982 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



general conditions in respect to the relative posi- 

 tions of the two breeds in Argentina have not ma- 

 terially changed since these interesting communica- 

 tions were originally written, it is but fair to state 

 that several years have elapsed since they were 

 placed in the writer's hands. It would appear 

 therefore that Hereford breeders in Argentina find 

 themselves up against about the same proposition 

 that faced the early American breeders and import- 

 ers in the United States the Shorthorn power being 

 entrenched at every point, making it an up-hill fight 

 for the advocates of the " white faces." 



San Gregorio. Senor D. A. Villfane, proprietor of 

 the San Gregorio estancia, substantiates what has 

 already been said by his colleagues. His reply in 

 part is as follows: 



"One cause of the unpopularity of the Hereford 

 is that he so easily imprints his type on the common 

 classes, half-blood crosses are sent to market, and 

 his premature product resulting from a hurried re- 

 finement served the Durham breeders to emphasize 

 their anti-Hereford propaganda. As the Hereford 

 type is easily imprinted, any product with a white 

 face and horned was * Hereford/ but what kind of 

 Hereford? Of these I am no advocate, but I am a 

 very great lover of the Hereford of quality. 



" Again: In the shows the number of Durham 

 animals exceeds the Herefords, and the public natur- 

 ally rushes to wherever their attention is thus forci- 

 bly directed. The Durham undoubtedly will have 

 its epoch; indeed it is enjoying it at the present 

 moment, but then as it is only a fleeting custom (or 

 shall I call it fashion!) it shall vanish like all other 



