ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
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In 1824 the Me Col. John Ilaro Powell, of Philadelphia, Pa., com- 
menced importations, and for several years continued them with much 
spirit and judgment. His selections were principally from the herds of 
Jonas Whitaker, of Otley, in Yorkshire, England. He bred them assid- 
.uously at his line estate at Povclton, near the city, and sold many to 
neighboring breeders, and to go into Ohio and Kentucky, where many of 
their descendants still remain. 
About the year 1828, Mr. Francis Rotch, then of New Bedford, Mass.* 
eeleoted from the herd of Mr. Whitaker, and sent to Mr. Benj. Rodman, 
of New Bedford, a bifll and three heifers. They were afterwards sold to 
ether breeders, and their descendants are now found in several excellent 
herds. 
In the year 1833, the late Mr. Walter Dun, near Lexington, Ky., im- 
ported a bull and several valuable cows from choice herds in Yorkshire, 
Engl and. He bred them with much care, and their descendants are now 
found in many good western herds. 
But the first enterprise in importing Short-Horns upon a grand scale 
was commenced in 1834, by an association of cattle breeders of the Scioto 
Valiev, and its adjoining counties, in Ohio. They formed a company, 
with adequate capital, and sent out an agent, who purchased the best cattle 
to be found, without regard to price, and brought out nineteen animals in 
cue ship, landed them at Philadelphia, and drove them to Ohio. Further 
importations wore made by the same company, in tho years 1835 and 183G. 
The cattle were kept and bred together in one locality, for upwards of 
two years, and then sold by auction. They brought large prices — $500 
to $2,500 each — and were distributed chiefly among tho stockholders, who 
were among tho most extensive cattle breeders and graziers of the famous 
Scioto Valley. 
In 1837-8-!), importations were made into Kentucky, by Messrs. James 
Shelby and Ilenry Cluj', Jr., and some .other parties, of several well- 
selected Short-Horns, some of which were kept and bred by the importers, 
and the others sold in their vicinity. 
In 1837-8-9, Mr. Whitaker, above mentioned, sent out to Philadelphia, 
cn his own account, upwards of a hundred Short-Horns, from his own 
and other herds, and put them on Col. Powell’s farm, where he sold them 
at auction. They were purchased at good prices, mostly by breeders from 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky, and distributed widely through those 
States. 
From 1835 up to 1843, several importations of fine stock were made 
by Mr. Weddle, an English emigrant, to Rochester, N. Y., and by Amer- 
ican gentlemen, among whom were Messrs, E. P. Prentice, of Albany, 
1J. X ., Mr. James Lcuos and Mr. \ F. Sheaffe, of New York city. 
