The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-22
sHIAwAssEE COUNTY NOTES.
THE FLocKs AND HERDS OWNED BY
SEWARD CHAFFEE.


our conrad on our Shiawassee County
tour, we called upon Mr.. Seward
Chaffee, who lives abont two miles
from Byron, and owns and occupies
one of those grand good farms for
which that part ofthe county equals il
not surpassesany other portion. o In this
farmwe found all array of outbuildings
that reminded us of small village as
we approached them, and yet we found
upon that cold winters day the pro
prietor busy building new piggery
and repairing an old one.
In every locality we had visited we
had heard Mr.. Chaffee's Shorthorns
we'll spoken of, and We had begun tn
anxious to see them. We will also
add. that the focks OF high grade and
pure bred Merinos are so plenty in
that neighborhood that we could
scarcely rid ourselves of the imagin-
airy taste of cold mutton tallow after
visiting one flock before we would
find another; and were therefore pre-
pared to relish visit to good herd
of Shorthorns.
Upon entering the cattle yard the
first cow we saw was Bessie Bell 9Th.
This COW is dark red. She was
bred by Hon. M HI. Cochrane, Hill
hurst, Can, was calved in 1869.
Her dam was Bessie Bell end by imp.
Prince of Wales (IS63o) G. d. Bessie
Bell by imp. Captain (Iaa4o) s. 6. d.
imp. Red Rose by Baron Kidsdale
(1IIs0. This Bessie Bell sth, al
though past her prime now does not
show well, has been remarkable COW,
having done her duty in the herd of
Hon. VIM. Ball, Bow Park herd in
Canada, also the famous Hillhurst herd
of nj. H. Cochrane. Mr.. Chaffee has
several heifers from this old cow that
would do credit to him anywhere, and
as long as he keeps the top crosses
right, as to ancestry, he need not be
ashamed to show their pedigrees to
any one.
Here we find the Flora COWS,
bought of VIM. Ball, Adeline 2nd., a
roam, by Treble Mazurka aSo45 and
her half sister Adeline 4th, red by
Lord Darlington and 3oI15, also
Adeline ends calf, Belle of Byron,
by Lord Darlington end. These
Floras are we'll known to Shorthorn
breeders as descended from imp.
Flora, COW bred in an early day by
Mr.. Mason in England, and for flesh,
milk, hair, quality and grandeur are
not often surpassed.
Then with the same lot came the
red heller Wishton Wish, sired by
Lord Darlington ed 3oII5, out Of
Balls Rowena by Oxford Argyll
aos34, tracing to imp. Pomona by
Bedford Jr. (I7oI). She is grand
young COW, the real plump Of the
herd, has straight top and bottom lines,
a broad back, good length Of hip,
we'll sprung ribs, is well developed at
the crops, has a prominent brisket, a
fine messy coat of hair, and above all
a good handler, that comes very close
to the kid glove mellowness and elas-
ITCHY.
At the Ball and Boyden sale at
Lansing in October he purchased the
18th Mary of Holmhurst. This hei.
fer was by Mr.. Golf of Kentucky.
Her sire was Major Booth 3o24o out
of sth Mary of Holmhurst by Benven-
uto I6a75, bull bred by M. H. Coch-
rare, &. d. Ist Mary of Holmhurst by
Waterman 1864, bull bred by the
Hon. Samuel Campbell of New York
Mills. AS one would mistrust from
her name this 18th Mary Holmhurst
is Of the well-known Young Mary
family and the top crosses we have
mentioned are guarantee that she is
not of an inferior quality by any
means. She is heifer of good size,
is very thick at the heart, is we'll de-
velloped at the crops, has a straight
broad back, stands squarly on her
feet, which adds much to her general
appearance, and her thick and long
coat of hair of roam color, adds
richness almost indescrible.
At the head of this herd stands
Underedge Duke 45III, bred by VIM.
Ball, sired by Lord Darlington and
sorIs. out of Lady 4th (Vol. 10, p.
I3y46) by imp. and Duke of Under.
edge aao64, Lady Gay and by Rem.
lex 8o43; Lady Gay by imp. Fortu-
natus 1904; Miss Crockett by Renick
oo3; Nora bv Prince Albert 8s7;
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