Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-06-18
FARM AND FIREsIDE.
Short Horned Cattle.

Heaton, a butcher, came to America in
ITS, and settled in New York. He in
following his trade, finding how far in
ferior the American cattle were to the
shorthorns and their grades he had
butchered in England, returned to Eng
land in 1871 and purchased some short
horn cattle from the herd of George
Culley . noted breeder near Grinder,
Northumberland, and brought them
back with him to New York, bat no
history Of these cattle was kept after
they arrived in New York. Mr.. HeatOn
went again to England in 1899 and
bought COW and bull Of the COlling
brothers and took them to Westchester,
New York, where he resided, and it Is
supposed that the first cattle he i'm
ported went to the same place, but
nothing certain is known about that.
What finally became of the cattle is
not known, either, but some very
superior cattle were for manyyears kept
and known in Wcschester county. New
York, but no pedigree of these have
been traced except through one bull,
known as Brisbane's bull, which was
purchased Of Mr.. Heaton and carried to
Bataria, New York. The bull left much
valuable stock in that neighbOrhood.-|
Nothing further is certainly known of
the Heaton stock retained in the vicinity
of New York. It is more than likely
that as little was known in those days
in the United States Of the value of this
breed Of cattle that they were allowed
torm out. According to accounts in
1888, Mr.. Miller, Of Virginia, and Mr..
Cough made an importation of English
cattle Of two different breeds into Balti-
more. They were sent to South Branch
of the Potomac in Northern Virginia.
One Of these breeds was known as the
milk breed, and the other as the beef
breed. From The description gwen, the
former were evidently shorthorns and
the cows were excellent mixers. The
latter breed had longer horns. a rangy
form, fattened well at maturity and
gave less milk than the others. These
were in all probability the unimproved
stock Of the shorthorn race then com
mon in the HOlderness district Of York. !
In l7Sj Mr.. Gay and two young
Pattnos Of Virginia. took a young bull |
and some half-blood hcifers to Clark |
county Kentucky Of these Chen called |
English cattle. These cattle are said |
10 have been purchased of Mr.. Cough. |
In 100, Mr.. Matthew Patten, the father
OF the young Pattens, and tather-in-
law Of Mr.. Gay, moved to Clarke coun-
ty, Kentucky, also, and took with him
a bull ard a cow directly descended
from the Cough and Miller importation
Of the milk breed and some heifers of
both the milk and beef breed. The
beef breed were long haired, coarse.
slowly coming to maturity iattened
badly until fully maturcd and were
tolerably good mixers, only. The milk
breed 70! which the COW and bull lust
named were of came early to maturity.
and fattend kindly. Their milking
qualities were extraordinary. 1t was
not uncommon for these COWS to give
eight gallons Of milk per day, This
bull called Mars got many calves with
the common cows Of Kentucky which
were said to be both excellent mixers
and good iattenlng animals. The COW
taken by Mr.. Mathews Patton TO
Kentucky was called Venus. She
raised two bull calves and died. One
OF these bulls was taken to Jassamine
county and the other to the Sciota
Valley in Ohio. All these cattle and
their various intcrmixtures were called i
Patton stock. In 1903 Daniel Harri-
son, James Patton and James Cav =
purchased Of Mr.. Miller of Virginia .
two year old bull called Pluto, descen-
ded from his importation of the milk
breed. lie was dark roam. large IN =,
size, small head and neck, small boned II
and heavily fleshed. He was bred to =
this Patton stock and produced some
fine mixers. lie was taken from .
Kentucky to Ohio in 1912. Capt. VIM. ,
Smith, of Fayette county bought the .
bull Buzzard Of Mr.. Miller of Virginia. -
in 1910, and took him to Kentncky.- q"
He was coarser and larger than Pluto =
but not so heavy. lie was bred for -
many years in different herds. He was ~
used by the Society of Shakers of "
Pleasant Hill, Merser county, Kentucky. ="
n 1921, and for some years afterwards. "
In 1911 the bull Shaker was bought of ~
Mr.. Miller and used both by the Pleas =.
INT Hill Society and the Union Village -
Society Of Shakers in Ohio. They sold .
i'm to Messrs. Wilton & Hutchcroft of 4"
lie was ofthe shorthorn or -
milk breed. The four bulls, Mars, 80 80
Pluto, Buzzard and Shaker. had been "
purely bred from the Miller and Couch
Importation previous 10 1910. From p
hese bulls bat not equally pure bred Sd
ows Of these importatons descended 10
many ANIMALS whose pedigree have been &c
ecOrded in the English Herd Book and ca
Consequently in the American Herd lie
'ook also. These four bulls seem TO Sc
ave been the founders of the improved SCI
attic of the Blue Grass region of Ken. CO.
lcky. None of the Miller and Cough col
nportations came to the United States ne
18th recorded pedigrees. the English TN
.erd Book not being Published until 10
s22. the