734 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



proved cattle on the coast were undoubtedly Short- 

 horns, and at one time Devon bulls were quite in 

 evidence. 



Not long after the Herefords began attaining pop- 

 ularity all along the line from Texas to Montana, 

 the white-faced blood was introduced into both Ore- 

 gon and California and subsequently became popu- 

 lar with those who were handling cattle in large 

 numbers. Particularly was this the case with com- 

 panies running cattle on the ranges of New Mexico, 

 Nevada or Arizona, as well as in the state of Cali- 

 fornia. 



An Importation from Australia. Soon after the 

 demand for Herefords set in among the cattle-own- 

 ers of the coast it developed that owing to the high 

 price of good purebred " white faces" and the high 

 railway freights in the transportation of such ani- 

 mals Mr. Eoland P. Saxe of San Francisco made 

 two importations, comprising fifty-six head, mostly 

 cows and heifers, from Australia. A part of these 

 were for Capt. William Kohl and T. J. Janes of San 

 Mateo. It was found that these cattle could at that 

 time be landed in California cheaper than from the 

 eastern part of the United States. We are without 

 information as to the exact sources from which 

 these cattle were obtained or as to their use, but it 

 is a matter of record that the shipments were made 

 and that forty of the fifty-six cattle so imported 

 were from New Zealand. A portion of these ship- 

 ments came from New South Wales. 



Mr. Jastro's Experience. No one has been more 



