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GENESEE FARMER. 



Sept. 



MR VAIL'S '^LADY BARRINGTON III^" 



D. D. T. Moore, Esq. — As you are about 

 giving to the public through the medium of the 

 Genesee Farmer, a portrait of my imported 

 Durham Cow "Lady Barrington 3d," to which 

 animal was awarded the first premium for the 

 best Durham cow in the first class, at the New 

 York State Agricultural Society's Show, held at 

 Auburn, in September last, I have thought it 

 might be of some interest to accompany the por- 

 trait with her pedigree, and an exti'act of a letter 

 I received from Thomas Bates Esq., of York- 

 shire, England, her breeder, and from whom I 

 purchased her. The following is the pedigree, 

 as given by Mr. Bates: — 



" Lady Barrington, 3(1, bred by Mr. Thoina.s Bates, of 

 Yorkshire, England, calved 2-2d l''ebru.Try, IC^O. Got by 

 Cleavelan-d Lad, ( 34(i7 ; ) dam. Lady Barrington, 2d, 

 got by Belvidere ; (1706;) g. dam, Lady Barrington, 1st, 

 by a son of Mr. Mason's Herdsman, (304 , ) g. g. dam, 

 Young Alicia, by Wonderful, (700:) g. g. g. dam. Old 

 Alicia, by Alfred, (23;) g. g. g. g. dam, by Young Ka 

 vorite, by son of Favorite, (252.) Cleveland Lad, (3407,) 

 the sire of Lady Birrington, 3d, was awarded the liighest 

 premium at the Royal English Agricultural Society show, 

 at Liverpool, in 184L and also the same year the highest 

 premium at tlie Yorkshire Agricultural Society's show, at 

 Hull, and he is now in ih? jiossession of Lord Feversham, 

 at UuncombPark ; his gr.indsiro, Belvidere, (170(j,) was 

 sireand graii'dsire of the Duke of Northumberland, (1940.) 

 Lady Barrington, 1st, was bred by Lord Barrin'zinri, and 

 this was his favorite tribe of cow.s"froin 1794, and '. bought 

 my first Lady Barrington in 1831, afcer his death. This 

 tf ibe of cows generally breeds females, and will breed well 

 U your Wellington Bull." 



I will add that this cow was awarded the first 

 premium at our Renssalaer Co. show last au- 



tumn, and is a good milker. She gave 22 quarts 

 of milk a day, previous to sending her to the 

 Auburn Show, and is the dam of the bull calf 

 (got by my Wellington bull,) which I sold 

 about a year ago, to Col. Hamptox, of South 

 Carolina, when about four months old, for three 

 hundred dollars. 



I also send you a paper containing a short de- 

 scription of the stock of Thomas Bates, Esq., 

 of Yorkshire, England, from whom you will per- 

 ceive I make my importations. In addition to 

 the first two animals I had from Mr. Bate's 

 Bull Duke of Wellington, purchased when about 

 4 months old, and a two year old heifer (Duch- 

 ess,) both of which cost me $'1-100 delivered on 

 my farm. For the last three years I have im- 

 ported annually one cow sent by Mr. Bates — 

 the last one a red and white heifer (Arabella,) 

 which I received six or eight weeks ago. 



These animals po.ssess the superior combi- 

 nations of fine prominent briskets, handling 

 qualities, good compact form, and good milking 

 qualities. Many think a cross of this blood will 

 improve almost any Short Horns. I have no 

 difficulty in selling the Bull calves from my Bates 

 bulls and cows, when quite young, at $300 each. 

 I have an order ahead for the first one I can 

 spare, at that price. 



Yours very respectfully, 



Geo. Vacl. 



Troy, N. Y., Ausrusl, 1847. 



