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success is widely known. He has continued his herd to the 

 present time. About the same period, Hon. George Grennell, 

 of Greenfield, had from Governor Lincoln, of Worcester, the 

 Short-horn bull, " Governor," which he kept in use for five 

 years. Tliis strain of blood is still recognized in superior 

 milking stock. 



Alonzo Lamb, of South Hadley Falls, at the same period, was 

 also the owner of valuable stock, and his success was equally 

 noticeable. John T. and George E. Taylor, of Shelburne, have 

 for some years bred Short-horns from the stock before mentioned. 

 Li 1844, Samuel Child introduced into Hampshire County 

 the bull, " Northumberland," (4596,) bred by Mr. Prentiss, 

 of Troy. The bull was kept by Mr. Child three years, and 

 then, or awhile after, he passed into the hands of the Messrs. 

 Anderson, of Shelburne. The Messrs. Anderson, now own the 

 celebrated bull, " Roan Duke," from Thome's stock. James 

 S. Grennell, of Greenfield, owned the superior bull, "Colonel," 

 and kept him for general use for three years. The Messrs. 

 Smith and others, of Smithfield, have owned and bred from very 

 valuable bulls. T. J. Field, of Northfield, now owns a pure bred 

 Hereford bull, " Cronkhill, 3d." T. J. M. Smith, of Montague, 

 and J. A. Clark, of Greenfield, have pure bred Hereford stock. 



J.Fogg, of Deerfield, has a herd of pure bred Short-horn stock. 

 "Wells Latlirop, of South Hadley, has been very successful in 

 breeding Short-horn stock. The " thorough bred " farmers of 

 the " Wapping Club," Deerfield, have for several years had 

 very superior Short-horn stock. " Sultan," from Juliand's 

 herd, and another bull, also highly prized, was owned by this 

 club. 



Luke Sweetser, of Amherst, has been deeply interested in 

 Ayrshire stock, and the record of his herd may be found in the 

 annals of this society. Having kept his importation pure, he 

 has been able to furnish pure breeding stock to various persons 

 in this Valley. 



Dr. Prince has a valuable herd of improved breeds at the 

 State Asylum, Northampton. 



Captain Dennison, of Colrain, owned pure Merino sheep at 

 the date of the formation of this society. His flock was brought 

 by him from Connecticut, and supposed to be from Colonel 

 Humphrey's stock, which was a direct importation from Spain. 



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