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in fact, Mr. Clark always kept his own lands large- 

 ly in grass, and leased fields for farming purposes. 

 He brought his Ohio herd, numbering at this time 

 about twenty-eight head, to Beecher. Ten ewes and 

 a ram of the Cotswold breed also came, and he kept 

 sheep on the farm steadily, with much success. 



In 1877 Mr. Clark showed a herd at the Northern 

 Ohio Fair at Cleveland, winning all prizes shown 

 for. The Messrs. Potts had a herd of Shorthorns 

 at the same show headed by the celebrated Duke of 

 Eichmond, but there was no breed competition that 

 year. Clark bought Success 2d from William 

 Powell shortly before removing to Illinois, but the 

 bull did not suit and was not extensively used. 



Looking Towards the Range. In the spring of 

 1873 Mr. Miller began campaigning for trade in the 

 far west. He was one of the first to insist upon the 

 Hereford as an ideal range type. In the course of 

 one of his earliest contributions to the agricultural 

 press he resorted to the old English form of argu- 

 ment, a challenge, which he of course knew would 

 not or could not be practically taken up. He said: 



"It is our belief that the Hereford s are pre-emi- 

 nently the stock that must be used for improving 

 the large herds of Colorado, Kansas and Texas. 

 As beef producers, in this country at least, the 

 choice will lie between the Shorthorns and the 

 Herefords. In the hands of some it will be the one, 

 and in those of others the other; and that this 

 question may have a fair solution, we hereby pro- 

 pose to any Shorthorn breeder to select 100 or 200 

 cows in this state, one-half to be served by a Here- 



