. Productive agriculture . ined breed. The following mendeveloped sHghtly different types of Shorthorns as follows: Fig. 66. — Picture of a 1200-pound beefsteer, showing cuts and their relative value,according to a large packing concern. Born Died Type Thomas Bates . . 177s 1849 Dairy-beef type Chas. Collings 1749 1836 Beef type Robt. Collings . 1750 1820 Beef type John Booth 1789 1857 Beef type Richard Booth . . 1788 1864 Beef type Amos Cruickshank . . 1808 189s Beef type These were the men who started the real history of the Short-horn cattle. All of these men did their work in England excep
. Productive agriculture . ined breed. The following mendeveloped sHghtly different types of Shorthorns as follows: Fig. 66. — Picture of a 1200-pound beefsteer, showing cuts and their relative value,according to a large packing concern. Born Died Type Thomas Bates . . 177s 1849 Dairy-beef type Chas. Collings 1749 1836 Beef type Robt. Collings . 1750 1820 Beef type John Booth 1789 1857 Beef type Richard Booth . . 1788 1864 Beef type Amos Cruickshank . . 1808 189s Beef type These were the men who started the real history of the Short-horn cattle. All of these men did their work in England exceptAmos Cruickshank, who was in Scotland. BEEF CATTLE 149 Although Shorthorn cattle were imported into the UnitedStates as early as 1783, the Ohio Iraporting Company, or-ganized in 1833, was the most important agent in introducingShorthorn cattle into the United States. The first importationincluded nineteen head. In 1836, forty-three animals, includingthose that were imported and their offspring, were sold at pub-. FiG. 67. — A Shorthorn type, showing conformation and head characteristics which stamp this breed. lie auction for $34,540, an average of $ per head. TheShorthorn characteristics were so excellent that they were soondistributed throughout the country. No other breed has been used as much as the Shorthorn incrossing and grading up native cattle. The entire West, and theSouth American countries, have been materially benefited bymating native stock with Shorthorns. The pure-bred sire pro-duced an animal that dressed out a higher per cent of carcass, ISO PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE had shorter, horns, had a better disposition than the native cattle,and was more easily handled. The rapid elevation of goodcharacteristics as a result of crossing was a splendid financialinvestment. Such opportunities in breeding up herds, thoughnot so numerous as formerly, are still present. Ordinary farmherds may be improved a great deal by mating with animals ofthe same breed, that are
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