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of several hundred feet range, on three sides 
of a square ; thus making an excellent and 
well sheltered yard for his stock, open only 
to the south. If our farmers only knew 
how cheaply this thing could be done, and 
how much it adds to the comfort of the 
stock yard, they would not neglect it, as 
they now do, and leave their cattle exposed 
all day to sleets and snows, and shivering in 
a cutting northern wind. 
Of course in the dead of winter, nothing 
was to be seen but the stock, of which Col. 
Sherwood’s greatest pride is his Shorthorns; 
and of these we may be spared saying much, 
in consequence of his great success in carry¬ 
ing off so many premiums, at the annual 
State and County Shows, for the two past 
years. As a specimen of his stock, we give 
an engraving of Stella, that took the first 
prize, both at Syracuse and at Albany. 
Shorthorn Cow Stella. — Fig. (23.) 
The property of Col. J. M. 
The artist has hardly done her justice 
though, especially in the head and neck, 
which he has given a bad set. She is a fine 
large, rangy, fashionable cow, and we recol¬ 
lect greatly admiring her when a two-year 
old, in her breeder’s yard, Mr. Rotch, of Ot¬ 
sego. Her daughter Sylvia, 3 years old, by 
Hero, has got so fat on grass pasture alone, 
the past season, that Col. S. has found it ne¬ 
cessary to try to reduce her if possible, 
leaving her out in an open shed, and giving 
her. nothing but wheat straw. She is a su¬ 
perior animal, especially good in handling 
and in the brisket. Diantha, bred by Mr. 
Alexander, of Otsego, is much like Sylvia; 
of same age, and taking the same fare. We 
much admired Lily also, she is so fine, and 
shows so much in a small compass. She 
was bred by T. H. Newbould, of Livingston, 
out of his imported Netherby, by Cadmus. 
She has a gem of a yearling calf by May* 
duke, bred by the Hon. Adam Ferguson, of 
Sherwood , of Auburn , JV*. Y. 
Upper Canada, who claims for this stock an 
ancient pedigree, bred for more than a cen¬ 
tury back with great care, in Northumber¬ 
land, England. Archer, that won the first 
prize for bulls at Syracuse, we found there 
in his usual noble presence ; but we have 
not space to dwell further upon these ani¬ 
mals, and turn to their manner of feeding, 
which is precisely like that of the common 
stock of the country, among good farmers. 
Col. S. has commenced with straw and 
cornstalks, and when these are all gone, and 
not till then , will he begin with his hay. He 
has a large lot of ruta baga in store, which 
he is feeding out moderately, to some of the 
younger animals, and the older ones will 
have it towards Spring, if any fall away, or a 
cow has a calf by her side. Kept in this 
way, the thorough-bred and grades, show a 
decided superiority in size, and thrift, over 
the native animals, side by side, fed precisely 
alike. We wish every farmer in the county 
