SEPTEMBER 24, 1864.] 
SHORT-HORN CORRESPONDENCE. 
reus from ua 
Among the letters and papers | Mr. br of Oon: 
much of which oppene in he: 
Joumala y pwards of 40 years We make the following 
| ES UR Mr. Hutchinson, 1h be (initio of the 
ho 
| ** Stoc! — an July 5, 1820. 
*' Sir—It is now clearly understood t allowed ia it was 
4i the year 1787 that the Sockburn bull carried off the oe 
f the Durham Society, the late Mr. Robert Colling 
uA guinea as second, but what bull it was of Mr. 
dye | former lette 
3 md; put, 
Itrust, however, 
THE GARDENERS' 
prove they were anything more than large use! that 
possessed about as much point t excellence in e I erp as the 
D — of Galloway ha resent, which when 
mined in particulars, nearly dins into no point at all, 
though the yer may be justly esteemed for its general pro- 
erties. 
Pee If the Short-horns possessed little or no point, how di Aa 
Colling wc es We may readily suppose by using his 
Hubbac dien when examined in particulam, 
IM been attrib patel f o this bull. If this were not so, how does 
it happen all tho valuable Short-horns are descended from pa ? 
en what w: hinaa eui vod aR e i 
toril; his dam little more is is d 
drawn in a line he nes & broad level 
fine shoulders, a clean d straight thigh, Apebopad 
short legs, aud a bere quad tofatten. Willany one tell u: 
re Short-horn: to be found at t 
that preem 
as his real relatives? call igh 
blood aiformty editalol jég their near — to his imm 
diate descendants? Thus in exu: ee it is thought 
ow n 
b 
Mr. Charles Colling first began reed, nor yet been washed iew is the fact that 
away by the streams of pure blood that have since flowed | he was the br weder of the mhol line of these eminent bulls 
d. from out being indebted to any other person for 
Weg 1 View of the Cow 
e spring of the ne 
unty of | a 
m cters which are not to be met with in the common 
breed of Short-horns form the lending peculiarities of the 
hi ppomblanga between the 
therefore Popre conclude the dam of E had some 
of that blood in her veins, and which row. to the 
improved Short-horns ns those valuable properties for which the 
keep a bull ps r4 rpo: e t feeding | Highlander is noted. 
cows ; but Mr. Colling, finding him to have a great propensity “This opinion is B vt i r. hinson (see July 5, 
to get fat, sold him to his brother, Mr. so Colling, we 1820) observes : ther merly w: n this unty arn om the 
was then beginning to breed, and anxious select years 1760 and 1800 ld mex deny ie aed a race of mos 
with the best Mor MA to fatten. For iy same S excellent Short-horned cattle, unmixed wit e Kyloe, which 
and with the sa ew, h after purchased of Mr. opus the improved Short-horns have a mixture z Mer in 
Mayni of olis a cow eifer, her daughter. Thi This is precisely the view I en of 
bull and cow, sel with so much judgment, are the o: ent Bolles: owed her astonishing p! ropensity € "dim to an 
stock from "t the lebrated Durham ox, &c. admixture of Kyloe blood ; that the ing habits 
descended, à Major Rudd in his account of some of the of Mr. Colling noticed the valuable qualities of her son and 
celebrated wee of Snort-horned cattle, &c., late belonging to | assimilated them with the best Short-horns he ld procure. 
Mr. Charles Colling (himself having p purchased most spiritedly | «a ost valuable Short-horns have been produced in 
at the Ketton m confirms this by saying that | t . The Chilton, we einig ant many other stocks had 
*the bull Hubback’ (above alluded to) * hen par BE old, nsiderable eminence e their scone E it 
was purchased by r. Robert Colling, of B sd Mr. | Kettou bulls What has placed the » Chilton stock on a leve 
Waistell of Ailihill, for the pu of serving their —— with the Ketton and Barmpton Short-horns but ibis Miam 
cows. He had such an uneommon ination to fatten as to | stance? Mr. Mason commenced upon a pure breed of Tees- 
excite the parten: attention of Mr. Charl g, wh water cattle were crossed with Lord Bolingbroke, 
Mr m em med, may irly they 
x had not a choice of adt e mdi d 
tend t pars aferardaln A Tuv r t 
And, therefore, as none remem! wl ten this wa 
d I do venture to presume that it could be no other than the s 
bull, called Hubback, nowned pai the 
improved Short-horned tribe. An her, 1 e must bave 
been shown in Mr. Robert Colling's name for Mr. Waistell was 
allowed. — — nothing to do with him rds under five 
neas a and that so other bull which Mr. Wi n 
" Meg. "r^ the meantime for the p of ng the 
feeding cows of himself and Mr. Robert Colling (perhaps) had 
been entered in Mr. ry dy name, for it is a recorded. ~ 
at both these gentlem fe 
were at random, was no 
of Horned Cattle. 
