4 IS TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Hatfield, old Hadley, South Hadley, Amherst, Snnderland, Leyerett 

 and Pelham. The New Haven colony and Hartford colony supplied 

 cattle which were the descendants of the North Devons, Herefords, 

 Alderueys, the old Sussex ox, and many strains from the Welsh cat- 

 tle. Occasionally cattle would come into the valley of the Connec- 

 ticut river from the Long-horns of Wiltshire, Worchester and Berk- 

 shire, in England, as well as strains of the Leicestershires, the 

 Cumberland and Lancastershire Long-horns. These settlements 

 in the valley of the Connecticut soon extended to old Deerfield, 

 Greenfield, Northfield, and' ultimately up the river, through New 

 Hampshire and Vermont, to Canada. In passing up the valley 

 of the Connecticut river, from Long Island Sound to Canada, a 

 person will often see a race of Long-horns, apparently a progeny 

 of the old Cumberland types. These cattle have large limbs, fine 

 bones and carcasses; the horns very large, stout and long. The 

 animal when young appears rather coarse, but when grown attain 

 an immense size, exhibiting an ox which produces the largest 

 quantity of beef of any similar animal known. These cattle come 

 to maturity rather slow, but they will stand higher and longer 

 feeding in the stalls than any other race. 



There is no coimtry in the world that furnishes better well fed 

 oxen than the towns along the Connecticut river. The hills and 

 pastures on each side of this noble stream are the most fertile of 

 any in this or any other country, in grasses and feed for cattle 

 while at pasture; and the broad valley of the Connecticut river 

 yields hay, Indian corn and other grain superior to any other 

 in America, and in quantities almost beyond comprehension; 

 while the climate is clear, cool, generally rather dry, and the most 

 healthy for the animal races. New England may be proud of her 

 cattle, as well as of her men. 



If our people bestowed half of the pains in breeding our native 

 cattle that the English do, we would have a for superior race to 

 any in the old world. The following are some of the qualities of 

 the New England cattle : 



First. — Tliey are very hardy, free from disease and epidemics 

 of every kind in a remarkable degree, with less mortality than 

 occurs to stock in the old world. 



