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a long, severe winter, and come out ahead of the Shorthorns in 

 the spring on two-thirds the cost of keeping. I intend, how- 

 ever, to give the Herefords, Shorthorns, and Devons a fair trial, 

 both as full bloods and grades." Mr. W. W. Crapo has 

 written me : " My father, the late Governor Crapo, of Michigan, 

 and myself, have been for several years engaged in the breeding 

 of Hereford, Shorthorn, and Devon cattle, having in view the 

 testing of their relative merits. The result thus far is decidedly 

 favourable to the Herefords." 



It has been in the United States of America and Canada 

 that the Herefords have found the greatest favour during the 

 present century. In 1876 the International Exhibition of the 

 Centennial at Philadelphia brought them prominently to the 

 front in a manner they had never before attained in America. 

 Some few years previously Mr. T. L. Miller, of Beecher, Illinois, 

 turned his attention to the breed, and sent his then partner, 

 Mr. Powell (a native of Herefordshire), to select some choice 

 specimens, and amongst them he purchased the prize cow, 

 Dolly Varden, from the herd of Mr. J. Morris, of Madley, 

 Hereford, with her first calf at foot, a bull aptly named 

 Success (5031). Mr. Miller also purchased several excellent 

 cows from various breeders in America, and very quickly 

 established a first-class herd of no mean proportions. His keen 

 perception convinced him that the Hereford bull would prove 

 an invaluable cross with the grade cows on the vast plains of 

 Texas and adjoining States. They were first introduced there 

 in 1867 by Messrs. Church and Prowers with most satisfactory 

 results. In 1874 Mr. Miller sent as a speculation ten young 

 bulls for sale there, they met a spirited demand, and such was 

 the keen competition at the sale, that the following year he 

 sent seventy -five with a similar result. Previous to the Inter- 

 national Exhibition Mr. Miller had taken great pains in 

 preparing a choice selection of animals for it, but he declared 

 that he would not send them unless a judge from England was 

 obtained to act upon the jury, and so strongly did he urge his 

 views upon the executive, that a telegram was sent to the 

 British Commission, which resulted in the writer's accepting an 

 invitation to attend in that capacity. The following is a copy 

 of the report of the jury : 



