1848 



GENESEE EARMER 



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The Twin Steers, six years old in the spring of 1847, 

 were from the stock of Samuel H. Fitzhugh, Esq., of Liv- 

 iaigsion County, who derived his stock from the herd of 

 Thomas Weddle of Ontario County. 



They were got by the bull Harry, who was got hy Rover. 

 dam Daisy by Wades Eber, g.-andam Laura, by Marshal 

 Bi^resford—izrevii grandam White Rose by Seaton's Favorite, 

 G. G. G. D. Primrose, by Colling's North Star, G. G. G. 

 G. D. by R. Colling's White Bull. 



The Mother wis a remarkably fine animal, both as a 

 breeder and a milker. She was a cross of the improved 

 short-horn stock of Philip Church, Esq., of Belvidere, 

 Allegany County, and the native stock of the country. 



Judge Church, was among the first who introduced the 

 improved breed of cattle in Western New York. It is diffi- 

 cult for the want of sufficient data, to state the exact pro- 

 portion of the cross in these cattle, but enough is known 



to show that it was as high as | or J of pure Sho"-!iarn 

 blood. 



The Steers were purchased by me of Judge Fitzhugh, 

 at two years old. That gentleman in a letter to me of the 

 3d inst. says : " The Steers while [ owned them, received 

 no other care than any other stock. They were, with 

 other calves, taken from the cow at one week old, and re- 

 ceived new milk for a week or two, afterwards skimmed 

 J milk until 2\ or three months old -then turned to grass, 

 taken up in November or the llrst of December, and fed 

 with hay alone until the lOih or 1.5th of February, then 

 about a pint of meal a day, with a pint of oil-cake a week, 

 until about the middle of April, then turned to pasture, 

 and the next winter fed on hay in the field, without shelter." 

 They did not, at the time of my purchase, present the 

 appearance of being cittle of uncommon excellence, but 

 were considered fair, average steers. They were domesti- 



