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Hereford bull and native cow is so direct that the bull carries 

 all before him, and many of our haK-bred cattle you would 

 scarcely suspect as being any other than pure breds. Here we 

 require a breed of cattle to be good workers, hardy, and of great 

 aptitude to fatten, and I fear no contradiction when I say that 

 no breed displays those qualifications in so eminent a degree as 

 the Hereford." 



Mr. F. W. Stone, of Moreton Lodge, Guelph, Canada West, 

 has for many years been an extensive and successful breeder 

 of Shorthorns ; but, in addition to those, in 1861 he resolved to 

 establish a herd of Herefords, and he writes that he believes 

 the Hereford preferable to other breeds as grazers. Many 

 valuable Herefords bred by him have travelled far away into 

 the United States, and in various exhibitions, when competing 

 with other breeds, have carried all before them. In 1876 the 

 writer visited his herd, and was highly gratified to see how well 

 the Herefords had acclimatised. At that time Mr. Stone had a 

 very intelligent farm bailiff, a Scotchman, who had the charge 

 of the two herds. Shorthorn and Herefords. Upon being 

 questioned as to the suitability of the two breeds for that 

 climate, he replied : '* During my early life, when in Scot- 

 land, I knew nothing of any other breed than the Shorthorn, 

 and my prejudice was naturally in their favour ; but if I 

 had to farm here upon my own account, I should keep the 

 Herefords." 



They were first introduced in the United States in 1817, and 

 occasional importations followed. In 1876, when the writer 

 visited the United States, the principal herds were in the hands 

 of Mr. T. L. Miller, Beecher, Illinois ; the Hon. J. Merryman, 

 Hayfields, Cockeysville, Maryland ; Mr. T. Clarke, Elyria, Ohio ; 

 Mr. W. W. Crapo, Flint, Michigan ; Mr. H. C. Burleigh, Fairfield, 

 Maine ; and Mr. W. W. Aldrich, Elyria, Ohio. Mr. Sandford 

 Howard, Secretary to the Michigan Board of Agriculture, in 

 his report in 1868, gave a letter from the late Governor Crapo, 

 in which he says : " The Herefords have done extremely well. 

 They have no more than ordinary fair keeping, yet they are in 

 prime condition. I have little doubt that the Herefords will 

 yet be the stock for Michigan. They are docile and hardy, 

 besides being very easy keepers, and I have no doubt will stand 



