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1878, when the copyriglit was purchased. The work is now an 

 annual publication, and contains the pedigrees of 10,915 bulls, 

 with a very greatly increased number of cows and heifers. As 

 the cows with their produce are annually entered, a statement 

 of their gross number would be delusive, seeing that there 

 would be many duplicates. Some idea may be formed of the im- 

 portance attached to it when it is considered that Volume 16, the 

 last published, contains the pedigrees of 6300 cows and heifers. 

 About eighty years have passed since Mr. G-rove first intro- 

 duced the Herefords into Dorsetshire, and many valuable herds 

 are now established in that county. The late Earl of St. 

 G-ermains gave them a place on the west banks of the Tamar 

 some sixty years or so ago, and several good herds now graze 

 the pastures of Cornwall. They are fast supplanting the native 

 breeds of the counties of Glamorgan, Brecon, Eadnor, and 

 Montgomery. The late Earl of Lisburne was foremost in 

 placing them on the mountain sides in Cardiganshire, and the 

 readiness with which they became acclimatised was such that his 

 lordship's tenantry and others gladly availed themselves of the 

 use of the bulls at Crosswood Park with the little black cows of 

 the district. The result was most satisfactory, and the influence 

 of the pure-bred sire is such that it is to be seen for several 

 generations. The cross-breds are equally hardy as the natives ; 

 they feed more kindly, attain greater weight, and are more 

 prized by the butchers. The late Mr. Lumsden, Auchry 

 House, Aberdeenshire, first introduced Herefords into Scotland. 

 Amongst his early purchases were some cows in the Hereford 

 Fair and a 100-guinea bull. Matchless (415), at Mr. Hewer's 

 sale in 1839. Mr. Lumsden made many trials with pure-bred 

 Herefords, Shorthorns, and Aberdeen s, and their various crosses, 

 but always maintained the result was in favour of the " red 

 with white faces." In 1870 the late Mr. Copland Mill, of 

 Ardlethen, Aberdeen, wrote: ''In regard to my experience of 

 crossing with a pure-bred Hereford biill, I have now done so 

 with from forty to fifty cows for the past seven years, and have 

 no cause to regret it ; for I find that my cattle are improved 

 in weight, that they come sooner to maturity, and that their 

 constitution is very much improved. So much is this the case, 

 that a good many of my reirrhbours who were prejudiced 



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