HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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roots. The cows were wintered in the yards on 

 straw frequently tacked out on straw. The 

 only diif'erence he made was with his young 

 bulls. As yearlings, he never liked to pamper 

 them, but kept them in good growing condition, 

 as he said they always lasted longer than ani- 

 mals that were pampered when young. He had 

 some rough sheds put up in the orchards with 

 thatch for covering. The bulls ran out in the 

 orchards, and had those sheds for shelter from 

 sun and rain. They had also an allowance of 

 cotton cake and crushed oats daily. 



The only fault that he had was that he was 

 often overstocked, and one or two of his bulls 

 were sometimes poor in condition. "But that 

 could not be altered," remarks our correspon- 

 dent, "as we frequently had as many as twenty- 

 five to thirty bulls let out all over the Kingdom. 



"POOLE HOUSE," UPTON-UPON-SEVERN, HOME OF 

 JOHN PRICE. 



The consequence was that some of them came 

 home in a shocking plight, and it took some 

 time to get them in condition again, although 

 I must give most of our customers credit for 

 sending them home in good condition indeed, 

 some of them took a pride in sending them 

 home in better condition than they received 

 them." 



Consequent on his frequent removals and 

 owing to other circumstances, Mr. Hewer had 

 many sales of stock. The first of these was in 

 1839 at Hampton Lodge, when an average of 

 l!.")S ($290) was obtained. The highest price 

 was 346 10s ($1,733) for the four-year-old 

 cow Lady Byron 218, got by Chance (355) 289, 

 dam Fatfrumps 276. The purchaser was Mr. 

 Williams, Bristol, who also bought the cow Red 

 Hose 393, by Chance (355) 289, dam Rosebud 

 288, for 105 ($525), and the bulls Baron (418) 

 2860, for 120 ($600), Dangerous (419) 1699, 

 for 252 ($1,260), and Lot (364) 846, for 267 

 15s ($1,340). Mr. Lumsden, Auchry, Aberdeen- 



shire, purchased the bull Matchless (415) 2524 

 for 105 ($525), and the bull Wonder (420) 

 451 sold for the same price. 



Another sale was held at Hampton Lodge 

 in October, 1843, when the cow Lady, sire 

 Chance (348) 119, dam Lady Byron 218, sold 

 for 100 guineas ($500). A sale was held at 

 Lower Wilcroft in October, 1846, and sales also 

 took place at Vern House in 1855, 1861, and 

 1866. 



At the Grove (Jeffries') sale in 1844, Byron 

 (380) 190, calved in 1842 by Confidence (367) 

 255, dam Lady Byron 136 by Hewer's Byron 

 (440) 205, was sold for 75 ($375), Lady By- 

 ron 136 going for 84 ($420) to Mr. Price. Con- 

 fidence (367) 255, tracing to Hewer stock, and 

 first at the Derby Show of the R. A. S. E., being 

 sold for 100 ($500) to Mr. Smith. 



Faugh-a-Ballagh (368) 5464, by Confidence 

 (367) 255, Regulator (360) 174 by Sovereign 

 (404) 221, dam by Lottery (410) 185 (the latter 

 well known in connection with the Monaughty 

 herd), and Hope (439) 324, by Byron (440) 205, 

 from the same dam as Cotmore (376) 150, from 

 which many of Mr. Carpenter's (Eardisland) 

 winners were descended, may be mentioned as 

 intimately connecting the Hewer stock to some 

 of the best stock of the present day. 



In connection with Herefords in America, 

 the following bill of sale from the Hewers to 

 W. H. Sotham is of interest. 



The following are the pedigrees of the beasts 

 sold by me this day, April 10th, 1840, to Wil- 

 liam H. Sotham, Perch Lake Farm, Jefferson 

 County, New York, North America: 



1. An eight-year-old cow, Lumpy, was sired 

 by Nelson, dam by Panic, grandam by Alpha. 

 Nelson's sire was by Trojan, dam Bloomy, gran- 

 dam Old Bloomy. 



2. A five-year-old cow, Gay, and bull calf, 

 Sir George. Gay sired by Noble, which was 

 sired by Sovereign, that sired Cotmore which 

 won the prize at Oxford Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 1839, and is admitted by all breeders to 

 have sired more prize beasts than any other in 

 the county of Hereford. Dam by Conqueror, 

 grandam Spot by Alpha; Alpha by Trojan, the 

 owner of which offered to show against any bull 

 in England for a thousand pounds, and was not 

 accepted. 



3. Young Sir George, by son of Sir George 

 that won the prize at Hereford for best aged 

 bull. 



4. Four-year-old cow Maria and calf, by 

 Young Favorite, by a son of Alpha, dam by 

 Noble. 



5. Calf Matilda by Major, which won the 

 prize at Hereford with his dam and sire, for 



