The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
EsDENisoN K1vIE.aw WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. l. 1870

/ gan in the. eighteenth century, but ira
dition carries the origin of the breed
back to 200 years earlier, where they
were owned by the dukes and earls OF
Northumberland. In the seventeenth
century the Aislabies of Studley Park
had Shorthorns, and other herds exist
| ed in Durham and Yorkshire. Sir Hugh
Smithson, who was made a peer with
| the title of Duke Of Northumberland
in 1865, was SO fond of his Shorthorns
that his fellow peer SCALED him the
yorkshire Grazier.' A partial list of
breeders who owned Shorthorns about
the year 1850 is: Charge, Dobison, Bar.
ker, Brown. jolly, Hutchinson, Stephen.
|son, Wetherell, Maynard. Robson, Rob-
]ertson, Snowdon, Waistell and Master
man.
First Marked Improvement
While many early breeders had pro.
duced excellent cattle and had made
distinct Improvement in their Short
horns, the most marked improvement
was made by Charles and Robert Coll.
ing, brothers, who began breeding about
1880. They carefully studied the meth.
DDS Of Robert Blackwell, who was the
first Englishman who applied scientific
principles to the breeding and feeding
Of cattle and sheep. His experiments
breed called "LonghOrns," which exist
ed for only short time. The Ceilings
applied the best of his methods to their
Shorthorns on their farms at Barmpton
and Ketton in the county Of Durham,
and they made such an improvement in
these cattle that strong demand was
created for them throughout many
parts Of England.
First ImpOftatiOnS to United States
no INN NJ
into the United States was made into
New York about $780,
In 1917 Coll Lewis Sanders brought
over the first ShOrthOrns that were TAX.
en- west of the Allegheny mountains.
Herd Books =
The first herd book for recording
Shorthorns in England was established
in 1922 by George Coates and the first,
one in America was founded in 1886 by
Lewis +. Allen, Buffalo, N. Y. who af-
terWard associated VIM. r. Bailey in
it's publication.
Twenty-three years later Vol Of the
American Shorthorn Record was pub.
lished in kentucky by A. ]. Alexan.
der, brother and successor of r. A.
who founded the wonderful
breeding establishment on WOODBURY.
farm, famous as the. home Of the great
Dull, imported Luke OF AlrQr1e (lZ73O),
and the noted four-mile race horse, Lex
ingtOn.
Bates, Rates Topped, Scotch, Scotch
Topped
These are terms that have come into
use with the development of the breed
and are much more&accurate as indicat-
ing blood lines than assigning the name
Of an imported COW as the family name
Of all her descendants. In an early pc.
Rod of Shorthorn history. cattle bred
by Thomas Bates and by Thomas Booth
and his sons John and Richard. became
very popular both in England and
America: so breeders who We're fortu-
nate in owning such cattle were not |
slow in advertising them as Bates or
Booth" Booth-bred Shorthorns were |
excellent cattle but never became so |
widely distributed and so generally |
used as those bred by Thomas Bates !
md his followers. Hence pure Bates"
"a much misused term-indicated cat.
lie bred by him or else descendants of |
such cattle bred by others without the
Of any other blood. Bates
opped" is term to- indicate cattle of |
,ther breeding that have been crossed
With Bates blood E7tEGt $50
For many ayeaES4 Scotch sShorthorns
nave been SO popular and This blood has |
,een 50 general pduGed into bur-
herds that it is now the exception to |