at the State fair, 0!i
Durham, Hereford aud Devon cattle. Horatio Piumley of New
Haven, has a full blood Durham cow, from which he has raised
several excellent calves, and obtained, at the County fair, the sec-
ond premium on a bull, which v.'as one of them. W. R. Sanford,
Esq., of Orwell, tvro or three years since, imported tv/o cows and
one calf of the Devonshire breed, has bought a few since, and now
has eight full bloods, besides two, whichhelately sold to the Messrs.
Hammond of Middlebury, who from them have raised two calves.
Mr. Sanford says, that the beef of this breed sells higher in Eng-
land than any other. At the National Exhibition in Boston, and
at the Vermont State fair, he received several premiums on Devon
cattle. At the State fair Messrs. Hammond obtained thefirst pre-
mium on bull calves of this breed.
We are glad to learn that a movement is in contemplation for tho
improvement of cattle in the County.
HORSES,
The reputation of the County, and the enthusiasm in the breed-
ing of horses, among the farmers, do not suQer much in comparison
with those in regard to sheep. Vermont horses have a reputation
through the whole country. The original stock consisted of such
as were common in the States from which the emifrrants came.
In some of these States, and especially Connecticut, considerable
efforts had been previously made to improve the stock. In the
year 1810, Ep. Joiies, Esq., introduced and kept in Middlebury,
for three or four years, a very beautiful, full-blood Arabian horse,
103 HISTORY OF ADDISON COUNTY.
called the "Young Dej of Algiers." Ilis dcscendeiits formed a
very excellent breed. But