54 BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



Sotham did much to make the breed popular in this country 

 during the middle of the nineteenth century. 



About 1875, men in Illinois, Indiana, and the West, who 

 owned a great deal of land, became interested in the Here- 

 ford. Since then these cattle have become very popular 

 in the grazing sections of the West, and are found in large 

 numbers beyond the Mississippi. The Hereford is a large 

 breed, carrying as much size and weight as the Shorthorn. 

 The color is its most striking feature, the head being white, 



Fig. 29. Black's Ohio Champion, a grade Hereford steer, owned by 

 Ohio State University. Photograph by the author. 



as is often also the top of the neck, the breast, brush of the 

 tail, and legs below the knees and hocks, the rest of the body 

 being red. They are often called " White Faces." These 

 cattle have wide backs, deep bodies, and short legs. They 

 have beautiful smooth shoulders, but the hind quarters are 

 liable to be somewhat narrow, lacking the fullness of the 

 Shorthorn. They are noted feeders, and have no superiors 

 as grazers, thriving well with the least shelter and grain. In 

 disposition they are rather nervous as compared with the 



