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many of the best of which found their way north 

 and west and exerted a useful and valuable influence 

 in the upbuilding of the Hereford trade throughout 

 the nation. 



that of E. H. White, East Corinth. One of the most recently 

 established is that of A. J. Higgins, St. Johnsbury. 



In 1855 a little band of "white faces" headed by old Cronkhill 

 of Walford parentage, whose sponser was Lord Berwick, invaded 

 the southeast corner of Vermont, and got a foothold in Brattle- 

 boro on the farm of Mr. Goodell. Three years previously these 

 pioneer cattle had crossed the Atlantic under the ownership of 

 L. A. Dowley of Boston. While it is now impossible to chronicle 

 what fate befell them in the Green Mountain State, we know that 

 Cronkhill remained there long enough to enrich with his inherited 

 treasures the cattle interests of New England; and the red cur- 

 rent which came to him through Walford, Clungerford and Dine- 

 dor flows on in the Fairfaxes of the twentieth century. 



Connecticut's; older shareholders in the American Hereford 

 Cattle Breeders' Association are C. P. Gaylord, Terryville; Caleb 

 Humiston, Thomaston; W. B. King & Son, Suffield, and L. J. Miller, 

 Cannon. Mr. Gaylord's herd has long been well and widely 

 known. It was founded on Burleigh & Bodwell stock, and skillful 

 breeding has maintained its excellence. It may yet be proved 

 that the high-priced lands of Connecticut and Rhode Island can 

 pay a profit when stocked with "white faces." The New England 

 Hereford Breeders' Association was organized at White River 

 Junction, Vt.. Sept. 15, 1914, and this association proposes to 

 demonstrate the fact that Herefords can thrive on "wooden nut- 

 megs" better than any other breed of cattle on earth. 