Akehead, June 2, 1821 
“Sir—The means by which Mr. acne Colling improved 
the Ketton een À andthe admixture of the vg ofthat 
stock with others, afford a body of facts illustrated by experi- 
ence, which per! throw considerable light upon the art of 
breedi ed cattle in general. The meth by which he 
and profit was his 
near 80 stone, and several other instances of excellence I could 
ood ete) 
whic 
Favourite, Comat, "€ pener bulls of great eminence. Potes 
xtent 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
average crop. Owing " excessive drought an 
circumstances, a greater proportion than p 2 1 
belie be found unfit for ee ing purposes. 
ns I sl 
iioscn, H >q] 
E f 
r ny | 
ais are an = rop; whole under an 
average in bulk, but their sono is is unusnal yg 
I have before me some fine samples. I have one, grown 
in Yorkshire, plump, thin i in te in white 
rice; and in all districts where c 
grown the on mple will be Di unusually free 
inferior grain: 
_ Bea n5.— This crop. is a Very unequal « one; in some 
Adad 3 + half 
; in not a fow flde they have been ploughed 
I I fore mea beautiful oad ji oni in 
Cheshire, bat the m was a miserable o On the 
zi le the erop is clearly ott "^ average 
think an average S and they have been 
as I 
A got into the stackyard in unusually good Ley ate 
ieved to hav 
.—| d 
ry u u! o f this im root ; 
but there ^ = think, be no doubt that over the 
kingd th rop is not alf so heavy as might 
reasonably | d. In many counties they 
have not a quarter and it is I table to 
see acres -— acres 7 LI Ttallow where fae pego 
ought to been growing. The Swedes of the 
orthern pesca ho though much -inferior i "^ weight to 
mlieh was hoped for, are far superior to those grown in 
the south; in a very regular crop which I exam 
er-grass, or Fog, as it is called in Yorkshire, is 
absolutely worthless. 
Hay was a moderate crop, and in consequence of the 
scarcity of Grass, is held et extravagant prices. 
c^ s "- be seen that, owing to the total want of 
r-gra rass iu our. pastures, our present 
spona "e making fat : are much curtailed, and wh en the 
at fail ure 
F t 
ema Sd die best stock in the hands of any dris cre hi 
y be worth while to inquire what have been the 
nex. Muda de derived from the Dres eee of the 
loe and Tees Toon Sherk bama; The latter acquire a rat 
5 
t! general oe dy a = 
When crossed with Hi: supposed to have — inc 
of Kyloe and Short-horn, the essentials wan: 
though somewhat reduced i 
less bone, and much neatness, they lost none of their ore denis 
when fatted we: derably more valua! stone, and 
consu! less food, for large, raw-boned ich 
common breed of Short-horns is st th 
—— 
the highest bred bulls o! 
Mess 
one a Pi cert animal (though I am credibly ee that Major Rudd never bd ed £ Certai yea he a 
r. Waiste rted with his interest in him fo ry trifling aes to the new A sep na! of breeding pmo to in rear- 
cde d v inadequate, as he soon after ards “ound on ing the Ketton stock Herod. But what breeder a go 
being to t his serving price was fixed at fi neas & | to Stoned fora im aea preference to Petrarch, his sire. 
e or Ls ne oe not have Dd ed victo: per the : 
ce a for whic! x 50 tie fiat e were that day offered, the 
property of a breeder of cad qr i vot — — S . 
