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opinion of the best judges and breeders of cattle, 

 both Ht home and abroad, the point of uniform good- 

 ness in all the qualities desired to make cattle valu- 

 able has been nearer approached in the Improved 

 Short Horns than in any other breed. 



In our remarks on the subject of cattle, we shall 

 avail ourselves of the best authorities within our 

 reach ; and, owing to the enterprising spirit and good 

 sense of citizens of our own and other states, we are 

 not without as fine specimens of the best improved 

 breeds as can be shown abroad, to direct the opin- 

 ion and inform the judgment : but, in comparing the 

 several breeds, we must look abroad for estimates 

 founded on actual experiment ; and, as a writer on 

 cattle, none stands higher than the late Rev. Mr. 

 Berry, who, by his skill in selecting and judgment 

 in breeding, has raised the Short Horn to its present 

 proud pre-eminence. 



^ It will not be here necessary to trace the history 

 of the several breeds from which the Short Horns, 

 in their improved state, are descended ; those who 

 wish for information on this topic are referred to 

 the fourth volume of the Genesee Farmer, to British 

 Husbandry, British Cattle, or the masterly treatises 

 of the Rev. Mr. Berry. It is sufficient to state that 

 Mr. Colling is considered as the founder of the im- 

 proved Short Horns ; that this improvement was 

 principall}'' effected by the means of his celebrated 

 bull " Hubback ;" and, in the language of Mr. Berry, 

 "As we have at present no superior ftorse on the 

 turf which does not boast the blood of the Godolphin 

 Arabian, so it may be asserted that we have no su- 

 perior Short Horns which do not claim descent near- 

 ly or remotely from Hubback." 



In breeding his cattle, the great object of Mr. Col- 

 ling was to retain the many excellent qualities of the 

 old Tees water, or Short-Horned Durham cattle, while 

 ho reduced their ungainly size and gave symmetry 

 ti) their form. This he succeeded in doing by a cross 



