Ocroszs 1, 1864.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL A 947 
out any bull by which the Ketton breed of Short-horns may be | but I a friend to the elucidation of truth, and shall A 
a situation which he has filled for 
: . : H still further improved. yif Sa - our correspondents can 
with credit to himself and benefit to the publ *Porhapa, however, the greek v he 2i a se iari five you more 
s may be regarde gudea, a " rane fight as the eet Sd M mog Me Hutchinson rM na on Spe 
of the slu; breed ses by putting heavy mares ed that Hu was the main root of the improve m 
SHORT-HORN — blood horses, icis di ac oh spirit | I usod this expression becauso the Iate Mr. Robert Colling 
(Continued from p. 923.) hen the large ‘ Dutch built’ breed of cows are put to Ke the present Mr. arles Colling have ass me that Hubback 
bulls, the produce ur ut more profitable than A was the vem cause 0; improvement, I believe that to 
[Among the letters and papers rit by Mr. Cottrell, of Con- | thorough blood on either side. ^ But according to this rule the | Hubback "the Short-horns owe that mossy coat and sil 
gresbury, and kindly pli at our disposal m Mr. Bowly, | breeder must again go back lood, if I may be all this | for which the best of them inguished, and which is 
of Siddington, are copies of a voluminous correspondence, | tarm e for future sires, else hemay lose his symmetry, | the surest index of inclination to fatten. I honestly confess 
much of which peneme in in the columus of "Agricultural 
Journals a of 40 years ago. We make the following 
extracts 
iate an . Hutchinson; b: 
believe is, conducted upon distinct principles, never iosing| he must excuse me if I give the decided preference to the 
sight of the pes rule that blood "f to beon ae buil's side, Lone and Barmpton stock — a tong experience of their 
except when bulls themselves are intended to be bred. 1 mparative merits. It is my si cere and conscien ntious opinion 
quarrel on “thet en with improved Short-horns, they stv " Pi ed after a trial of many ye: catt 
es, loo with 
rton Lod; <i 
m in possession of evidence which Detablishes the fact 
that hoc dam of Hubback owed hae T propensi to fatten to an 
rst time communicate publicly that the sire of Hubback had 
an S us ods fer or Norman blood. Hubback, there- 
ee x -x e, to of the Ape ti Short-horns, 
nited. edi the Duteh or old Short-horned 
pssacwt the Kyloe, a the > Nor man or Alderney. 
t 
ax ed ad THE PART HARVEST AND THE 
MING WINTER. 
animal, 
h Sir James | Sho Qrichora, y with i MSE. shoulders and Duteh thighs and I ipe HIRE : a ag Rd T rid e — thin of 
"ir | rumps, and I think great as a cross-bred | roots, owing principally e severe frosts in spring, 
d EIER e enel DOR a qua] ere uheie om will be bu t n y very 
ED Troe the advocates of a direct cross between the West | 800d. Much damage wss done to standing crops on 
Highlander Fell the Short-horns have not EIS the best | the 9th and 11th and "Du of the present month by 
course. Instead of going from the Short-horned sire to the | the high winds. In some instances the loss cou u 
agian — Tighlan 2v i aed rom dm - S inos not have been less than a quarter per acre, but fortu- 
3 | Shap 
Short-horned cows ? natel; eg bbe crop was at that 
i — ay Pol shave been rd seh o iz = hia andor, time cu Oats y short of straw, but 
Mee Loe faa dts tas aah die inary at nis des beg will AA, ces Mad quite an average 
But it has been giv ence of several of 4 
these crosses s proving M i as ind eg rema pers ze dee xcept on very dry light soils, where drought affected 
bred ik again Arbol to 2. Galicoray ade hom = tse. In the inland parts of this county, where reap- 
clay as possible to the Galloway character, n be but | ing is now not more than half over, I believe Oat crops 
— (tt they would qim. ueleeded, | n| will ; t z for the last three 