2. ur E 
his horn and his ne mede THE CORN Wii OF 1 
2. From Mr. John Rooke, on ui the the Brood is aes ditiodty i in convey- 
Wheat.—There 
ing a correct idea s 
year proving an unusually great one, and of the 
tendency of the mind to co e thi 
that ^g iden Ifear w eon r 
mequenn year 
gn yh owing to that of last 
s year's crop with 
as the crop of an 
ter care eful examination, I am satisfied that we 
have this yar in bulk, a fu ll ape ys crop o of Whea b; 
think, 
wes 
our ordinary mode of fattening 
stock ——— next winter will ! 
modified. A liberal supply of cake, or bruised Barley, 
inferior Wheat m: o stock, prom d 
limited quantity « 
or Eri 
A 
for 
Dép ree a 
thoug 
pastures, will Ix ^ a reat for 
to good conditi: 
Wh n to receive seed for 
the crop of e caa c gre 
hire, September 13, 3, in the “ Times.” 
THE PAST HARVEST AND THE 
COMING WINTER. 
sorry not to 
| quite put a sto p to all har 
vest o — ns; and t 
t qua ntity stil in the elds, 
hole kingdom I ‘think it is sata in — ani 
aloni 
H ilk and e combine ed the ll the oth nce I have obtained d 
of his selections, UA pe uade AA aud ed e would never that Wheat this your will “rah so much by 21b. | | Pigs unless the ird clears up, o of which there a 
tude to fatten, and perfect symmetry, by which his b ii | per b ast year ual qn might | | signs at present, I drove c pe throigh the country 
met was so pre-eminently distinguished. In his selections | say that is a trifling e. “but n it is re- | yesterday, and in many fi that I passed 
wished to bring such animals together as in his | membered that the 2]b. per bushel constitutes one T i t of "e Pp 
were most t ely to attain moe great apd Sf ie hs neath set P EE A EDE E EERE no n n in the ya 
"Whenever one suited to his purpose hope secure 3 a 
of it, though the pula - T I see at market isa good 
hus, s cow Favourite, and her es er calf} Wheat, however, in all the „counties, not so good as Ad. The Bai 
guineas at a time fully | indeed, as E on E anga e are a good ith plenty of i 
bp emn mex abe pede diens qi mean in condition “will be valuable as fodder. The à 
bv worth attending to at a breed selected with Mn. but it is suficientiy dry to epe brought ider all through the country is not 1 
P^ into use, and most of it has been got in without a crop, but I think we better off 
d and t ps paid for M Mr. May. aen grain die samples I have procured, where fodder than many Mn 
y uable breed of ar rior to their improvement vy the weight is e mostly 631b. per| att of dum. which is useful for and 
s c Collin. indes, som npe Y [dam it, donet ill-sup; ported bu ane the highest perv et alla my samples is 66 lb. | horses, and a saving of A and if motis y pre- 
T made em no than he foun b shel ; «+ this last is an uncommonly bold sample of | ed they are v fond of it heep are not kept to 
them, But how per bushe y P par ey ery genes 
= did he find them? Will anyon prie undertake to Red Wheat from Norfolk. such an extent as in some places, “i po scarcely 
x — — near Haughton. 2 | de al of Wheat in the northern counties has | see a bit of hay There or ~ ni 
tween the years 1786 1800 the Sockburn stock won J 
three premiums of tha Bogle; two for co d = the | be and not a — quantity of Swedes or Mai — L 
m A A È years oU d white ox calved in Mai - wa d frequent showers ‘we have h d lately, i its condition is | there are some v y fair erops of the beim, the lati 
stone. x Gow, Ri riti AU. ya stone, La y to the Eus ans to that of the southern. counties, _ There | very pomag The Potatos I am glad to € S be 
March or April ange to the same Woher ai € sold i> | is no fear of it peru wel t ugh smaller -— usual, owing to 
and weighed alive at Sunderland Bridge, where they weigh ft yen until it has had the benefit of enc length of E weather. I not seen a sin eat 
E stone, A four years old heifer, in 1800, was diseased Potato this year, nor heard of any one that, bis 
by Mr. Otterburn, of Scarl carborough, weighing 4 qrs., ir This erop varies a great Popes ter so much 
we have had of late I really ex am nat a loss to know, but 
