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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
In tho year 1849-50, Col. J. M. Sherwood, of Auburn, nnd Mr. Ambfoso 
Stephens, of Batavia, N. Y., imported from tho herd of Mr. Bates a bull,' 
and from Mr. Jno. Stephenson, of Durham, England, three bulls and 
several heifers, all choice animals, and successfully bred them during 
several years. The stock l)ceame widely distributed, and well known among 
stock dealers. 
About the year 1839, Mr. George Vail, of Troy, N. Y., made an im- 
portation of a bull and heifer, purchased of Mr. Thomas Bates, of Kirk- 
loavington, the tirst cattle from that particular herd which had been intro- 
duced into tho State. A few years later, ho purchased and imported 
several more cows from tho herd of Mr. Bates, crosses of his “Duchess” 
nnd other families. He bred them with success and widely distributed 
their blood. Mr. Vail made a final sale of his herd in tho year 185:1. 
A period of some years now occurred, in which few more, if any, 
Short-Horns were imported. Cattle, as well as all hinds of agricultural 
produce, were exceedingly low ; but as things grew better, the demand 
for “blood” cattle revived, and the spirit for their breeding was renewed. 
Mr. Thomas Bates, a distinguished Short-Horn breeder in England, died 
in 1849. His herd, fully equal in quality to any in England, was sold in 
1850. Tho choicest- of them — of the “Duchess” and “Oxford” tribes— 
fell mostly into tho hands of tho late Lord Dacic, at Fortworth Park, 
already the owner of a noble herd, to which the Bates stock was added. 
He was a skillful breeder, and of most liberal spirit, and during the brief 
time he hold them the reputation of tho Bates stock, if possible, increased. 
Within three years from tho time of the sale of Mr. Bates’ herd, Lord 
Dacic died. In 1853, peremptory sale of his stock was widely advertised. 
Allured by the reputation of his herd, several American gentlemen went 
ovci to witness it. The attendance of English herders was very large, 
and the sales averaged higher prices in individual animals than had been 
reached since the famous sale of Charles Colling, in 1810. Mr. Samuel 
Thorne, of Duchess county, N. Y., bought several of the best and highest 
priced animals, of tho “Duchess” and “Oxford” tribes, and added to 
them several more choice ones, from different herds. Messrs. L. G. 
Morris, and tho lato Noel J. Bacar, of New York, bought others of tho 
“Duchess”, and “Oxfords,” to which they added more from othef 
choice herds. These were all brought over here, and bred. Mr. Ezra 
Cornell, of Ithaca, and Mr. James O. Sheldon, of Geneva, N. Y., soon 
afterwards made some importations, and obtained some of the “ Bates 
blood also. The late Gen. James S. Wadsworth, and other gentlemen of 
the Genes eo Valley, N. Y., also made importations. These “Bates” 
importations have since been bred so successfully by their holders here, 
that seven ! young bulls and heifers, bred by Mi-. Thorne and Mr. Shd 
