 

 again crossed his herd. These cattle have 

 been widely distributed in the river counties 

 of New York. 



In the month of July, ISIS, a yearling 

 bull and heifer were imported into Boston, 

 Massachusetts, by Mr. Cornelius Coolidge, 

 a merchant of that city. They were bred 

 by Mr. Mason, of Chilton, Durham, whose 

 lierd was justly celebrated for its high breed- 

 ing and purity. The bull was called Coe- 

 lebs, and got by Jupiter (1^42) ; his dam by 

 Wellington (679). Tlie heifer was Flora, 

 called by some Old Flora, and got by La- 

 -fon's bull, which was got by Comet (1.55). 

 Flora's dam was also got by Comet, and 

 gave 33 quarts of milk per day. Lafon's 

 bull weighed, when two years and three 

 months old, 1950 pounds. These particu- 

 lars we gather from the papers of Mr. Cool- 

 idge, accompanying the importation, kindly 

 copied for us by Mr. Sanford Howard, assist- 

 ant editor of the Albany Cultivator. 



In a letter accompanying the above, Mr. 

 Howard remarks: " CcElebs and Flora were 

 sold to Col. Samuel Jaques, of Charlestovvn, 

 in 1820, and remained his property until 

 they died. While with him, Flora had 

 fourteen calves, from 1819 to 1833 — ten of 

 which were by Coelebs. One of these, a 

 heifer, Europa, I afterwards owned. Most 

 of her calves I knew, and they were e.xcel- 

 lent animals. I frequently saw both Ccelebs 

 and Flora, while in the possession of Col. 

 Jaques.* He was a large, deep-bodied, and 

 heavy bull — red-roan in colour, and a fine 

 handler: his live weight, in fair condition, 

 about 2,400 lbs. Flora was chiefly red, with 

 a few white spots; a fine eow, and a good 

 milker." 



We are indebted to Mr. Howard, also, for 

 particulars touching other early importa- 

 tions. 



" The late Gorham Parsons, Esq., of 

 Brighton, Massachusetts, in 1818, imported 

 a bull called " Fortunatus," — afterwards 

 ^'Holdcrness." He was bred by George 

 Faulkner, Esq., of North Allerton, York- 

 shire, England. He was warranted to be a 



* CcElebs was the original sire of Col. Jacques' noted 

 family of cows, which he styled " Cream pole" on ac 

 count of the exceeding rich quality of their milk. He 

 crossfid them high up in the blood of Cffilebs, We saw 

 them in lf^37, some fifteen or twenty in number. They 

 were remarkably nice eows, generally red in colour, 

 and symmetrical in shape. Ther milk, which we saw 

 in pans, was remarkable for the thickness and weight 

 of its cream. This quality, Col. J. assured us, was pe- 

 eutja^- to the eoue descended from Ccelebs. 



thorough-bred short horn, and bore all the 

 char;icteri.st:cs of the race. Hi s descendinta, 

 frum both thorough-bred and native cows, 

 were disseminated cojisiderably through 

 New England. 



" In 1820, Theodore Lyman, Esq., of Bos- 

 ton, imported a short liurn bull, wliich he 

 aUcruanls sold to I.<rae! Thorndike, Esq., 

 wlio .sent him to his farm in Maine. 



" About tlie year 182-5, Mark W. Peirce, 

 of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, imiwrted a 

 short horn bull called Nelson, and a cow 

 called Symmetry, high-bred, and well-de- 

 scended animals. This bull and cow pro- 

 duced some very superior stock. The noted 

 ox Americus, which travelled as a show, and 

 went to England for that purpose, was one 

 of their progeny. He was, though enor- 

 mously large, a beautiful animal. The 

 " Great Bull Hercule.^,'' as he was called, 

 which was also carried about for a show, waa 

 full brother to Americus. This was much 

 the largest bull I ever saw, yet by no means 

 coarse." 



About the year 1818, Mr. Stephen Wil- 

 liams, of Northboro', Massachusetts, im- 

 ported the bull Young Denton, (963) bred by 

 Mr. J. Wetherell, in England. He was the 

 sire of many very excellent Short Horns in 

 Massachusetts, besides numerous grade ani- 

 mals, the heifers of which proved, in most 

 instances, extraordinary milkers. 



From the year 1820, several fine cows 

 were imported into Boston, by gentlemen of 

 that city and its vicinity, selected from the 

 herds of Mr. John Wetherell, and other emi- 

 nent breeders. Among tho.se concerned, 

 were Messrs. Williams, Lee, Derby, Prince, 

 Munson, and others. Admiral Sir Isaac 

 Coffin,* about the year 1823, presented to 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural Society a 

 bull and heifer. Admiral (1608) and Anna- 

 bella, both bred by Mr. Wetherell. In con- 

 nection with these fine animals, we regret to 

 say, they were not properly appreciated by 

 the farmers of Mas.sachusetts; and their im- 

 porters, mostly merchants in the city, or re- 

 siding in the vicinity of Boston, who had in- 

 troduced them more from a spirit of muni- 

 ficence toward their countrymen, than for 

 their own individual benefit, could not pay 

 particular attention to their breeding, and 

 many of them were scattered and lost. 



About the year 1828, Mr. Benjamin Rod- 



* Admiral Coffin was an American, born in Nan- 

 tucket. He went to England when a boy— joined the 

 British navy before the American revolution, and re- 

 mained ihore till his death, some years ago. He al- 

 ways kindly remembered the stale of his birth, which 

 he manifested by many handsome donations to ita 

 agriculture. 



