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the youngster. He was a disgusting light yellow- 

 red in color. Now this pale red has from time 

 almost immemorial been tabooed by Hereford 

 breeders. While Pierce was still operating on the 

 legs of the "future great" Mr. Huxley had a visit 

 from Mr. E. W. Furbush, a piano manufacturer of 

 Boston, Mass., who had a farm at Freedom, N. H. 

 He was a reader of "The Breeder's Gazette" and 

 became an admirer of good Herefords. He arranged 

 a visit to Mr. Huxley's farm, desiring to secure a 

 cow with a bull calf at foot. The proprietor offered 

 to trade imp. Berna and calf for a $500 piano, but 

 the visitor replied that he "would not have a cow 

 on his farm that would not produce a better calf 

 than that." Mr. Furbush was not alone in having 

 a poor opinion of the calf at this time. 



Huxley was expecting to show a full herd at the 

 fairs of 1904 and had two other bull calves that 

 were receiving extra attention with a view toward 

 exhibition. Meantime Perfection Fairfax was run- 

 ning around with the other calves on the place 

 quite neglected. As time passed, however, Huxley 

 and Pierce engaged in arguments as to which of 

 the two bull calves in preparation was the better, 

 and finally Pierce remarked, "If you will get 

 another nurse cow, I'll just take the yellow calf 

 and beat all the others." The nurse was finally 

 procured and under the stimulus of this additional 

 milk the young bull began spreading out into fine 

 form. Best of all, in the spring as he was shedding 

 his coat, lo and behold, he was a fine rich red! 



