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in Great Britain, the stock owners in Australia became so 

 alarmed that they felt their only safeguard against the disease 

 consisted in total prohibition. Its effect is seriously felt by our 

 home and colonial breeders. Seeing that nearly twelve months 

 have passed since a case of the disease has been known to exist 

 in Great Britain, there can be now no valid reason why they 

 should be longer subjected to the losses the prohibition imposes. 



During the past decade the Herefords have been introduced 

 into South Africa. The late Mr. Barry, of Cape Town, Cape of 

 Good Hope, who was an ardent admirer of them, purchased a 

 choice young bull from the writer in 1879. He is still doing 

 good service, but, unfortunately, Mr. Barry was destined never 

 to see the result. Mr. Sutherland, of Toise Eiver, East London, 

 also made some selections from the writer's herd in 1879, and in 

 1884 he wrote of them : *' I have every confidence that they are 

 the breed of cattle most suitable for this colony." 



The Herefords are rapidly gaining favour in South America. 

 Several herds are now established in the Argentine Republic, 

 and a considerable number of bulls and heifers have been 

 shipped to Buenos Ayres and Monte Video during the past few 

 years, with most satisfactory results. 



Wherever Hereford bulls have been used the influence of 

 the purity of the blood and impress of character upon the 

 grade cows have been uniform, and their value universally 

 acknowledged. 



