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doubt. That American Short-Horns of the present are not, as & class, 
even. decent milkers, there is as little doubt. The early importations of 
Short-Horns were of the milking strains. For the last thirty years, 
however, they have been bred with such special reference to beef points 
and early maturity that it is now difficult to find a decent milker in any 
of the more fashionable strains of blood, and very many of the cowa 
will not give milk enough to properly raise a calf. Once in a while, 
however, a very superior milking animal appears, showing, by reversion, 
what the capabilities of the breed might be in this direction. 
That the early importations of Short-Horns were uniformly good in 
this direction, as v r ell as admirable beef cattle there is no doubt. That 
they have left their impress upon the native cattle in this direction is 
unquestioned. That they exist to some extent in England and Aineiica, 
in particular herds, is certain. TVc have seen them here and know they 
arc there. They have grown less, year by year, as the improvement of 
other dairy breeds became more and more manifest, until of late years 
little has been claimed for them as milkers. Their great value as early 
maturity beef makers,— attaining great weight— having superceded their 
purely milking characteristics. Among the better milkers may be named 
the descendants of the “Patton breed,” the “ seventeens,” or the im- 
portation of 1817, and some descendants of the Ohio importation of 
1834. In fact, this latter importation was made solely with a view to 
beef and flesh points, and since this time milk has been ignored by tha 
more fashionable breeders both in England and America. 
Short- Horns for Beef. 
Throughout the whole West, especially, beef was the object sought. 
The land was cheap, fertile, and the pastures flush. Until within the last 
few years, butter and cheese was not an exportable product, beef was. 
It is not strange that a class of animals was sought that would produce 
the most beef in the least possible time. How this has been developed, 
the great herds of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Wis- 
consin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and later, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kan- 
sas, give ample proof. 
In breeding there are no superior cattle in the world. Their usefulness 
as beef producers will continue to grow with the settlement of the country. 
The value of the bulls for crossing upon the ordinary stock of the country 
is becoming more and more appreciated every year. It will continue to 
be an increasing integer for many years to come. 
On the next page, as showing a modern bred Short-Horn bull, combi- 
ning excellent beef points, with great stamina and cc^titutiou, we giv# 
pn illiirtration of “Hiawatha.” 
