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grees were obtained by Capt. Pendleton ; moreover, 

 in those days 2,400 pounds was by no means a heavy 

 weight for a Hereford bull in England. 



This bull Kimroe proved useful until sixteen years 

 of age, his progeny so nearly meeting the require- 

 ments of the Maine farmers of that period that a 

 preference for the " white faces" as against the 

 Shorthorns soon made itself manifest. This fact is 

 substantiated by Mr. Burleigh in the course of the 

 article, from which we have quoted above, as fol- 

 lows: 



"It was not until 1854 that any stockman had the 

 courage to take a Hereford bull upon the sacred 

 Shorthorn soil of my native town (Fairfield), as 

 Shorthorns had held full and undoubted sway there. 

 But Henry Lawrence, who was a great judge of 

 cattle, conceived the idea of buying the old Pendle- 

 ton (Hereford) bull Kimroe, then fifteen years old. 

 Quite a number of the best stockmen patronized him 

 largely because they had great faith in Mr. Law- 

 rence's judgment, not from the appearance of the 

 bull, for the poor fellow had had rough usage since 

 he left his home near Cardiff, South Wales. This 

 poor old bull was used one season and died, but 

 his progeny were not prepossessing in appearance 

 at a tender age, say up to two years old, yet their 

 feeding qualities and net weight were the means of 

 converting many a ' Shorthorner, ' of which number 

 the writer of this article was one." 



Convincing testimony as to the excellence of the 

 stock left by this old-time bull has been handed down 

 by Mr. Burleigh. He says: 



"In 1856, although a strong and ardent admirer 

 of Shorthorns, which breed of cattle I had bred, 



