HISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 



95 



Class 4. For cows, the first prize to the 

 Duke of Bedford. 



The following certificate shows that Here- 

 ford oxen of the Tomkins sort were strong com- 

 petitors at the early shows : 



Class 1. This is to certify that the Duke of 

 Bedford's Hereford ox just shown for a prize 

 offered by the Smithfield Society (winner of 

 second prize in Class 1 ) was six years old when 

 put to fattening, was bred by Mr. Tomkins in 

 the County of Hereford, was put to fattening 

 the 1st day of May, 1801, being then respecting 

 flesh very poor, having been till then at hard 

 work; has been fed on cakes, turnips and hay. 



Signed EDMUND CARTWRIGHT, 



JOHN CLAYTON. 



Class 2. The following is the certified ac- 

 count of the food given to Mr. Westcar's grass- 

 fed Hereford ox : 



Total 5934 Ibs. 



1221 Ibs. 



3614 Ibs. 



We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do 

 certify that the ox Mr. Westcar shows for the 

 grass-fed prize, was purchased by him of Mr. 

 Williams, of Thinghill, March 20, 1801, di- 

 rectly from work, and in store condition. 



THOS. HEDGES. 

 EGBERT BYNG. 



An account of the food given to the cake-fed 

 ox, Mr. Westcar's: 



1802. 



Oct. 1st to 8th.. 

 Oct. 8th to 15th. 

 Oct. 15th to 22d 

 Oct. 22d to 29th. 

 Oct. 29th to Nov. 5th 

 Nov. 5th to 12th.. 

 Nov. 12th to 19th. 

 Nov. 19th to 30th. 



Total 512% Ibs. 722 Ibs. 1036 Ibs. 72 l / 2 Ibs. 



We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do 

 certify, that the ox of Mr. Westcar shown for 

 the cake-fed prize, was purchased by him of 

 Mr. Tully, of Huntington, near Hereford, 

 March 30th, 1801, directly from work in store 

 condition, and that the said ox never had any 

 cake except in the year 1802. 



EGBERT" BYNG, 

 THOMAS HEDGES. 



The dressed beef of Mr. Westcar's cake-fed 

 Hereford ox (1802), bred by Mr. Tully, was 

 as follows: 



Stone. Lbs. 



Fore-quarter 72 1 



Hind-quarter .... 65 2 



=577 pounds 

 = 442 



One side . ,137 



3 =1019 pounds 



W't of whole body 274 6 =2038 pounds 



Mr. P. Giblett, the celebrated London butch- 

 er, gives the following particulars of Mr. West- 

 car's grass-fed prize ox of 1802 : 



Stone. Lbs. 



306 63/4=2,4543^ 



SHOBDON COURT, SEAT OP LORD BATEMAN. 



Smithfield Show, Dec. 13, 1803. Certificate 

 Admitted. Class 1. This is to certify that the 

 two oxen I showed for the prize offe'red by the 

 Smithfield Society were bred by Mr. Tully, of 

 Huntington, near Hereford, of whom I pur- 

 chased them the 12th of April, 1802, directly 

 from work and in store condition. And I also 

 certify, the said oxen never ate any corn of any 

 description while in my possession, nor any oil- 



1803. 

 WESTCAR. 



cake, except in the present 



Creslow, Dec. 3, 1803. 

 Witnesses to the above : 



THOMAS HEDGES. 



JOHN EOADS. 



Particulars of the food eaten by the large 

 ox: 570*^ cakes and 919 pounds hay. 



