THE HEREFORDS. 



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Perhaps we cannot convey a better description of the Here- 

 ford, after giving accurate portraits of the sexes, than to say : 

 give a Devon a quarter more size, somewhat more proportionate 

 bone and horn, a trifle shorter leg, and longer body, a little 

 coarser in every part, and you have a good Hereford, in all 

 excepting color. 



Plate 5. Hereford Bull. 



Our plate is an accurate copy of one in the (English) Farmers' 

 Magazine, true to life, and amply just to the original, both in 

 color, and proportion. "We have seen one that might have stood 

 equally well for the portrait. 



As useful cattle, the Herefords are a good breed. "We are 

 aware that their introduction into the United States has not 

 been, in comparison with some other breeds, successful in popu- 

 larity or extended distribution ; but that fact decides nothing as 

 to the positive .merits of the stock itself. Partiality, prejudice 

 on the part of our cattle breeders, or pre-occupation of the 

 ground by other breeds which meet the general approbation, 



