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HISTOKY F H E E E F E D CATTLE 



most valuable breed, especially on light soils 

 and in hilly districts of country. 



" 'Your committee cannot, in justice, close 

 their report without remarking that the want of 

 information as to how the animals had been fed, 

 also as to the milking qualities of the cows, and 

 occasionally as to pedigrees, was much felt by 

 the committee, who in the absence of this needed 

 information, were in many instances left to 

 grope their way in the dark to a decision, of 

 course in some cases by no means satisfactory 

 even to themselves. Nor did we find persons 

 in attendance to lead out the animals for a more 

 full and careful examination, especially as to 

 their style of carriage or movement, which, it is 

 needless to remark, is, as well as form and hand- 

 ling, an essential element of any intelligent 

 opinion or critical decision on their merits. All 

 of which is respectfully submitted. 



" 'DAVID C. COLLINS, Ch'n. 

 Hartford, Conn. 

 I. S. HITCHCOCK, 

 W. K. TOWNSEND, 

 CHAS. BROOM, 

 E. L. ALLEN, 



Committee. 



"'Albany, Sept. 29, 1842.'" 



We give this quotation in full. The com- 



mittee state that they are Shorthorn men. We 

 have clearly shown that Mr. Sotham had a con- 

 test single-handed against the State of New 

 York. These Bates men had taken that society 

 and organized it and ran it in their interest. 

 The report, it will be noticed, states that all of 

 the premiums were given to Shorthorns, and 

 that there was no competition except the Here- 

 fords. With Shorthorn judges it would not be 

 expected to be otherwise. 



Mr. Sotham exhibited his Herefords at the 

 New York State Fair for a number of years, as 

 he did at other fairs in Ohio, Kentucky, Mis- 

 souri and Pennsylvania. He sold stock to go to 

 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Ver- 

 mont, Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee. 



We have found descendants of his stock in 

 all parts of the country from Maine to the 

 Eocky Mountains. Whatever proportion of 

 blood remained they made friends of their own- 

 ers, and the influence of his work we have met 

 everywhere and have been benefited thereby. 



We met a Mr. Kelly, formerly of Eutland, 

 Vt., who said he had owned Herefords forty 

 years ago, and they were the best dairy cows 

 he ever owned, and the young cattle were always 

 ready for the butcher. 



We met Judge Downing of Denver, who has 



HEREFORDS. PROPERTY OF T. F. B. SOTHAM, 



