Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-08-18
tfom he Nelc York Commtrciat .4drcltiyey.
IMPORTED HORNED CATTLE

few days nee We attended, upon invitation
The private exhibition of he'd Of full bloodcd En-.
gtsh cattle, just imported, and destined to craze
upon the rich preirles Of the Soioto. Our highest
expectations were Ieallzed-t,r II may well admit
OF doubt whether animals who cropped the herba e
OF the rich plains of JHdea, some three thousand
years ago, surpassed n boauy, according TO the
| most approved sianda,ds OF agricultural t,s,e, the
bevy of ornuted animals TO which we uliudr, from
the other side the Atlantic. They were impor.
ted under The auspices al a society cstab shed in
the State Of Ohio, for the turthcrance Of agrio ulu-
| raj Improvement.
l. seems tina, at the "a sricu ltural r ,ir and Cat
he show Of Ross County Agricultural Society"
held Ia Chill cothe, in Ocobe, last u discussion
was had upon The expe ency OF forming an asso-
c'a,ion for the purpose of Introducing English cot
'!o in this country by direct importation. The pro.
position was tavoraoly received; and the equisito
funds to justify he uni rakug were IN a few
hours, sub,crbed A meetn. was subseq ,ently
called, and an association organizti 20 carry il IN
TO effect. Alter dtliberatIon i, va. esoivrd
to empower the Prcsd nj and Dire ors TO employ
an agent or agents for he purpose, nh hbeuy tc
control and distribute the funds according t. their
best Judgment and discretion. Ba', previous to
my defniilye action the 81 Jet, l,tt.rs wert
written to the Hon. Henry Clay md 9th dis II,
gushed individuals, soIci,n, their opln ons upon
the course mo I proper TO b. pursued. They UNI.
ted IN recommending that an intelligent sgen, be
appointed 10 repair 10 Engianj and make the pro
per selections. THIS awe was followed, and Mr.
FELIX RENIcK was appointed IN trust. to be
accompanied by one or Two yong men his as
,is,anis.
Tncy left Chillico,he in January last cnbarked
in thle ely in February, aud arrived at Liverpool
on he 2iih Of March. Ater arranging heir money
transact ions, they proceeded TO the INTERIOR, and
visited most OIL agricultural districts celebrated
for raising fine cattle.
Ii may be proper, in an article OF this Sort de-
signed especially Tor agricultural readers, In
relate the observations ma C by our western tar-
mcrs, upon the various ofcettle they examn-
ed in different parts of Engl nd
Thy were at one time highly pleased with the
lang hon Or Lancashire breed, Distinguished from
all others by the length of their horns,the thickness
and firm texture Of their hides, close HAIR large
hoos, with coarse leathery thick necks, ard va
red n color win white streak along the back
Again, the Devonshirc cattle were recommended
to heir attention. with the bright led color and ring
| around The eye, fine bone and ell in neck, thin
faced and fine IN chops, thln-ssnned, silky in hand
! ling, and fine models for the yoke. Again, they
were led 20 view h. G ,IlawuY horness breed
broad on The back a.d ioIns with hooked bones
projecting knobs, with bodies beautifully rounded
deep IN chest ard short IN lcg--and clean in the
chop and neck-wlth hea'y eyebrows, calm and
determined look. Thus they moved o. receiving
| every The kindest attentions and most obll-
ging hospitnlIty and having seen and weighed
the g. points OF rival breeds, they could nol hest
tate IN giving their preference 10 the M0rt hO'ned
breed, 20 which we have alluded as coming under
our personal observation. These are Sometimes
i Il
by great variety ofnames according to the dis
tricts where they raised, such as Hodcfness,
the TeesWater, the Yorkshire, Durham, NJnhunl-
berand, &c. The Tecswater, raised IN the vale
Of York, on the nver Tees, IRE held ~ Ihc highest
estimation, and arc the true shcrthorned breed
Bulls and COWS al this stock, purchased at great
prices, spread through the north of Eng land and
the border counties of Scoand--and { this breed
Is the present importation. We have never seen
so fine bone head aud neck, as those cattle present
the hide is thin, chine full Ioin broad, AID ht bo-
dy throughout we'll proportloned and comey the
flesh OF which is sid to be equal or Superior to a.
ny other breed. The cows are remarkable for y'o
ding a larso> quantity ofsniik, not unfiequenty
twenty four quarts iFfwenly, Jour hours, during the
grass season, and Sufficient for making not less
than three fi'kins 81 butter during the summer
This breed was deemed in many respects best
adapted 10 American soil Their CROWN is quite
equal, it notSsuperior, TO any other breed; their
grea, weight of edible Aesh in proportion TO bone
and coarse hesh-lhe facility with which they can
be faiened, at any age, aud TO almost any extent,
besides being considered the best mixers in Eng
land-seemed TO give .heme decided preference o.
yer al others Purchases were accordingly made
flom the finest specimens without reference to cost
wing as high as fl70 sterling for bull calf OF