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English Testimonial to T. L. Miller. In the sum- 

 mer of 1883 Mr. Miller re-visited England, and pur- 

 chased 108 head of Herefords which were shipped 

 from Liverpool on the S. S. Mississippi, Aug. 18. 

 The cattle were unloaded at Quebec, and after being 

 quarantined there were shipped to Beecher. In- 

 cluded in this shipment was what Mr. Miller called 

 his "testimonial herd." 



During this visit of the veteran American " pro- 

 moter" of Hereford interests, the English breeders 

 decided to honor him with a testimonial of their 

 appreciation of his persistent efforts at extending 

 the market for their cattle in the United States. 

 The fact was that in his attempted demonstration 

 of the merits of the cattle he had paid little regard 

 to the matter of personal profit to himself. Possibly 

 he did not manage wisely from a financial stand- 

 point; he was not apt to stop to count the cost when 

 he set out to prove something to the public. At any 

 rate, it was generally known that he was not in the 

 best of circumstances at this time, and as Here- 

 fordshire was already reaping richly where he had 

 sown it was agreed that the proposed testimonial 

 might best take the form of a subscription fund. 



than four years had an increase of six head, leaving Blink Bonny 

 and Midget well on in calf again. Old Baroness 3d bred until she 

 was nineteen years old and never had but one bull calf. 



Mr. Miller also reported in 1885 that in February, '1880, he 

 offered the two-year heifer Favorite 3808, bred by Samuel Goode 

 of Ivingtonbury, for $600, but she was not sold. On Feb. 28, 1881. 

 she dropped Frosty 4022; on Jan. 17, 1882, she dropped Favorite 

 Lad 6762 by Success; on Jan. 20, 1883, she dropped Francis Edward 

 6501 by Winter DeCote, and on Dec. 13, she dropped Fanny Goode 

 7400. The first two, Frosty and Favorite Lad, were sold for $900; 

 Francis Edward was retained and in March, 1885, was due to 

 calve again in three months, while Favorite and Fanny Goode had 

 in the meantime been sold for $1,400. 



