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met with special favor, as elsewhere, wherever harsh 

 conditions have to be met, so that in those remote 

 regions, as in lands lying nearer to our own bound- 

 aries, we find the "white face" as an important 

 factor in the cattle business. Only lack of space 

 precludes our going into details in this case as to 

 their introduction and dissemination. 



The Cape Colonies. There are comparatively few 

 Herefords in South Africa. A few have been im- 

 ported into Cape Colony and Natal from time to 

 time from England, but no herds of any size have 

 been established. Mr. Walsh took out a small lot 

 of Texas-bred " white faces" to Ehodesia in the 

 fall of 1913, and expects to make further shipments. 



One of the largest early importations of English 

 Herefords into the colonies was that of the Trans- 

 vaal Government in 1903. Then twenty-seven cows 

 and heifers and four bulls, from good Herefordshire 

 strains, were imported. Included amongst these was 

 British Gold, by Gold Box (15339), presented to the 

 Transvaal Government by the Earl of Coventry. 

 This bull proved a useful and impressive sire. After 

 this importation a few more cows and heifers were 

 taken out for the Government and it was proposed 

 to gradually increase the herd, which is located upon 

 the Experimental Farm at Potchefstroom. The 

 young bulls bred from imported females have been 

 sold to farmers throughout the colony, and have 

 been much sought after. Mr. Abe Bailey also es- 

 tablished a herd in Cape Colony some years 



