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Navy, a native of Massachusetts, sent out a Hereford bull, and 

 possibly a cow or two, to some of his friends in that State. 

 The bull was considerably used in crossing with the native cows, 

 and thirty years ago or more, we saw several fine bullocks with 

 strong marks of the breed, in the vicinity where he was kept. 

 There may have been small importations made into other States 

 during the next fifteen years, but of them we have no definite 

 knowledge. 



The largest known importation of Herefords into the United 

 States, was made about the year 1840, upwards of twenty in 

 number, by an Englishman, into the city of New York, and 

 taken into Jefferson county, of that State. A year or two 

 afterwards the bulk of the herd were removed to the farm of 

 Mr. Erastus Corning, near Albany, N. Y., and some of them 

 went into Vermont, where they were for some years bred, sold, 

 and scattered. Of this herd, Mr. A. B. Allen, editor of the 

 American Agriculturist in 1843, thus speaks: u We had seen 

 some specimens when in England, in 1840, but had no idea of 

 the fine herd at Albany until we saw them last December. We 

 were surprised at the superb show the Herefords made at the 

 various Agricultural Society meetings we attended in England, 

 and certainly one of the finest lots of cattle we ever saw, was 

 a large herd of pure Hereford steers, grazing on the banks of 

 the Thames, in the neighborhood of the grand old town of 

 Oxford. As fat cattle, the Herefords have lately held a sharp 

 rivalry with the short-horns, and their beef is in high favor in 

 the London markets. They make no claim, as yet, to being 

 milkers. * * * * We think the stock at Albany would 

 compare favorably with the best we met of this breed in Eng- 

 land. * * * * We found these cattle to excel particularly 

 in the brisket, and loin, two very important points in all animals 

 destined for the butcher, and especially necessary, if we make 



