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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Oct. 
800 lbs. corn meal, or its equivalent, • 
12— 50 
Leaving a balance of,.. $50 
or 100 per cent, on the cost of keeping, to pay for at¬ 
tention and expenses, without estimating the value of 
her calf, or the manure she may make. If the business 
be done on a liberal scale, we think there is chance for 
some profit. A cow that will do this, may be called 
good. It is common for persons keeping cows, to say, 
they will give 10 or 12 qts. at mess; but this is not al¬ 
ways true—for not one in ten of the cows in Middlesex 
County, so far as the writer's knowledge extends, will 
average so much, for three successive months, with com¬ 
mon feed. True, there some instances of much greater 
yield, but tbe quality is not the best. A gentleman of 
undoubted veracity, living within a mile, or two of the 
city, assured me, a few days since, that one of his cows 
gave 56 lbs., (I think it was,) equal to 27 or 28 qts., 
daily. Her milk, however, was inferior to that from 
his other cows. Such cows are rare; but it is from the 
rarest and the best that a preserve,—if I may use the 
word,—of cows for breeding and for the dairy should ba 
selected.” ———• 
Leicesters Sheep. 
1 Ram at $50—2 Ewes at $52 each,.......... SCO 154 
South Down Sheep. 
3 Bucks at $755, $440, and $340,...... $1,535 
3 Ewes at $350, $230, and $180,. 760 525 2,295 
Cleveland Bay Horse. 
Sold to Isaac Wright, Borboun co.,.. 1,000 2,800 
Aggregate amount of sales, $56,016. 
Our correspondent says —• <i the company assembled 
was very large, composed of the most respectable and 
wealthy farmers from every part of the State ; and the 
excitement and competition very great indeed. Terms 
of sale were, negotiable note.s at four months, payable 
in bank for the amount, and each purchaser to give bond 
in double the amount of the value of the .animal pur¬ 
chased, that said animal shall not be taken away or re¬ 
moved from the State, within twelve months from the 
day of sale. I have no idea that any one of the ani¬ 
mals will ever be removed from the State, as all were 
Great Sale of Imported Cattle. 
An Association was, last year, formed in Northern 
Kentucky, for the purpose of importing the best stock 
which could he procured abroad. The sum of $25,000 
was raised, and Messrs. Garrard, Dudley and VAN- 
bought with the view of keeping and using them. From 
the unprecedentedly, and I will add unwarrantably , 
high prices that the stock brought, you will perceive 
that the stock holders have made a large profit.” 
Recent Importation of Stock. 
meter, were despatched to England to make the pur¬ 
chases. They returned in June, bringing with them 
25 head of Short Horn Cattle, 
6 Southdown Sheep, 
9 Cotswold, and 3 Leicester Sheep. 
1 Cleveland Bay Horse. 
These animals, with the exception of one Cotswold 
buck, w r hich died on the passage from New-York to 
Kentucky, were disposed of at public sale, on the 18th 
of August, on the farm of Mr. Brutus Clay, the Presi¬ 
dent of the Association, in Bourbon county. We are 
indebted to the attention of a friend who was present, 
By the ship Mary Carson, having been seventy- 
eight days on her passage, there arrived two Durham 
heifers for Dr. Herman Wendell of this city ; four 
Durham heifers imported by Geo. Vail, Esq, of Troy, 
for S. P. Chapman of Madison county, and two tho¬ 
rough bred Deven heifers and one Devon bull, for Geo. 
Vail, Esq, of Troy. 
The Durhams imported by Dr. Wendell and Mr. 
Vail, are from the herd of Robert Bell, and are bred 
from Duchess bulls of the late Thomas Bates, Esq. The 
pedigrees of Dr. Wendell’s are as follows: ‘ Lady Lit- 
for the annexed account of the sale: 
Durham Bulls. Cost. Sold for. 
