Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-18
AN IMPORTANT IMPORTATION OF cArrLr

The ship at. w. Bailey" recently arrived At tb,.
port from Liverpool having board lot Of short horn
cattle, Coswod and Souhdown sheep as purcbased by
the Clark county. Ohio Cattle iuportpg Company. All
esmc to hand In excellent order with the exception Of one
bull which died on the way. The purchase was made by
DE- Watts and Mr. wsddle, who visited Of the prin-
cipal herds Of England ireland and Scotland The Marx
Lane Express, alluding to tho subject says;
"When mention that amongst these cattle xh,ch
consisted OF 10 short horned bulls aud 20 aud heie
were animals that cost 200 guiacas several $50 guneas
and most Of them averaging 100 guneas each Il
be readily Inferred that ample funds placed at their
disposal coupling With this the heavy personal expenses
OF those gentlemen, with freight, fittings and food
Tor tho stock, each In itself item Of small amount
some idea be formed Of the enterprise and .pirit
transatlantic brethren; aud may heartily wish them
the reward which such patriotic conduct so richly de-
serves Ever! facility was given US by those gentlemen
for the inspection and particulars Of the animals during
their stay In verpool several breeders also some Of
them from distance came to view them; and We arc
happy TO have their testimony In confirmation Of our own
They were indeed prime ot and to collect such was
work OF no little difficulty Dr. Watts paid visit OF the
kind In the year s5s aud lean that he ono of the
original shareholders In the first Ohio company which inn
ported largely from his country in tho years 1884 and
1885, and that such stock proved great benefit Ken.
lucky Ohio. and other Western States vast es.
tent oil which we are told the produce Of this valuable
Of cattle Tho Short Horny widely spread and that
many of them such would do credit to the parent
country.
Amongs, those shipped wero eight lots purchased
at Mr. Wkinsons sale at Lenton many OF them very supe
ror specimens Of the breed vety promising animals from
Mr. Fawkes herd, at Farney Hail; 6ne young white bull
called Modsl,st bred by Mr. Totr OF Aylcby which at
raeted good deal oil utenton-ths animal Is closely al
lied to the blood OF Mr. Booth, OF warby Mr. TORI also
sold them bull, COW and heller; there four good
specimens from the herd Of Mr. Amole of Wskiu.on Hall
Halifax besides Others bred from the stock Lord Fever
sham SIR Cartwright Ne srs Birehs Clarke budding
Mitchell and Wood, all English breeders; three splendid
balls. purct ased Mt the Royal Dublin Stow tao OF them
winners Of the first pyr In their classes which wore
bred by Messrs Farrell, Lee Norman ard Tophsm Their,
were also several promising yearug heiers from the herds
o! Messrs Barncs aud Chaouer, celebrated breeders of
S5orthorrs in the sister isle The Cosuod sheen were from
the celebrated flock of Mr. Hcwer of No,hcscb and the
Scrih Downs from that Of Mr. Webbs of R,br,bau Messr,
Bsnkin Co. also shipped valuable lot the previous
week their cutie were mostly purchased in the North
Riding Of Yorkshire and the county OF Durham, the
sheep we're from the same breeders as above regret
had not au opportunity Of seeing this Shipment being a5
sent from Liverpool at the time but learned from
friend residing here interested such matters thai
they were useful lot OF stock, the gu .ny
rs thoA OF Messrs Wai all Vaddle they are also for
company in the Western States of America and for
which good prices paid hope these continuous
exports Of oGs best stocks may induce and
breeders 10 pay sIcaer attention the rearing of the
most improved breeds of cattle, such demand holds
out ever encouragement for them to do So
The cost of the purchase was about $4,000 and the
importation Is justly regarded ore of the finest ever
made. One ot the bulls, year Old in January last |
weighs upwards of sixteen hundred pounds.-Ph In- /
quirer.