SALE OF MR. BATES* SHORTHORNS. 
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care and a powerful heat. The residue of the 
corn is used for feeding hogs and other domes¬ 
tic animals. 
This is a new use of Indian corn, but one, we 
hope, that will prove profitable to the manufac¬ 
turer, and induce a very large consumption of 
this grain, and thereby increase the price to the 
grower. We should like to have some statis¬ 
tics of the other corn starch manufactories in 
the country for the purpose of noticing them as 
being intimately connected with the interest of 
the agricultural community, and the object of 
our journal. 
SALE OF MR BATES’ SHORTHORNS. 
As we briefly announced in our last, this great 
sale of shorthorn cattle took place on the 9th of 
May last, at the residence of the late Thomas 
Bates, Esq., of Kirklevington, Yorkshire. It 
attracted more attention than any other cattle 
sale ever before made in England. About 5,000 
persons were present, among whom were some of 
the most distinguished noblemen and gentlemen of 
Great Britain; and these were not mere lookers-on 
from idle curiosity, but actual purchasers , for the 
purpose of improving their already choice herds. 
The catalogue contained forty-eight cows and 
heifers, and twenty-two bulls—seventy head in 
all; but as Refiner, lot 7, of the bulls, was out, 
and Fifth Duke of York, lot 20, was dead, only 
sixty-eight animals actually came under the 
hammer. The bidding was spirited, and the 
herd realised the extraordinary sum of £4,558 Is., 
(about $22,000,) being an average of £67 0s. Id. 
each, (about $325,) and this, let it be remem¬ 
bered, when the farmers of England are suffer¬ 
ing exceedingly from the low prices of their 
products, brought about by the recent great 
change in the corn laws. Had Mr. Bates made 
a sale of his stock in 1841 or ’42, when the herd 
was in its glory, and higher prices ruled for 
agricultural products, we have not a doubt but 
he would have realised 500 guineas each for 
several of his animals. We had the pleasure of 
passing several days with him at his house, in 1841. 
He told us then that he would not take 800 guineas, 
($4,000,) for the Duke of Northumberland, nor 
400 guineas, ($2,000,) each for Duchess 34th, 
Duchess 42d, and Duchess 43d. We have un¬ 
derstood that he was once actually offered 800 
guineas, ($4,000,) for two of these cows. The Duke 
of Northumberland, up to that day, was unques¬ 
tionably equal, and, in the estimation of many, 
superior to anything of the cattle kind England 
had ever produced. Of the cows, Mr. Bates pre¬ 
ferred Duchess 34th, but our first favorite was 
Duchess 43d. She was the most perfect cow, 
according to our notion, we ever looked at. 
Nevertheless, we do not wish the public to infer 
from this that we think ourselves anything like 
so good a judge of shorthorns as that veteran 
oreeder, the late Mr. Bates. On this point, we 
felt humble enough in his presence, still we had 
our opinion, and did not hesitate to express it 
frankly before him, in England, as we do now 
before the American public. 
The principal value of Mr. Bates’ herd con¬ 
sisted in his possession of what he called his 
Duchess tribe. This he very judiciously crossed 
with Belvedere, a Princess-tribe bull, bred by 
Mr. John Stephenson, of Wolviston—the same 
who bred Exeter, Mr. Sheafe’s bull, advetised 
for sale at page 264 of this number-of our paper. 
Belvedere was the sire as well as the grandsire 
of the Duke of Northumberland and Duchess 
43d.; and their great perfection was undoubtedly 
owing to this large diffusion of Princess-tribe 
blood in their veins. Crossed with the good old 
Duchess blood, it had a wonderful renovating 
effect. But we must stop, otherwise we 
should soon fill a v-olume on this interesting- 
subject ; yet, before doing so, we wish it dis¬ 
tinctly understood, that in speaking so highly of 
Mr. Bate’s stock, we refer to those animals in it 
of the Duchess tribe only, after the cross with 
Belvedere. Of some of the later crosses, we 
have an entire different opinion. 
From all we hear from England, we do not 
believe the herd, at Mr. Bates’ death, was any¬ 
thing like so good as it was in 1841 and ’42. But 
some might think us invidious to enlarge upon 
this subject at the present moment. We will 
therefore forbear, and come to the particulars of 
the sale at once. 
COWS AND HEIFERS. 
1. Oxford 2d, roan, calved April 20, 1839; got by 
Short Tail (2,621), d. Matchem Cow.- Mar¬ 
quis of Exeter, Burghley House, Stamford— 
£54 12s. 
2. Wild Eyes 5th, roan, calved March 19, 184.0; 
got by Short Tail (2,621), d. Wild Eyes. Mr. 
A. Stevens, New York, United States—£21. 
3. Waterloo 4th, red and white, calved May 
20, 1840; got by Cleveland Lad (3,407), d. 
Waterloo 3d. Mr. Singleton, Givendale, 
Pocklington—£22 Is. 
4. Foggathorpe 2d, white, calved September 14, 
1840; got by Duke of Northumberland 
(1.940) , d. Foggathorpe. Mr. Parker, Yan- 
wath Hall, Penrith—£22 Is. 
5. Wild Eyes 7th, white, calved November 27, 
1841; got by Duke of Northumberland (1,940), 
d. Wild Eyes 3d. Mr. Jefferson, Preston 
Hows, Whitehaven—£24 3s. 
6. Wild Eyes 8th, roan, calved February 16, 
1842; got by Duke of Northumberland (1,940), 
d. Wild Eyes 2d. Marquis of Exeter, Burgh¬ 
ley House, Stamford—£42. 
7. Duchess 51st, roan, calved August 18, 1842; 
got by Cleveland Lad (3,407), d. Duchess 
41st. Mr. S. E. Bolden, Red Bank, Lan¬ 
caster—£63. 
8. Foggathorpe 4th, roan, calved December 14, 
1842; got by Duke of Northumberland, 
(1.940) d. Foggathorpe. Mr. W. Sanday, 
Holmepierpoint, Nottingham—£52 10s. 
9. Oxford 4th, red and white, calved August 8, 
1843; got by Duke of Northumberland 
(1.940) , d. Oxford Premium Cow. Mr. E. 
James, Wylam Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne— 
£28 7s. 
10. Duchess 54th, red, calved October 30, 1844; 
got by Second Cleveland Lad (3,408)*, d. 
* Mr. A. Stevens, now in England, writes us, this is a mistake; 
that he has Mr. Bates’ bulling book, showing Duchess'54th 
was got by Duke of Northumberland (1,940), which makes no 
trifling difference in the value of this cow. 
