. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 208 CATTLE I remember a gentleman of the county of Durham (a Mr. Michael Dobin- son), who went in the early part of his life into Holland, in order to buy bulls; and those he brought over, I have been told, did much service in improving the breed; and this Mr. Dobinson, and neighbors even in my day, were noted for having the best breeds of Shorthorned cattle. Following these importations of Dobinson and St. Quintin, came others of more inferior stock, such as really injured the SHORTHORH (. Fig. 8o, famous A map of the native home of the Shorthorn
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 208 CATTLE I remember a gentleman of the county of Durham (a Mr. Michael Dobin- son), who went in the early part of his life into Holland, in order to buy bulls; and those he brought over, I have been told, did much service in improving the breed; and this Mr. Dobinson, and neighbors even in my day, were noted for having the best breeds of Shorthorned cattle. Following these importations of Dobinson and St. Quintin, came others of more inferior stock, such as really injured the SHORTHORH (. Fig. 8o, famous A map of the native home of the Shorthorn, showing the location of early herds. Reproduced from " Thomas Bates and the Kirklevington Shorthorns," by Cadwallader John Bates beef cattle of the country. By Culley's time, however, much of this evil effect, he writes, was overcome. Other improvers of the early Shorthorn were Sir James Pennyman, the Aislabies of Stud- ley Royal, the Blacketts of Newby, Millbank of Barningham, James Brown, Stephenson, Wetherell, Maynard, Snowdon, Waistell, and Richard and William Barker. The distinguished early improvers of the Shorthorn really date from about 1780 and include Charles and Robert Colling, Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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