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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



times be easy to distinguish between a heavy 

 Devon and a light Hereford. Their white faces 

 may probably be traced to a cross with their 

 distant relations, the Montgomeries." 



In his notice of Sussex, he says: "Of the 

 Hereford and Sussex, the Hereford beast has 

 flesh upon the ribs and sirloin, the Sussex 

 more upon the flank and inside. It cannot be 

 denied that the Herefords have theirs in the 

 best places, and it is on that account that the 

 prize is so often adjudged to them at the cat- 

 tle shows, and particularly at Smithfield." 



Youatt again says: "In some parts of 

 Glamorganshire the pure Herefords are culti- 

 vated in preference to any admixtures with the 

 native breed. Mr. Bradley, near Cardiff, is 

 partial to the Hereford and his stock does not 

 yield to many in the neighborhood or the 

 country generally." 



Of Monmouth, Youatt says: "In the vale 

 district, the farmers were content with the 

 Glamorgans, and the better kind of hill cattle. 

 Of late years, however, the Herefords have, in 

 a manner, superseded both of these breeds." 



Of Dorset, Youatt says: "Concerning the 

 Hereford on the Dorset stock the points of su- 

 periority said to be gained over the Devon cross 



are larger size, more hardening, and a disposi- 

 tion to yield a greater quantity of milk." 



Of the Devon, after speaking of some trials 

 that had been made by the Duke of Bedford, 

 in Devonshire, he says: "We are, however, 

 compelled to add that the Duke of Bedford has 

 to a considerable extent changed his breed at 

 Woburn, and the Devons have in a great degree 

 given away to the Herefords." 



These are a portion of the records that You- 

 att gives, outside of the space given to what 

 he terms the "History of Hereford Cattle." 



We will now take up some of the items that 

 he might have put to their credit, but did not. 

 First, the prizes won at the Smithfield Club 

 from 1799 to 1834, inclusive, are as follows: 

 88 premiums on Hereford oxen, amounting to 

 $5,760.00 (1,152) ; 13 premiums on Hereford 

 cows, amounting to $750 (150) ; total prem- 

 iums on Herefords, $6,510.00 (1,300). 



As against 35 premiums on Shorthorn oxen, 

 amounting to $3,175.00 (635) ; 17 premiums 

 on Shorthorn cows, amounting to $925.00 

 (185) ; total premiums on Shorthorns amount- 

 ing to $4,100.00 (820). Showing 53 more 

 premiums on oxen at Smithfield for the Here- 

 fords than for the Shorthorn. 



SOVEREIGN (404) 221, CALVED 1820, BREP BY J. HEWER. 

 (From an old painting.) 



