The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-11-03
SkDft norn, Or Durhan Cattle

Tho "Improved Short Horns" origin.
.tsd on the bank Of the Tees, some sew.
enty years hence. The cattle Of this dis
lrict we're large, coarse and ungaioly, gen.
srall y::de6cient in the fore quaters, with
strong shoulders; they fasted slowly, and
the meat vas coarse to the palate, and un-
inviting to the eye The brothers Charles
aud Robert Ceilings, undertook the task
Of improving them. It 10 to their pa.
tient skill in selecting and perseverance,
in breeding, and their famous bull Hub.
back, calved in 1877, and bought out Of
! by.lane, for $40, that the present breed
Of Short Horns owe their great aud just
celebrity. Sued was the improvement
produced hy these breeders, that at Chas.
Collongs' sale in 1910, his herd Of - an
FINALS brought $s5,579, or s7e7 each;
and At Robert Collings' sale in 1917 bis
herd Of 81 animals brought Ss9,29l or
Se44 each. So much for perseverance, and
iudicioas breeding. These two sales dis.
persed the improved Short Horns, and
and at the present time there are from
500 to 600 herds 10 Great Britain, and
from 600 to 700 heard are registered every
alternate year in the herd book. "Pure
bloods Of this breed Of animals are now
found in nearly every country in CONT
mental Europe, in Canada, and California
New Zoland and New Brunswick, Ameri.
ca and Australia" In fact, the Short
Horns quietly crop tho luxuriaut herb
age ofcve,y cline, and furnish "The roast
beef Of Old England to the Inhabitants.
The influence Of ribs breed, it is hardly
possible to overestimate. In language
Of high authority, the 'Short Horns i'm.
every breed they cross with The most
remarkable characteristic Of the Short
Horns Of the present day is the rapidity
with which they mature. In England
vast numbers are INV slaughtered at two
years old and under, weighing from 700
to 1000 lbs.
On rich soils no breed can compete with
them ia this respect. On our rich pra.
tries Of the west, whore known, the Shor
Horns are highly priced and justly id
mired. In Ireland, a. we'll as in Eng
land, they have supplanted the Long
Horns, although the latter, had been
brought to ) comparative state Of exec.
lencc, by the genius Of Babewell. It is
conceded, believe, that on the poor
ond medium soils Of New England, the
Devons and the Ayrshires are the most
pro6tabl, and have the preference over
the Short Horns. As mixers generally
and for diary purposes, they do not COM
pare with either the Dovons, Ayrshires
or Aldcraeys, under the same circum
stances, all things being equal. From
oil my observations, the Shcrt Horns
seem to como to the greatest perfection
in the States Of Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois
and where the winters are mild, and the
grass il more luxuriant than in the Nor
thern States.-Am. Stock Journal.
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DOUGLAS STocK DEPREcIArlNd.-A
Now York correspondent Of the Chicago
Journal says:
"The elections hich have swept Ohio
Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Iowa by
such preponderating m.jorities are re.
garded q settling tho fate Of Mr.. Doug
las, for it cannot b denied that the
Democracy went into the contest on
his :'principle" everywhere but in Penn
sylvania, and there he consuleted has
friends to support the Administration
ticket. It has been the constant claim
Of his friends, that hc was invincible at
tho North, but the recent elections de-
monstrate that in reality heis immeasur.
able weak. His principle has cost the
Democracy two Senators and tvo Repre-.
sentative, and two Northern Democratic
States. This is not very good capital with
which to 60 to Charleston.
- All the Conventions in the world
cannot secure the support Of the Demo
cratic party It tho South to Senator
Douglas. He has been the great arch
nmnmv If tn naanA and nrcnartv And