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shoulder score at least nine inches thick." " Also, Mr. 

 Collins' ' white heifer that travelled ' was estimated at 

 four years old to weigh 1820 lbs." " R. Collings' 

 steers, two years old, 882 lbs. Mr. Nesham's steery 

 two years and one month, 1050 lbs. Mr. Arrowsmith's 

 twin heifers, two years old, 812 lbs. each. Mr. Nes- 

 ham's steer, three and a half years old, 1618i lbs. 

 Major Budd's steer, three years old, on grass and roots 

 only, meat 1344 lbs." And to the above Mr. Allen, 

 editor of the American Short Horn Herd Book, adds 

 the weights of a few American Short Horns. " An ox 

 and a cow, bred by E. P. Prentice, Esq., N. Y., and 

 slaughtered in Feb. 1846. Ox five years old ; live- 

 weight 2546 lbs., dead weight 2074 lbs. Cow five 

 years old; live weight 1520 lbs., dead weight — carcass 

 950 lbs., loose tallow 100 lbs , hide 75 lbs., total 1125 

 lbs. J. M. Sherwood, Esq., of Auburn, N. Y., breeder 

 of Jessie, had a barren heifer, which weighed alive over 

 2000 lbs., dead weight 1500 lbs. A. B. Allen, then 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., bred a heifer got by a thorough-bred 

 Short Horn bull out of a common cow, (half blood,} 

 which was milked up to being slaughtered, and fed on 

 hay and grass until a short time before killing ; weight 

 of carcass 814 lbs., loose tallow 112 lbs., hide 92 lb&, 

 total 1018 lbs." And Mr. Sumner, of Woodstock, Ct., 

 now has a grade ox, weighing over 4000 lbs. Also> 

 the large steer killed in Worcester last year by Mr: 

 Peaslee, is but another proof of our position. 



And to prove their milking qualities we have but to- 

 consult history to find that the Short Horn cow stands 

 at the head in England. Mr. Berry says that u some 

 of Mr. Bats' Duchess cows, and the Princess tribe 



