HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 



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HEREFORDS. 

 No. of Guin- Dol- 

 Year. prizes, eas. lars. 



SHORTHORNS. 



No. of Guin- Dol- 

 Year. prizes, eas. lars. 



Total .... 93 1412 



7060 



Total .... 37 655 



3275 



From Youatt is learned that throughout the 

 whole of Gloucestershire the Herefords were 

 preferred for working and for fattening. In 

 the notice of the Sussex cattle, Youatt tells us 

 that it cannot be denied that the Herefords 

 carry their fat on the best places, "and it is on 

 this account that the prize is so often adjudged 

 to them at the cattle show at Smithfield;" an 

 observation that proves that Youatt was well 

 aware of the success of the Herefords, although 

 he did not mention the fact in his account of 

 the breed. 



He also quotes a remark by Arthur Young, 

 editor of the "Annals of Agriculture," that 

 "both in quality of flesh, thriving disposition, 

 etc., both the Sussex and Devons exceeded the 

 Staffordshire Longhorns" and the Herefords left 

 them far behind." 



According to Youatt the Hereford had at 

 that time spread over much of the kingdom. 

 In Dorset some farmers were, with every prob- 

 ability of success, engrafting the Hereford on 

 the Dorsetshire stock. Three points of superi- 

 ority were said to be gained by the Hereford 

 over the Devon cross a larger size, more hard- 

 iness, and a disposition to yield a greater quan- 

 tity of better milk. 



In Somerset some of the dairy cows were red 

 with a white face, which marked the Hereford 

 cross. In some parts of Glamorganshire the 

 pure Herefords were cultivated in preference 

 to any mixture with the native breed. . 



"In Radnorshire," says Youatt, "they have 

 principally had recourse to the Hereford as a 

 cross with their,, own cattle, and though they 

 have thus produced a beast large and too capa- 

 ble of yielding beef to be perfected on their 

 poor land, they have obtained one that will 

 thrive and pay otherwise, and that will find a 

 ready market." 



Of the Montgomeryshire cattle, he says: 

 "The native cattle bear considerable resem- 

 blance to the Devons, but in the grazing dis- 

 tricts they are generally abandoned for the 

 Herefords, which are found to be suitable to the 

 soil and climate, and are better feeders. Con- 



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