THE CULTIVATOR. 
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THE FULL BLOODED SHORT-HORN DURHAM BULL REMUS. 
This noble animal of which the above (drawn from 
the original by Walton, and engraved by R. H. Pease,) 
is a fair likeness, but by no means flattered, is from the 
celebrated herd of Adam Fergusson, Esq. of Woodhill, 
Sanada West; and is descended on the one side from the 
imported stock of Gen. Van Rensselaer, (the late Pat- 
roon) of Albany. He was exhibited at the State Fair in 
Rochester, in September last; but being then owned in 
Canada, was not entered for a premium. He was pur¬ 
chased by E. Mack, C. L. Grant and W. G. Goddard, of 
Ithaca, Tompkins county, with the sole view of contri¬ 
buting to the improvement of the stock in that section of 
the state, where he is still owned. 
Remus is a dappled roan. He is a large animal, 
weighing about 22 cwt.; clean limbed, well proportion¬ 
ed, and in all his points will compare favorably with any 
animal in the state. The following is his pedigree, as 
Communicated by Mr. Fergusson: 
“ Gentlemen-— I am happy to learn that the roan bull 
Remus, has fallen into your hands, as I have every rea¬ 
son to think that he will give you satisfaction. Mr. 
Davis has a herd of splendid young stock from him, and 
the farmers around Mr. Davis have all been very much 
pleased with his service. I annex his pedigree: 
Remus, a roan bull (a twin) calved June 14th, 1839— 
sire Champion; dam Beauty. 1 . Champion was got by 
Sir Walter, out of Dairy Spot. 2. Sir Walter* was 
bred by James Chrisp, of Northumberland, England; sire 
by Bachelor, (1616,) dam Sprightly, by Barmton, 
(1677,) grand-dam by Waverly, (2819,) great grand- 
dam by a son of Washington, (674.) 
2d. Beauty* also bred by Mr. Chrisp, got by Snowball, 
(2647,) dam by Lawnsleeves, (365.) 
3d. Dairy Spot, bred by Stephen Van Rensselaer, got 
by General Jackson, son of old Washington, dam Beauty, 
out of Red Lady, by Washington; grand dam Pansey, 
by Washington. 
Washington and Par.sey were both imported from 
England by the old Patroon. 
I certify the above to be true and correct, to the best 
of my knowledge and belief. Adam Fergusson. 
' Rochester, 22 d Sept.” 
*Sir Walter and Beauty were both imported from England by 
Mr. Fergusson. Mayduke, owned by L. F. Allen, Esq. of Buf¬ 
falo, and to whom was awarded the first premium at the late 
Fair in Rochester, was got by Sir Walter and bred by Mr. Fer¬ 
gusson 
FATTENING CATTLE ON POTATOES. 
In answer to L. D. on fattening cattle with potatoes, 
1 would say, that I have fed cattle on potatoes for over 
thirty years, and where they get plenty of potatoes, I sel¬ 
dom saw them drink water, even when it was close by 
them all the time. This season I fed two three year old 
2 Durham heifers on potatoesand pumpkins; a bushel of 
potatoes to the two in the morning, as many pumpkins as 
they would eat at noon, and a bushel of potatoes at night, 
with clover hay, what they wanted through the day and 
night. One of them suckled a calf until five months old 
—the white calf that took the second premium at Roches¬ 
ter—she was put dry in October; the other was put dry 
in October also. I fed them 68 days. The one weighed 
802 lbs., the other 857 lbs. One had 80 lbs tallow; the 
other 103 lbs., exclusive of kidney—the one that did not 
suckle the calf having most. They very seldom tasted 
water, although they had the offer of it every day. They 
were not tied up, but run loose in a yard amongst 100 
sheep. I never saw finer beef than they made. 
John Johnston. 
Near Geneva, 6th March, 1844. 
BREEDING. 
Messrs. Editors —The following circumstance was 
related to me by Mr. Calvin Ward of West Richmond, 
N. Y. The names of the parties concerned I neglected 
to put down. In relation, he said that one of his ac¬ 
quaintances in the choice of two stud horses, one suited 
him every way except the color. The color of the one 
that struck his fancy was a cream. 
In order to obtain a cream-colored colt from the bay 
horse out of his bay mare, he tried the following expe 
riment: The cream horse was first used to tease the 
mare, which occupied some time. After putting blind 
ers on the mare, the cream horse was taken out of the 
way, and the bay horse used to cover the mare, and not 
seen by her, but immediately returned to the stable, and 
the other led right in front of her, and was exposed to 
her view for some time. The result of the experiment 
was, in due process of time, the mare foaled a perfect 
cream colt, to the admiration and satisfaction of the own 
er, and his being the first one out of the many of the bay 
horse-getting of that color. S. W. J. 
