TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



First Period of their History The Second Period The Cathedral Cow When 

 began the Improvement Progress of Improvement 13 



CHAPTER II. 



The Early Breeders Dates and Names of Noted Animals The Colling Brothers 

 Hubback The Stanwick, or Original Duchess Lady Maynard and Young 

 Strawberry Foljambe Charles Ceiling's Mode of Breeding The Durham 

 Ox Robert Colling and his Breeding 28 



CHAPTER III. 



Were the Ceilings the Earliest and Chief Improvers of the Short-horns Their 

 Early Cattle The Galloway Cross Berry's Youatt History Charles Ceiling's 

 Final Sale Robert Colling's Sales of 1818 and 1820 The Collings' Improve- 

 ment 56 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Booth Family and their Short-horns The Studley Herd The Killerby Herd 

 The Warlaby Herd 95 



CHAPTER V. 



Thomas Bates His Short-horns and their Breeding The Duchess Tribe The 

 Matchem Cow Mr. Bates' other Tribes Colors of the Bates Herds Sale of 

 Mr. Bates' Herd, and their English successors Lord Ducie's Breeding and 

 Sales .. .118 



CHAPTER VI. 



Mr. Bates' Influence on the Short-horns Did he Improve them 144 



CHAPTER VII. 



The English Short-horn Breeders contemporary with the Collings and their imme- 

 diate successors 148 



