498 , A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



ter the breeding cows have been brought to a more 

 or less common standard or " denomination " by a 

 persistent retention of the best females produced in 

 the herd through a long series of years, until all ul- 

 timately carry a large percentage of the same blood. 



Benjamin Hershey. Prominent in the trade for 

 a number of years was Benjamin Hershey, a wealthy 

 lumberman owning a large farm near Muscatine, la., 

 and a ranch in Nebraska. One of his first invest- 

 ments was the purchase of 30 young bulls from 

 T. L. Miller for $10,000. He was a liberal buyer 

 from Miller, Culbertson and other early breeders 

 and importers, and subsequently brought out cattle 

 on his own account from England direct. He bought 

 75 head of English-bred cattle on one order, prob- 

 ably the best of these being the cow Lady, of John 

 Price 's breeding and by Truro. Mr. Hershey wa s an 

 enthusiastic supporter of the claims of the il white 

 faces," and contributed a quartette of Herefords to 

 the famous showyard ' ' syndicate ' ' of 1882 which 

 were bought by Mr. C. K. Parmelee during the La- 

 fayette fair for over $3,000. He died in Chicago on 

 Aug. 23, 1893, and his herd was closed out the fol- 

 lowing October. 



Hon. M. H. Cochrane. The late Senator Coch- 

 rane, of Hillhurst, Province of Quebec, Canada, at 

 one time figured largely in the Shorthorn importing 

 and exporting trade, his operations in both Bates 

 and Booth-bred cattle being conducted on a liberal 

 scale and at prices attracting the attention of both 

 continents. 



