462 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



at an earlier age than the kind of Shorthorns then 

 available. 



It must be remembered that up to this date land 

 values and the price of foodstuffs had been com- 

 paratively cheap. The cost of production of steers 

 was not great, but prices of both farms and food 

 products were then advancing, as indeed they still 

 are, so that it was imperative that the feeder seek 

 an early-maturing, quick-feeding, thick-fleshed class 

 of cattle. The Herefords seemed to meet these re- 

 quirments, and it was decided to introduce them on 

 the Fowler lands. 



First of the Fowler Herefords. It was about 1878 

 that the first Hereford bull was bought from Mr. 

 Robert Sample, who in connection with Mr. Seabury 

 had established a herd in that vicinity. During the 

 following years twenty-five or thirty head, mainly 

 young cows and heifers, were bought from T. L. 

 Miller, they being Mr. VanNatta's choice of his en- 

 tire herd at that time. Among these was the heifer 

 Princess 1990, by Seventy-six, he by Sir Richard 2d. 

 Princess was out of Prairie Flower, one of Mr. Mil- 

 ler's best daughters of old Success, and afterwards 

 produced to the cover of Tregrehan the famous bull 

 Fowler. Another one of this original purchase was 

 Viola, by Sir Richard 2d, afterwards shown success- 

 fully at leading fairs against females of all breeds; 

 mated with Star Grove 1st she produced Viola 4th, 

 another extra show cow. 



Tregrehan Bought. In 1880 a few cows and a 

 bull were imported from England with the first lot 



