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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



the eighteenth century, the common color of the breed was 

 red with a white face. As with the Shorthorn, a number of 

 men became noted Hereford improvers and did much for 

 these cattle. The Tomkins family is the most famous of 

 early days. There was Benjamin the Elder, who died in 

 1789, and Benjamin the Younger, who died in 1815. These 

 men produced many famous animals and did much for the 

 breed. William Galliers, John Price, and John Hewer also 



Figure 81. Hereford bull, Richard Fairfax, purchased for $50,000 by Ferguson 

 Brothers of Minnesota from L. A. Pinnard. This is the highest price paid 

 for a beef bull iu the United States. Photograph from Ferguson Brothers. 



did much to improve the Hereford. John Hewer sought for 

 more size, quality, and uniformity of color. He bred many 

 famous animals during the middle of the last century. Here- 

 fords were first brought to America by that famous states- 

 man, Henry Clay, of Kentucky. He took much interest in 

 pure-bred live stock. Mr. W. H. Sotham, a native of Here- 

 ford, who emigrated to America in 1840, brought some of 



