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It will tlms be seen that tlie American investment in this 

 breed of cattle, is large, and many times greater in numbers, and 

 extending over a wider range of country, than with all other 

 foreign breeds collectively. Accurate records of their pedigrees 

 are made, both in Britain and the United States, so that their 

 lineage may at once be understood. The English Herd Book, 

 now numbering sixteen volumes, commenced in the year 1822, 

 contains the records of 23,252 bulls, and more than 30,000 cows; 

 while the American Herd Book of eight volumes, commenc- 

 ing in 1846, contains more than 7,400 bulls, and over 12,000 

 cows — items showing that the space we have given to the dis- 

 cussion of their history and present condition, is not more than 

 their importance has demanded. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SHORT-HOHNS. 



They may be divided into two classes: as dairy, and flesh- 

 producing animals ; and first — for the dairy. The early importa- 

 tions into the United States, say fifty years ago, were those 

 chiefly of which the cows excelled as milkers. Remarkable 

 yields of their milk and butter were recorded in many agricul- 

 tural publications of the day, as well as in the American Short- 

 horn Herd Books since. 



To show the style of these cattle, on the following page we 

 give the portaits of a bull and cow, from a prominent English 

 herd — Mr. Strickland's — of thorough breds, the cows of which 

 bore a high reputation for milk, forty years ago. 



We consider these as beautiful specimens of their kind, with 

 fine bone, excellent points, and every way well developed for 

 the dairy. The cow was a celebrated milker, and took several 

 first prizes at different exhibitions, as a dairy cow. Those 

 portraits are copied from the third volume of Coates' English 

 'Herd Book. 



