72 ON STOCK FOR THE DAIRY. 



which have been brought into the country, and of those which 

 have been propagated from them since their arrival, at the cattle 

 shows at Brighton, Worcester, and Albany ; in the establish- 

 ments of private individuals — at Salem, in the possession of E. 

 H. Derby, Esq., to whose care were entrusted the magnificent 

 animals Admiral, and Flora, sent as a present to the country by 

 Sir Isaac Coftin, whose munificence is above all praise ; at Col. 

 Jaques', in Charlestown, who had in his possession Ca^lebs, and 

 the matchless bull Bolivar ; at the late Mr. Williams', in Chel- 

 sea, who had a numerous herd of them; at Hon. John Welles', 

 in Dorchester, who had several valuable cows ; at Gov. Lincoln's, 

 in Worcester, who was justly pround of Denton's progeny ; at 

 James D. Wolfe's, Esq., in Bristol, whose cows, with their deep 

 udders were magnificent ; at Henry Watson's, Esq., in Windsor, 

 where 1 had the pleasure of seeing the celebrated bull Wye- 

 Comet ; at Charles H. Hall's, Esq., in Harlem, whose Short 

 Horns, and whose Devons, a present from the fine stock of Mr. 

 Coke, contended for the palm of excellence ; at Powelton, 

 at the establishment of the most liberal importer and most 

 devoted advocate of this fine race, whose admirable animals 

 were a perfect justification of the enthusiasm with which 

 he regarded them at Albany, where, besides various fine speci- 

 mens of the stock from different individuals, (whose names, as I 

 saw their animals, but not their owners, only at a public show, I 

 shall be pardoned for not remembering,) I had the gratification 

 of seeing Mr. Van Renssealaer's extraordinary bull of two years 

 old, and Mr. C. N. Bement's imported cow, whose superior in 

 promise and geneal appearance I have never yet seen ; at Messrs 

 Percey's, and Rogers', at Hoosic, N. Y., whose stock is admira- 

 ble, and have been managed with great care ; and at Hyde Park, 

 at the noble establishment of Dr. Hosack, where without ques- 

 tion, judging from the actual inspection of their yield of milk, as 

 well as their general appearance, 1 found the most numerous 

 and finest family of Short Horn cows that I have seen, or which, 

 indeed, I ever expect to see ; and a bull, whose splendid form 

 gave him a just right to preside over such a seraglio. 



Greatly, however, as these opportunities have contributed to 



