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Leen as a nursery of il classy " Herefords, and 

 came out to America, on invitation of the manage- 

 ment of the Chicago Show in 1906, to act as judge 

 of grade and crossbred bullocks and award the fat 

 cattle championship, his herd being finally dispersed 

 a few years since. 



Is it any wonder that British breeders succeed so 

 well in building and maintaining types of high-bred 

 domestic animals, when all the secrets of the art are 

 handed down, as in the case of the Turners, Tudges, 

 and their contemporaries from one .generation to an- 

 other for indeterminate periods? 



Felhampton Court. Few of the Herefordshire 

 breeders did more to preserve and improve upon 

 the sound old foundation stocks than Mr. John Hill 

 of Felhampton Court, undoubtedly one of the best 

 informed of all those who have carried on the work 

 of perpetuating true Hereford types. "White faces" 

 have been bred at Felhampton Court considerably 

 more than a century, the foundation of the Hill herd 

 being laid in the Urwick blood. At an early date 

 the big, heavy-fleshed type attained by Mr. Green of 

 Marlow was drawn upon. Mr. Hill had a special 

 admiration, however, for the old Lord Berwick 

 blood, and bought largely of the best Cronkhill 

 strains. A valuable selection from these was made 

 by Mr. Hill at the Longner Hall sale of 1881 at 

 which he purchased not only a number of cows and 

 heifers, but the celebrated Merry Monarch (5466). 

 This bull was undoubtedly one of the best of his day 

 in England, and was used successfully at Felhamp- 



