. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 178 CATTLE criticised for lack of constitution and breeding capacity. He de- veloped the Duchess, Oxford, Waterloo, Cambridge Rose, Wild Eyes, Foggathorpe, and other tribes. Bates died a bachelor, and with his death in 1850 came the dispersal of his herd of 68 animals at an average price of about ^335 per head. The Booth family became prominent in Shorthorn history with the establishment of a herd by Thomas Booth, at Killerby in north Yorkshire, -prior to 1790. His herd was established with good Teeswater cattle and animals purchased from the Col
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 178 CATTLE criticised for lack of constitution and breeding capacity. He de- veloped the Duchess, Oxford, Waterloo, Cambridge Rose, Wild Eyes, Foggathorpe, and other tribes. Bates died a bachelor, and with his death in 1850 came the dispersal of his herd of 68 animals at an average price of about ^335 per head. The Booth family became prominent in Shorthorn history with the establishment of a herd by Thomas Booth, at Killerby in north Yorkshire, -prior to 1790. His herd was established with good Teeswater cattle and animals purchased from the Colhng. Fig. 67. One comer of the stable at Killerby, the home of Thomas Booth in Yorkshire. Photograph by the author brothers. He also owned an estate named " Warlaby," on which he lived during the latter years of his life. Thomas had two sons, John and Richard, who took up the work where the father left off John lived at Killerby and died in 1857, aged seventy years, while Richard lived at Studley adjoining Killerby, and later at Warlaby, where he died in 1864, aged seventy-six. These two men had a very great influence on Shorthorn history, and really developed the breed along lines adopted by the Colling brothers. The herd of John Booth was sold at auction in 1852, while that of Richard was inherited by his nephew, Thomas C. Booth, who died. 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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