Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-11
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he kept dairy, and he and his busines
partner who also owned farm adioinin,
his. built a cheese factory, the product d
which acquired very high reputation in
the English market. But he was not sat
isfied with dairy farming. One erea,
drawback upon his success was the diff.
Guilty experienced in finding cows Of !,
uniform quality. This and other consid.
erations induced him to take up the busi.
ness of breeding. His experience in de.
TRIMMING the character of his stock and
In getting it together, would afford mat.
ter for volume as interesting as a 70.
nance. In this business he has been
aided by the best advice to be obtained
Although he has never publicly exhibited
his most valuable animals, deeming the
risk too great, the results of such exbibi-
tons as he has made, indicate very clearly
that whatever of toll and tribulation he
may have experienced in the operation,
he has his reward in the acknowledge
nent, both private and official, of the besr
Judges, that be has got together the very
best lot of animals on this continent.
Among the Shortborns, of superior excel
lence, we may name "Dutchess" 81, h
yearling heifer for which he paid 1000
guineas in England "Rosedale," !" of world
wide celebrity, having won over &, 500 in
prizes, besides numerous cups and smaller
prizes IN the British show yards Maid OF
Braithwaite, Wild Eyes, Maid of Atha,
llth Duke of Thorndale, pure Bate-
bull; Baron Booth of Lancaster, pure
Booth. But we cannot stop TO particular
ize, suffice it to say, there is large herd
of them, the precise number of which we
do not recollect, and there are more com
ing; four pure Booth animals being ex-
peeted by the steamer which sailed from
Liverpool the 18th inst.
OF long wool sheep he has imported
over one hundred, and the best evidence
of their merit is that the best long wool
breeders in this country are very anxiou-
TO buy them. The first prize two YEAR,
old Cotswold ram weighs 375 pounds, a
yearlIng weighs 3l5 pounds; one pen OF
five ewes average 300 pounds each, and
two eve lambs at four weeks old weighed
30 pounds.
The Oxford Downs, which were first
prize animals at the Royal Agricultural
Society OF England's show, are very su-
perior animals, the ram weighing 3OO
pounds, and the ewes averaging 2G5
pounds.
It is Mr.. Cochrane's intention TO make
another considerable importation of Cots
void tho coming summ,r and ultimately
70 confine himself to the breeding OF
Shorthorn cattle, Cotswold sheep. Suffolk
Punch horses, Berkshire swine, Gray
Dorking fowls and Coley dogs; and we
may remark in passing that he has ON the
farm well selected specimens Of all these,
and Shetland ponies and other animals
He proposes TO keep permanent stock OF
seyenty-five breeding Shorthorns and one
hundred and fifty Cotswolds. His pres
ent stock consists of one hundred and
seventeen cattle, twenty-five horses and
one hundred and ten sheep. His Suffolk
Punch breeding and working mares, OF
which he has one span weighing $500
pounds, are very superior animals for
farm work. They were hauling wood al
the time of our visit These. with a year
ling stud colt weighing between l.l0C
and 200 pounds, make up his stock OF
this breed.