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gaged in the foreign trade, and it is said that while 

 waiting for a cargo in the port of Cardiff, Wales, 

 he made journeys into the country and became im- 

 pressed with the fine appearance of the white-faced 

 cattle seen in that vicinity. He made inquiries of 

 stock raisers there about the sort of cattle which 

 combined in the highest degree the qualities of milk 

 production, beef and working capacity, and was told 

 that the Herefords were superior in this respect. 

 Deciding to take home a pair for breeding purposes 

 the captain engaged the services of a Cardiff 

 butcher, who was well acquainted with the cattle 

 raisers, to assist him in making a selection of a pure- 

 bred bull and heifer of the first quality. The pur- 

 chases were made from two different herds. The 

 butcher who suggested the selections named the bull 

 calf Kimroe and the heifer Kitty. 



There is an entry in the old private herd record 

 of the Messrs. Underwood that "the sire of Kimroe 

 and Kitty was a mature bull, weighing 2,400 

 pounds. " Speaking of this memorandum Mr. J. H. 

 Underwood in a letter to the author says : 



"The herd of James Eea, of Monaughty, Knigh- 

 ton, Wales, was noted for its scale as well as for 

 excellences in conformation. In the early '40 's the 

 famous Monaughty, sired by Old Court, was used 

 in his herd. In view of the very unusual size (2,400 

 pounds) of the sire of Kimroe and Kitty, I have 

 wondered whether this bull might not have been 

 Monaughty, or, at least, a bull of Mr. Kea's breed- 

 ing." 



This, of course, is purely speculative, as no pedi- 



