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of growth and feeding and to observe results at the 

 block, he finally cast his lot with the Herefords, as 

 has already been noted,- and through thirty years his 

 allegiance to them never wavered. Further refer- 

 ence to his subsequent extensive importations from 

 England will be made in these chronicles. 



It was in 1867 that Messrs. John H. Burleigh 

 and Oilman S. Burleigh settled at Mechanicsville, 

 la., and in 1869 they decided to engage in breeding 

 Herefords. Their foundation stock was bought 

 mainly from Frederick William Stone, and carried 

 the blood of Guelph 461, Sir Charles 543, and other 

 noted sires of that day. Cupid 692, and his son Cu- 

 pid 2d 691, seem to have been used freely in the 

 newly established herd. Cupid 692 was by Golden 

 Drop, the bull bought by Mr. Aldrich from Mr. Stone 

 and taken to Ohio. Iowa Chief 834, by Stone's 

 Sailor Prince, was also in service early. They also 

 used the bull Advance 1, the first animal of record 

 in the American Hereford Herd Book. Advance was 

 bred by T. L. Miller, whose great activity in the 

 west began about this time. 



John H. Burleigh and Oilman S. Burleigh di- 

 vided their herd after the co-partnership had existed 

 for a few years, the latter engaging extensively in 

 the breeding and exhibition of the " white faces" for 

 a long series of years, and attaining national promi- 

 nence. John H. Burleigh also bred Herefords for 

 many years, until failing health compelled him, 

 shortly before his death in 1892 at the age of 83, to 

 part with his favorites. 



