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ing facts when he made reference to the Vaughan 

 Bros, as importers of Hereford cattle, but to my 

 mind such a reference merely illustrates how easily 

 fairy tales creep into print. 



"Howard says that when he left the Vaughan 

 farm in 1837 he sold some of these cattle to J. Win- 

 gate Haines, of Hallowell. Sanford Hewett, one 

 of my neighbors, is a nephew of J. Wingate Haines 

 and was born in 1835. I recently asked Mr. Hewett 

 if the Vaughan Bros, ever owned or imported Here- 

 ford cattle. He said he had never heard anything to 

 that effect, but added that Sanford Howard brought 

 to Maine the first Hereford bull in the state, and 

 that his uncle, J. Wingate Haines, brought in the 

 second one. Mr. Hewett was nine years old at the 

 time Haines bought Albany of Corning & Sotham. 



"My theory is, that the cattle referred to by San- 

 ford Howard had enough Hereford blood to give 

 them the appearance of Herefords, that Haines 

 wanted to intensify this blood, hence bought the 

 purebred Hereford bull Albany of Corning & Sotham 

 in 1844. If my reasoning is correct, the ' Hereford' 

 bull brought here by Howard in 1830 is the bull which 

 he described in his 'Albany Cultivator ' article as 'a 

 cross between the Hereford and the improved Short- 

 horn, with a slight dash of the Bakewell.' In this 

 case, J. Wingate Haines has the distinction of in- 

 troducing the first purebred Hereford into Maine. " 



In the light of Mr. Howard's reference to his 

 purchase "on commencing stockbreeding operations 

 in the north," it would seem to be a fair inference 

 in connection with his failure to mention any trip 

 to England to purchase Herefords, that the cattle 

 bought by him for the Vaughans were grades of the 

 Sir Isaac blood and brought to Maine from Massa- 



