Breeding

the art of improving Traces or breeds of domestic animals, or modifying them in certain directions, by continuous attention to their pairing, in conjunction with a similar attention to their feeding and general treatment. No sooner had the Revolutionary War closed than importations of improved stock began. This was kept up till the War of 1812 temporarily checked it. id Mr. Rommel says that the year 1817 will always be memorable in American cattle history. In that year, following the short-horn importations of 1812, came the beginning of the Devon and Here ford importations, together with still another arrival of shorthorns, Growth was slow up to 1827, when there came renewed activity, especially ir short-horns. Companies were formec and the improvement of eatiie was marked. In point of numbers the shorthorn breed rapidly a umed the foremost position, and till about the year 1880 was the only beef of prominence. The expansion of the cattle busine was =. Up to the opening of the Union Pacific railroad it was mainly carried on in the part of the country E. of the Mi ouri river. Then came the discovery of the great opportunities offered by the far Western plains for grazing. The growth in tbe ecattle raising industry was then abnormal. ‘“‘In the early eighties,” says Mr. Rommel, “‘ pure-bred cattle by the you sands were brought from England to supplement the American herds in breeding bulls for the range, and the nearest that the Here ford and Angus breeds ever came to having a boom in this country was at this time. After the collapse, which was bound to follow, the cattle busine is now on what is thought to be a subs tanti a} and healthy foundation. Breed’s Hill, a slight elevation in the Charles town district of Boston, Ma ., about 700 yards from Bunker Hill. Although the famous engagement of June 17, 1775, is known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, most of the fighting was done on Breed’s Hill. Here was located the American redoubt, against which the British made their three historical charges, and here Warren fell. The Bunker Hill monument stands on Breed’s Hill.