Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-03
A d dress Of Hon. Lhen Newton.
At The Portage County Agricnllur.,I
sEair October "a, 1864.
(C'aRefa,d,d.)

and Hogs, in this country as in Europe
Their work horses in L ,ndon and in m ,st Of
their cities are very large and strong, larger
than the largest class Of Pennsylvania hor-
ses generally, and they consider them very
valuable, worth two or three hundred dollars
We should not place any thing like such en-
estimate upon Them. Their other horses are
ike ours. Th"re i, m>re attention paid to
horses in this country thun o any other AMI
NAL. The people consider them mtre of
fancy article. They arc mere used than for
merly. since firms and roads have become
improved; and tho general Introduction of
carriages has had tendency toimproye horses.
The sale of horses in Ohio each year,
amounts to large sum Of money. lsaw at
the Royal Races, at Asco heath, many Of
their best horses; and did not consider them
better than ours. Very much improvement
can and will be made upon them, and in fact,
are constantly improving. Horses are kept
in much better order than cattle.
1t is not necessary 20 go to Europe for eat-
Ito; we have as good breeds in America as in
any part of Europe. Our importers hnve
spared no expense or pains in selecting good
breeds, and they have been engaged in the
business for many years. We have no inn
porters in this part Ct the country, and ii has
been necessary for us to go to Virginia, Ken
lucky and Connecticut for g, cd varieties, and
it is yet necessary. The business of bringing
cattle from those States has been increased
for four or five years. and it has done an i'm
mense amount of good to the Reselvs. Mr..
FREDR1cK BROWN, of Hudson, has been en-
gaged for some years in this business, and
the country is much indebted to him for his
exertions; he has been the means Of ST after
ing them over large portions of this country.
At first he met with roorencouragcmert, Lut
now am told he meets with good eueournge-
ment and ready sale, at an increased price.
The caiifJr these cattle has increased very
much. The price has increased in Kentucky
and Virginia. Good stock in England has al
so increased in mice since Agr u'tural Soci-
cites have commenced operations. The
price Of good cows Of their best breeds are
from sixty to eighty do'l,rs. Some ten years
since, NORMAN C. BALDwrS, IF Cleveland
bought Of Mr.. ScLLIvAN, Of Columbus,
number of the best imported cattle at high
price. and brought them 10 Cleveland aud
Hudson, and met with poor sale indeed; lie
could scarcely sell at first, but they finally be-
came scattered and they have been a mine Cf
wealth to the country, though heavy loss
to him in the first instance, have no doubt.
Some of the cattle Mr.. BALDWIN placed in
the hands of Deacon KILBoURN, of Hudson,
on some terms, | do not know how. 1t was
long time before Mr.. KILBouRN could sell to
any advantage. l first introduced his cattle
into our county, and gave him start, and for
some years before his death, he soil all he
had to sell, and made considerable money from
them. New modes of farming, and new cat
tie, horses, hogs Or sheep, are hard to be In
troduced, but when Oh ce discoyeredto be use
ful will be generally adopted. 1t would be
very difficult to fix the amount of money that
has been brought to the township of Hudson
from the Introduction of improved stock that
few men first brought there; z; but will assure
you ills very large indeed, and it has given
that township decided importauce-not con-
fined to cattle, for improvements are sylnpa
thetic and contagious, aEd have a general re-
lation. Almost all the bluoded cattle sold at
the Fair 10 Warren last week, or at least all
sold who wished, A single COW of improved
breed brought into reighbol hood will soon
add to the property Of that neigl,borhood one
thousand dollars. Eight or ten years since
sold Devonshire cow TO HENRY IT. KIRT-
LAND for fifty dollars. I feel very sure he
sold from that COW a thousand dollars in stock,
and it has been extended more or less over
the Reserve. This cow was brought by Mr..
BALDWIN, of Hudson, from Connecticut. ]
mention these things because they are results
that have been produced by individuals with
whom you are acquainted.
At Warren spoke at length of sheep and
hogs, and weuld now say that we have as good
breeds as Gun be found in England or else
where. We probably excel almost any other
country in hogs and making pork, and it is an
excellent business, as it will bear to take
abroad, We can make pork of better quail
ity and cheaper than they can in Europe.
Since writing the above, have seen Mr..
ANDERSON, the Secretary of the Ohio Impor-
ting Company, and he says they imported no
animals but the best that could be found in
Europe. and the most care has been taken to
keep the breeds pure. also conversed with
some of the best importers in Kentucky, and
they say as good animals can be found in Ohio
and Kentucky as can be in the world, andthey
also state that these Mr.. Brown is bringing
from Kentucky are as good rs can be found in
any coantry. conversed with Mr.. BALD
WIN in relation to the cattle he brought from
the Scioto valley. He says he brought the
best cow into Cleveland that was in the world,
he has no doubt, and he could not sell her,
and she died upon his hands. He Gays the
people of Hudson were almost ready to mob
him for having sold MIR. KILBoURN a few
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