972 . A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



pleasure of forming many years ago, that the cattle 

 trade of the Eiver Plate had its remote foundation 

 in the introduction in 1553 by the brothers Goes 

 (Portuguese) of seven cows and a bull into Para- 

 guay. The cattle were from Santa Catalina, Brazil. 

 Space will not admit of our endeavoring to trace 

 the gradual growth of the industry during the suc- 

 ceeding centuries of Argentine development. The 

 point of real interest to us at this time is the fact 

 that, so far as published herd book entries show, it 

 was not until the year 1862 that the first introduc- 

 tion of the pure Hereford blood was recorded. In 

 that year Don Leonardo Pereyra imported the bull 

 Niagara, and in 1864 brought out the first two cows 

 of the Hereford breed. In 1868 Mr. Juan Miller 

 brought out the first Shorthorn bull, Tarquino, and 

 several cows to his Nueva Caledonia ranch, thus 

 founding the primal herd of that breed in Argentina. 

 Without undertaking to present the details as to the 

 subsequent importations, a general idea of the extent 

 to which Herefords were introduced and bred during 

 the years following this original importation may 

 be gleaned from the statement that there were re- 

 corded up to the year 1907 in the first four volumes 

 of the herd book established for the registration of 

 pedigree Herefords 364 bulls and 649 cows. Promi- 

 nent among those engaged in promoting the inter- 

 est in the " white faces" in Argentina was Mr. 

 Arthur Yeomans, of La Norumbega, Buenos Aires 

 Province. 