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Favourite; Favourite was the sire of Pomel at and omata dam rer have taken well, and looking bera to the pure Galloway | ** i ^A crops. gen : generally a gon crop and 
ohanen nc Ser WardÉ we ed out. Ful y bs aromen and 
"ex er Fe y judicious and considerable farmer near Penrith, in | remunerative crop Although we do not 
this county, wl Meer — excellent and entire stock of suffer to mee like the extent (from the | effects of 
; | the aang come he last — years been regularly still the 
crossing them with on Torn] bull he had from the End 
astle. shortness of straw and probable scarcity of fodder in 
“On trial he has found them more profitable than his| spring must ^ad 1 1 to economise as much as 
; H TE ti aan ea — at 
of erossin y strong e. ir : > ^ 
due) er omnet iat uir Vrat nro possible. Turnips s likely to be at least a fair 
be 
another 
The late Mr. Bakewell it is ut. known was the founder of the 
breed of sheep called a Ln ry verre From | Vost Long-horns have been horned bull. | crop, we can best do this by chopping our straw an 
pr eo, ur reir —— nn t'a long timo . | I shall not, however, P Di d tde the quosiion whether steaming it along «i the vu i pt well known that 
i blication any account of their origin. It is now, pos Sr udicious erossin $c d or not, It was comm "— A by giving straw or pues in hes natu al state to cattle for 
however, known to the most eminent breeders of the ios Tea re o dA which J have alluded, an and profit had fodder, much of it is w: 
eds cbe eee acai Stuns’ noer Calling, wis “The delicate manner in which Major Rudd reminds me of | Oats, nothing, I fancy, more ‘economical could be sd 
was one of the.earli t disp lehand à-Inosbiutimabé friend of | the passa; go i which I have ae ‘Since the Ketton and | for feeding sheep, along with a few Turnips, 
Barmpton - Tos been sold o yt - —— ge an c by 
2E. Bose: M he best stock t single | 
individual,’ re ires an explicit re — = geed This 
ng 
might be more advantageously usod i if lem The Oats 
uld also e Tw 
that 1 
unieated to him their origin. One of the most eminent and sed a nd m urnips, 
most respectable b ‘the resent Leicestershire breeders has 
most me to me the above account of their or rigin. Mr. Bake- I Durus for no other purpose but that of proving | bes Ralitsa. 
s mes. RS Lpallere, has let s breed for 1000 guineas the Mi idm va eod heces a of judicious crossing, e ei IRE : gm AN The agric cultural 
sea: ce, to overlook heo fact that the purchas ; : * A. i rr ea 
— ick of the F trei pton stocks ought to ree his neighbourho g 
on Hutchinson on 
the Origin 7 way Short-hort A = [Pro 
; “ Stockton-o' age the 
“sf! Your distinguished correspondent ^ a rev ke in mi 
lum mh this us Se den " hare to x NS Lis and 
ibe: 
fe, bet 
an average crop ndant — 
of excellent quality, rices for 
[E 
the 
present time as thi ve Major Rudd' 
t to be placed as peer ir since Countess, 
Pura have been pore weg the be cat wine cows in each er chee of 
the most famous tribes wis ws A A at the Arp sd sale, and | may ne bé 
poire — the best bull to | very bad. Not half the Turnip land lan 
“T feel much obliged to Mr, Hutchinson for the correction those who were forward in sowing their wedes ear! ny 
the had tone on may statement, that Hubback was the sire re of and have some appearance ori a PA ber find them 
paran mbe instead of Fuljambe’s da ea ve Aie off very fast when the sheep Mangels, 
the fear of per et tt that the bull Hubback (as 
Major Rudd and he have both erroneo assorted) was not 
the main root of the improved Short-horns or (as I say fo; 
metaphor’s sake) the mainspring or source of this mighty 
stream of pure blood,” Lev px CA — tributary, ich 
instead of forityi g, must, I rather contaminated it 
go ery 
in still believi that a loe 
fale ee idu Mim sing that a ein just ae — I should say, will not be above hear of a 
os A tie foes aoe kis rag: dam * if Hulbak pad been M. Meat Ko d bad 
si DT to this—Are the improve ve some very good, which appears to e to 
