Thomas Barnes
1795/6–1871
Irish stockbreeder. Farmed at Westland, Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland. Leading breeder of shorthorn cattle in Ireland; successfully imported prize heifers from John Booth of Killerby, near Darlington, England, in 1844. Contributed articles on the dangers of close breeding and crossing to the Agricultural Gazette from 1854.
Source
Sinclair 1907, pp. 520–3.
Bibliography
Sinclair, James. 1907. History of shorthorn cattle. London: Vinton & Co.
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