OXFORDSHIRE OR IMPROVED COTSWOLD SHEEP. 



221 



Extract from the Report of the Committee on Cattle. 



The Committee, in concluding- theii* Report, 

 cannot omit to congratulate the Society on the 

 opportunity aiforded by the exertions of Mr. 

 J. S. Skinner, ol' viewing the remarkably fine 

 specimens of this kind of stock recently im- 

 ported by him. and now exhibited — a young 

 bull and two heifers of the English improved 

 Short-Horned breed. These animals, (not yet 

 two years old,) in the opinion of the Committee, 

 can hardly be spoken of in terms too high, and 

 are a real acquisition to the country. They 

 were bred by Mr. Charles Champion, ofBlythe, 

 near Bawtry, in Nottinghamshire, England, 

 and come direct from his hands to Mr. Skinner. 

 They are of great size, fine forms, and combine 

 the vei-y estimable points of aptitude to fatten, 

 and of deep milking ; and last, though not the 

 least, that remarkable quiet habit and good 

 temper so much valued by the best brecder.s, 

 which not only makes it convenient and safe to 

 feed and milk, but which contributes much to 

 the disposition to fatten, and to which, no doubt, 

 may be attributed in a great measure the fine 

 condition in which they now appear, although 

 only little more than a v^^eek since they landed 

 from on shipboard. 



As in the opinion of the Committee, the So- 

 ciety are alike indebted to I\Ir. Skinner, for 

 opening a correspon^ice on this interesting 

 subject witli Mr. Chaijpion, a justly celebrated 

 breeder in England, and to the latter gentle- 

 man for the entire justice he has done to the ex- 

 pectations of the importer, in the selection of 

 the animals sent him, they beg leave to recom- 

 mend this successful eflbrt to improve the stock 

 of our country to the special notice of the So- 

 ciety, in such a mode as they may deem best 

 calculated to encourage similar introductions, 

 and to reward the present enterprise. 



There were shown also, by Mr. Skinner, a 

 pair of animals of singular character, and here- 

 tofore unknown in this country, a bull and cow 

 of the Tuscan breed, said to be fitted in an emi- 



in Tuscany, and brought to this country last 

 year by Commodore Baiubridge and S. Ham- 

 bleton, Esq.. of the U. S. Navj'. Actuated by 

 the laudable desire of contributing to the intro- 

 duction of useful animals, they ceded them to 

 Mr. Skinner at the original cost, who in the 

 same spirit has disposed of them to Mr. John 

 Middleton, of South Carolina. The Committee 

 will not undertake to determine how far it may 

 prove advantageous in this country to give up 

 in neat cattle the properties usually most sought 

 for, to obtain a breed principally fitted for 

 working-oxen, but for this qualification these 

 animals promise much, particularly as to the 

 Southern States. It is fortunate that they have 

 become the property of a gentleman in that 

 quarter in whose hands the Society may be 

 confident the experiment will be fairly made. 



J. MASON, 



JOHN HARE POWELL, 



L CIU.UNCEY, 



JOHN BARNEY, 



SAMUEL JACQUES, Jr. 



Committee. 

 After the reading of this Report and the de- 

 livery of the premiums awarded by it, the fol- 

 lowing Resolution was offered by George Cal- 

 vert, Esq., and unanimously adopted by the 

 Society : 



Resolved, That a Committee of three members of 

 this Society be appointed by the President thereof, 

 with authoi ity to procure and present to J. S. Skin- 

 ner, Esq., three pieces of plate, of the value, one of 

 fifty dollars, and two of twenty-five dollars each, in 

 token of the belief entertained by the Society, of the 

 gi-eat improvement in the stock of neat cattle which 

 must result from the importation by him of the bull 

 Champion, and heifers White Rose and Shepherd- 

 ess, bred by Charles Champion, Esq., ofBlythe, near 

 Bawtry, in Nottinghamshire, England. 



And General Ridgely, of Hampton, Henry 

 Thompson, Esq., and Doctor Allen Thomas 

 were requested to perform this sei-vice in behalf 

 of the Society. 



nent degree for the yoke. They were selected 



The Resolution was carried out by the procurement of a pitcher of much 

 higher cost, with an engraving of the bull on the front of it, and two beautiful 

 waiters mounted on cow's feet. 



OXFORDSHIRE OR IMPROVED COTSWOLD SHEEP. 



MR. CLAYTON REYBOLD S ANNUAL SALE. 



The first and as yet the only notice we have seen of this first Annual Exhibi- 

 tion and Sale, we find in the Missouri Republican of Sept. 22. 



We know of no hands in the country into which this large and, for certain 

 uses and localities, valuable race of sheep — large in the carcass and proportion- 

 ately large in the fleece — could have fallen, Avith greater certainty of being kept 

 up to the mark, than in those of the Reybold family — father and sons — living in 

 the same neighborhood in admirable harmony, with every guaranty for the pres- 

 ervation and improvement of their stock that ample and united means and jud"-- 

 ment can confer. 



Not doubting that they will adopt the precaution, hitherto too much neglected 

 by American importers of foreign stock, of frequent importations to avoid the bad 



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