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HEREFORD CATTLE.—COTSWOLD SHEEP. 
beauty of form, or strength, quickness, and endu¬ 
rance in the yoke. 
There are twenty-three full bred Hereford cows 
to calve in the spring in this herd, and an excel¬ 
lent even lot they are too. The queen of these 
for the present is Matchless, and right well is she 
named, for there are few animals of any breed 
within our knowledge that can beat her in form 
and quality, and we regret that the cut we have 
of her does not more fully represent her size and 
massiveness. It*is, however, a tolerable portrait, 
and shows her great brisket and fine loin advan¬ 
tageously. Perfection is a noble large cow even 
now, though only 3 years old; and Victoria, Ma¬ 
tilda, and Gay, are much to be admired. Some cl 
them, Mr. Sotham thinks, will prove good milk¬ 
ers. He is determined to see what they can do in 
this way, and give us the result of the trial. 
Hereford Cow Matchless, Imported.—(Fig. 2.) 
The property of Messrs. Corning and Sotham , Albany , N. Y. 
Cotswold Sheep. —After looking over the cattle 
pretty thoroughly, we next examined the sheep, 
and must confess that we think it the best Long- 
woolled flock that we have yet seen in America. 
These Mr. Sotham also selected himself, and im¬ 
ported. They were chosen from the celebrated 
flocks of Mr. Hewer and other eminent breeders 
of Cotswolds. These animals are of great size, 
and yet very fine generally in all their points, much 
more so than people unacquainted with the breed 
could suppose. We should think the largest would 
weigh at least 250 pounds dressed, if well fatten¬ 
ed; their weight of fleece is in proportion. Fat- 
rumps sheared 14| pounds last year; and Splen¬ 
did, a perfect model we were going to say of this 
breed of sheep, gave 11 pounds. The lambs at 
one year old average within a fraction of 9 pounds 
each, and the breeding ewes full 8 pounds, which 
is certainly a great yield. The wool is very long, 
and is such as the English manufacture their 
worsted goods from. The animals are small con¬ 
sumers for their size, and are the most quiet things 
imaginable. 
We give a cut of one of these Cotswold bucks on 
another page, that the reader may be enabled to 
understand more fully what we are talking about, 
and subjoin extracts from a letter also upon their 
origin and breeding, which Mr. Sotham has been 
so obliging as to forward us. 
When I was last in England, I endeavored to 
trace the origin of the Cotswold breed of sheep, 
but could not succeed with sufficient certainty 
earlier than the year 1798. I found that the Cots¬ 
wolds at that period possessed very long faces;long, 
thick ears ; heavy, curly fleeces ; high shoulders, 
and raw backs; but invariably good rumps, and 
legs of mutton, denoting very strong constitutions, 
