New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-10

. VEN .iilful Scotch breeder Who Nos ffousi
% By NJ Bstss Of KrAissvrstsc, ard imporsa
By Nr. Alexander 10 txks the speeAl eaArSe " ~
own herd.
| On the eeott County farm, three are t~en'y-hiH,
herrss one hundred and ten estle, ard i've han'f''
AZ two hogs. In cultivation
10 s :s,:: s s.. 81 ss. ,.S.i'.
lie culavs:sd by tee hands, VITO s-so take caro- @
| the stock.
| Mr.. AleIsrdsrs negroes ere kindly treated sni wei
fed. They have regular retons Of fo1' butter, NIX
pork and corn bread, and fresh meat three tmes q
week. Indeed 20 far e mere physical eoniof- 10 CON
oened, they have by means hard lot, unaet tho
core Of 60 kind mater. Pity a. were not Ike nI-
It's generally conceded, we believe, that samuel
Thone OF Dutchess County n. T., possesses ihe oes.
bull il America, and perhaps Th1. Richardson OF
West Farms the second; but the difference DEVICES
these animals and Mr.. AeXander's best bulls If 60
slight, that probably competent jury would ~aVet
much before giving preference 10 either. lis q
Hakim Orontes, Sirius, Grand Master Second Dukeo'
Atho Doctor Buckingham, and Duke o; Andne leave
anything Of short-ho excellence to be desred.
The latter ANNA was rented al the sale Of last yea 70
Kentucky breeder FOR the sum OF 81 80 per aInu
One Of Siriuss calves brought q y. Sirius was pu
chased by Mr.. Alexander in Kentucky for Flow.
Grand Master Re imported ne is light roam, good
handler, and finely marked. He was calved IN lSJ2,
and s by Fapke's Lord Marquis out OF Gre,ns- The
Second Duke OF Atho is a fine, large animal; but no
has an eye that betokens the certainty OF ball.
rush if he were too much ve1ed in fy-tiue. He was
| bred by Nr. Towpeley, cayed in 1851 and imported
| by Mr. Alexander
| There are numbers Of splendidy-formed calves n
the various pss,ure-ots which sufficiently attest the
pure blood Of their ilustr sres and dams. Espe-
,slly notable Of the bultc8ves three got by the
| Duke of Ardre and one got BY Fl Hakm and OF the
| heifers, one by DR.. Buckingham and three oy the
Duke OLA. There is.also & beautiful spotted heier,
Lady Valentine, by Harbnger out of Velum, which
| latter animal lie likewise in the Woodburn herd.
The climate Of Kentucky il much better adapted to
| the tender shor-hon than even it, native clme-as
least, so FAYE NJ. Lamb the herdsmaH-snd the blue
pra,e pasture 90 abundant and nutritious that the
| animals lay on fesh with great rspdity An Eastern
farmer s sorely puzzled to guess the age of Kentucky
calves and cots il he does not give them an attentive
and critical examination for yesrLngs look quite as
large az do wo-year ODDS in Name or Massachusetts
There s but very small portion OF the whole year
in fact scsrce aDyiu which the bluegrass pastures
are not excellent and but brief time when the AMI
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warm. a. must our Eastern cattle. When we come TO
on, herd of pure.blooded shor-hons therefore, on
bluegrass farm. give them comfortable stables and
good water it is really wonderful TO how rapidly
they will grow. To one who has cultivated rurs
sastes there can hardly be delightful sight than
large herd Of these costly creatures scattered over
emerald pastures, in groups sngy assuming every
imaginable attitude OF grace, their richly -mottled,
silken hides gistenng in the sum- contrasting with
singular effect against the dark foliage background OF
grove Of NAPLES. One gets sort Of feeling Of rev.
erence for farmer who in thirtyacre pasture has
fifty or more cows hcfers and calves not one of them
worth less than five hundred silver dolars and there
10 scarcely city merchant who could visit the Wood
| bum farm without signing to think how much pleas
anter is a rural than metropolitan life. All farms
| however, are not like Mr.. AleXanders.
There is yearling white bull here which promises
10 srpass everything in this country, not even except
ing Thones Neptune Grand Duke. 1t is one o
| Grand Dukes calves out of imported Frances
Fairfax and calved in Kentucky His hide is the bean
ideal of hides. Compact in texture firm, and yet per
ftctly mellow to the feeling proves, according to al
the established laws Of the breeders that his progeny
sill make very superior beef cattle the meat being
well mortled and fine in fber He was exhibited al
the United States Soeiety's Fair at Louisville and re-
eeived distinguished honors. He is as pure white in
color ~ was the transformed Jove when he carried of
Europa His forehead is covered with long, curled
silky hair, and his eye is mild and bright WON
ans This language s tolersby strong, but the sn.
| ma is worthy of il.
| The Woodburn herd is Superior n ~ individual
members fiat TO give adequate hes of their sepa-
rate merits would occupy more spsee than our columns
can afford must pas to notice of the horses,
Il Il ne tkar pnat Ina n
sews Duchess is thought to be about the best animal
in the herd and is nearly apeec model OF her breed
a. could be selected. She purchased by her pres
s0t owner at Towneey Park in Lancashire, England.
Bhs very regular breeder is now six years DID, and
mother to very fne animal, I'd Duchess OF Airdrie
Chance H., q white COW with brown ears, has pro-
duced calf which in month lie said to have taken
% 25 pounds Of Hesh, and l2J more in the following
two weeks and three days. Thu would be An increase
Of sere pounds per day, but it was positively asserted
10 be the truth. Mszurks, roam COW, was bred by
| ". N. Smith Of West Race and imported by Mr..
| Alexander She lie mother TO twin heifers Of grea,
b.auty AID singular similarity Of appearance, which
hook the first and second przes in their csss At the
National Fair. Mr.. Alexander purchased her at cost
Of three thousand and twenty-five dollars. VeIuIn is
IN imported cow, nine years old. At the shows in Eng
land, she has never been beaten in this country
either, although frequently entered with famous CON-
psttors, until at the Louisville Far she judged
g., inferior to two others Of the Woodburn herd.
Mr.. Bates Of Kntlsavingten is considered to have
sbout the fnee short horned stock in Great Britain.
MANY Of Mr.. AleIauders animals were purchased Of
Mr. Bates, but az Mr.. A. has secured agent the eele
hrsted Mr.. STAFFORD, the editor Of the English Herd