— dam rage geod as they do —À——— much | what T generally grow. I think it will be the worst 
Bhort-horas of fe Se - My opinion is to the contrary, | Winter for sheep ers that they bd M 
and kde some ec A hor K loe beat Bae been uw The supply of Lao, 1 now sheep h arrived 
Lem am willing to t uch early maturity, is derived Rising the spring 
woe ga cem ug of pas bet the main root of this famous E 
with Mr. Hute | monthe from lamb hogs, but how these for the most 
can t 
e us the Blackwell bull M Mr. ten Barker's 
bull of Oxneyfield ; Mr. Barker's begot F ; Ful- 
Blackwell bull, and ELM the 
sire of Fuljambe's dun. MT wh: 
of Mr. B: € ee ves sire ofi ct Foljambe C vi ich Mejor Bana Rudd 
has recorded ‘of the bes bulls of bis day’), 
been kepi eo d ure to guess, but 
that he was got by Mr. Hill's e and ent. o Ze a bl from oe 
Lady, has got the best stock of any Short-horned bull EE I have a giving my tarn 
brought into Cumberland. This c t Which pradio has | 2 smal) dev ot C Cab gode early-sown white 
been unable to gainsay." Turnips Grass may ‘ald vogue - shall 
6. M. Rudd Mai ad Y Ho so for some time to with as 
yo “terion Lodge September 18 2801, | much Co ton: be ti as I think de constitutions wil 
“The sire of H Sides belonged to . George now den, bear, in order p n them m grow and kee 
Mr. Richard Rasher, us not "likely to 9 deny his handwriting. I| Who het eR orto aer Bir domes MU iS by that healthy until A e as 1 think I shall have hes the 
am now confirmed in my opinion obscure doubtful | Means derived his bull. Mr. George Snowdon I understand is ugh to carry foam aronga the br te J a 
still pepe, and able to prove his descent from Sir James Penny- them h th h them 
man’s stock. It be certain that the late Mr. Robert i^ us SEA BYG WB. BS TAN of them A 
out De dpi ALLRA bal to ie Sina Un MOA JF the Bai ey straw 
vaget Fonoyin ie an and Sic ilium Bt. ganeg Ur i 2 a | is excellent ; and as Barley and Wheat will be very 
s oc! n 
Dodi greta from thelr at ocks. Of these peodle 1 Pres, joa By r r Sap, a there | is not much fear «ae. that ponr d Pues 
fuis ant Hobban may lave beo mr descended from | when. the re published, and surely, Mr, Editor, ev fear that there will not be 
this | (Sir Penn ob be d. js A M to correct a statement w in IE or our nii a i 3 
himself always creates a smile ; nor Ralph Y 
ph Aleock’s eurly bull, 
ch I know myself as well as any m mens having TAT 
seen him hounded out of Sockburn Holms across the Tees 
into his own pastures ; a bull of taste I must say in his amours, 
- qs knew where to find a handsome heifer, and no 
ugle horn ever ed in 
Pe leat ea surpasse melody his voice sounded im 
the aasang E do: » y 
ibat Fra Norertordinm, who matin ret mer computa harvest generally, I should say the Wheat has 
as he su My information was derived frons a m xce former ; 
E t podus queries reap rd sme ee nS a hg ; 5€ 
0. 
r than, 
nally a There j 
—— cd pen 
; after 
had, ng 
back's dam and can attest it. This I have never been to E 
b. Mr. 
KN FOON ge the Breeds of Horned obtain, an fore I trust to the evidence I bris stated, and Ple in we da and if we Änt a nga autumn a con- 
as been 
more positivi — of mid 1 n 
attested pedigree of Hi Dbeck's dam, I y crop, though short, i ui vs iA ‘eal pnt qual ity, 
information to be i ulated. but aon until such Ms and vil help mu A in mix utritious 
| Iam an enemy to ali mystery and concealment, and | MM matter. T am not sanguine, but Ti at appear- 
——— ton nhc ssid | Ros "hopefal that we shall | get through our difficul- 
l ha 
cross breeding i Me pedi werent useful than their 
progenitors. But it as by no means my intention to point 
* j a a) 
NT Y Y" E 3 Ais yee M pected a 
om Rte ve many of ees an i * 
iu Smithfeld. “Bait. P. J few weeks back E. L^ P ot a "qun. ealan A 
we This may very well be, bat does it make a better race than stances seem alw e provided by a superi 
| the Short-horns? Edit. F.J. ing Providence ; "ith the bulk of the corn housed in 