Young Chilton, 3 yrs, Mr. Warfield, Fayette co., $600 $3,005 
Diamond, 3 yrs, Bedford & Co., Borboun eo.,.. 630 6,001 
The Count, 2 yrs. Mr. Gauff, Clark co.,. ..... 525 2,575 
Oi ontes, 33 mo., Mr. Gray, Woodford co ,.... 630 4,525 
Fusileer, 2 yrs, Mr. Scott, Franklin co.,. 375 1,425 
Senator, 16 mo., Messrs. Allen & Co., Fayette. 630 2,000 
Belleville, 19 mo., Mr. Sutton, Fayette co.,... 1,050 1,500 
Challenger, 19 mo., Mr. Gauff, Clark co.,..... 450 4,850 
Fortunatus, 20 mo., Mr. Martin, Clark co.,_ 220 LS00 
Yorkshire Maynard, 17 mo,. Mr. Taylor, Clark, 220 1,000 
10 Bulls—average $2,868 10, .. $28,681 
Durham Cows and Heifers. 
Lady Stanhope, 6 yrs, Mr. Clay, Bourbon co.,. 
Lady Fairy, 5 yrs, Mr. Warfield, Fayette co... 
Roan Duchess, 3 yrs, Mr. Brand, do 
Goodness, 6 yrs, Mr. Coleman, do 
Gem, 2 yrs, Mr. Vanmeter, Clark co.,...... 
Equity, 17 mo., Mr.Waller, Woodford co , ... 
Necklace, 16 mo., Mr. Clay, Borboun co.,.... 
Bracelet, do do do .... 
Mazurka, 2 yrs, Mr. Gray, Woodford co., .... 
Lady Caroline, 2yrs, Mr Clay, Borboun co.... 
Duchess of Suth’land, 2 yrs, Mr. Brand, Fayette, 
Maid of Melrose, 22 mo., Mr Humphreys, 
Woodford co.,...... 
Muffin, 14 mo., Messrs. Smith & Co., Scott co., 
Orphan Nell, 9 mo, Messrs Hill & Gano, Borb’n, 
Flattery, 21 mo., Mr. Duncan, Clark co.,. 
375 
1,500 
525 
1,100 
275 
900 
520 
2,250 
775 
825 
400 
1,000 
260 
805 
260 
750 
600 
3.050 
400 
1,825 
375 
'900 
775 
2,200 
220 
535 
225 
1,000 
325 
815 
15 Cows and Heifers—average $1,282,. 
Cotswold Sheep. 
2 Rams—at $1,010 and $730.... ( 
6 Ewes— at $200, 270, 105, 221, 200 and 140, \ 
$19,230 
1,125 I 
1,720 
1,136 
erpool ,” sired by 3d Duke of York, (E. II. B. 10,166;) 
dam Lily, by 2d Duke of Oxford, (9046:) “Alice 
Maud” sired by Grand Duke, (19,284;) dam Cicely, 
by Duke of Northumberland. These arrivals make a 
fine addition to Dr. Wendell’s stock, in which are seve¬ 
ral heifers sired by Duke of Wellington, and Meteor, 
the premium bull formerly owned by Mr. Vail. 
The following are the pedigrees of Mr. Chapman’s 
heifers: “ Agate” sired by 3d Duke of York ; dam 
Annie, by 3d Cleveland Lad; “Bright Eyes 3d,” 
sired by Earl Derby, (10,177), dam, Bright Eyes 2d, 
by Lord George Bentiek; “ Frantic” sired by 4th 
Duke of York; dam, Faith, by 4th Duke of Northum¬ 
berland, and Boukie, (cow,) sired by 4th Duke of 
York, dam, Cicely, by Duke of Northumberland. 
Mr. Vail’s Devon heifers are from the herd of Lord 
Leicester, and the hull is from the herd of John T. 
Davy, the editor of the Devon Herd Book. We learn 
that Mr. Vail has concluded to collect a small select 
herd of Devons for his farm, as breeders. 
The same vessel also brought two Short-horn heifers 
for Lorrilard Spencer, Esq., of Westchester; a Short¬ 
horn bull, “ Harry Lorrequer,” sold at Mr. Fawke’s 
sale for 130 guineas; also two other valuable young 
bulls, “Liberator” and “Squire Gwynne 2d,” bred 
by J. S. Tanqueray, of Henden, near London, as well 
as several others . from other breeders; and a lot of 
Cotswold sheep. These last are for parties, we under¬ 
stand, at Boston and in some of the western states. 
