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IMPORTED SHORTHORNS. 
PROFITS OF FARMING. 
From the farm of Wm. Webb, of Wilmington, 
Delaware, containing 100 acres of strong clayey- 
soil, 20 of which are in pasture, the sales of the 
produce, in 1848, were as follows :— 
Hay, $716.35 
Corn, 557.13 
Wheat, 254.00 
Oats, 10.00 
Straw, 18.50 
$1,555.98 
Produce used at home. 
7 tons of hay—market value, $84.00 
120 bushels corn, a “ 66.00 
63 44 wheat, 44 44 63.00 
50 44 oats, “ 44 15.00 
40 “ potatoes, 44 25.00 
20 44 buckwheat, “ 14.00 
Apples and sundries, 25.00 
Summer feed for 2 horses, 2 cows, 4 
oxen and 1 hog, the whole stock 
upon the farm, is worth, 60.00 
$352.00 
Making a total of $1,907.98. The sales in 1847 
were $1,753.36. The average annual ex¬ 
penses of manuring and working the farm $500. 
As a matter of course, manure was a large 
item in the expense account; for, only a few 
years ago, this was a very poor farm. 
IMPORTED SHORTHORNS. 
There has lately been furnished me by a 
friend, a leaf from the Agriculturist of 1848, 
with a request that I should give, through the 
same channel, an opinion upon some portions 
of Mr. Bates’ letter. In his letter to Mr Yail, he 
says, “No animals of the Princess blood can 
now be had in England, worth sending to Amer¬ 
ica, except what I have, descended from the 
Matchem cow, the grandam of your Wellington; 
and that tribe was only preserved by putting 
the Matchem cow to bulls of my Duchess fam- 
ily. * * * I have been thus particular to 
let you know how highly I prize this tribe, the 
only one left, of any value, from the Princess 
tribe of cows.” 
Now this is a very extraordinary sentence. 
Are we to believe that there is nothing worth 
sending to America, of the Princess tribe, ex¬ 
cept the few Mr. Bates had ? I have no doubt 
but the animals imported last spring by Mr. Ste¬ 
vens, of the Princess tribe, were really fine. And 
I suppose Mr. Bates must have let his prejudice 
get above his judgment. I think, however, Mr. 
Stevens is mistaken in saying 44 The pedigree of 
the Princess tribe traces farmer back than any 
one recorded in the Herd Book.” But I presume 
the reasons upon which my opinion of his error 
is founded would not be interesting to your read¬ 
ers. Mr. Stevens says, in speaking of 3d Duke 
of Cambridge, that 44 he is the only bull in Amer¬ 
ica got by Mr. Bates’ crack prize bull, Duke of 
Northumberland,” &c, I would inform Mr. 
Stevens that Locomotive, brought to Kentucky 
by Mr. Letto'n, was got by Mr. Bates’ 44 crack prize ” 
bull, Duke of Northumberland, and his dam was 
Mr. Bates’ 44 crack prize ” cow Oxford. And here, 
permit me to say, that Mr. Bates’ Oxford cow 
was got by Duke of Cleveland, (1,937,) a bull 
of the Daisy and Duchess tribes. And here I 
hope Mr. Stevens will permit me to correct an 
error into which he has fallen. He says, (page 
67 American Head Book,) that Mr. Bates , 44 Up 
to the introduction of Belvedere to his herd, had 
adhered to his Duchess blood entirely (except 
in the case of two or three cows, put to Marske). 
* * * * Since 1831, Mr. Bates has used 
that blood, a union of the Duchess and Princess 
tribes, mainly, and has only resorted to any 
other in one instance, viz : Cleveland Lad.” Mr. 
Bates bred to bulls of other tribes in many in¬ 
stances. I shall content myself by giving a few 
specimens, and those that are interested can 
trace the matter much further by examining 
the Herd Book. In vol. iii., Coats’ Herd Book, 
you will find that Belvedere, (1,706,) was calved 
in 1826. I suppose he was introduced to Mr. 
Bates’ stock in 1831. You will find also, (page 
355,) that Duke of Cleveland, bred by Mr. Bates, 
was calved September, 1831, and was got by 
Bertram, (1,716,) a bull of the Daisy tribe. In 
1835, Mr. Bates bred Duchess 33d to Norfolk, 
(2,377,) a bull neither of the Duchess nor Prin¬ 
cess tribe on the dam’s side. In 1833, (page 354,) 
Duchess 19th had a c. c., Duchess 35th by Gam- 
bier, (2,046,) and he was neither Duchess nor 
Princess tribe. In 1833, Mr. Bates’ Matchem 
cow had a roan c. calf by Gambier (2,046,) and 
in 1834, she had a roan cow calf Oxford, by Duke 
of Cleveland, (1,937). Both these bulls were got 
by Bertram, (1,716,) a bull of the Daisy tribe. 
Of this bull Bertram, (1,716,) Mr. Coats, editor 
of the English Herd Book said, 44 This bull com¬ 
bines more perfection in form, handling, and 
dairy qualities, than any bull I ever saw. I 
consider him very much superior to Old Comet, 
bred in my neighborhood and sold by public 
auction for 1,000 guineas.” That the Daisy tribe 
of shorthorns were considered by bidders at 
C. Collings’ great sale, in 1810, equal to any 
others, is evident in the fact that a cow of that 
tribe, (Lilly,) sold for 10 guineas more than 
any other cow of any other tribe. 
In the January number of the Cultivator, is giv¬ 
en Mr. Bates’ opinion, that the Duchess tribe of 
shorthorns is superior to all others; but I should 
not be disposed to attach much value to his opin¬ 
ion, after reading his letter to Mr. Yail, about 
the worthlessness of all the Princess tribe of cat¬ 
tle, except what he had. Mr. Chapman has attrib¬ 
uted too much Duchess blood to the Duke of 
Northumberland. He is not even a quarter 
Duchess. Mr. Vail’s Duchess, according to ped¬ 
igree given on page 54, January Cultivator, can 
have no more than an eighth of Duchess blood 
in her—3d Duke of Cambridge can have no 
more than Mr. Yail’s Duchess. 
I heartily concur with Mr. Chapman in the 
hope that some of our enterprising citizens may 
introduce some of the best of Mr. Bates’ herd. 
But, as to the Duchess blood 44 without alloy” 
there is no such thing in existence. You would 
be astonished to see how little of the 44 pure ” 
Duchess blood there is in any of them. But I 
