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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Mr. Moninger and others in the Shorthorn 

 interest were examined, and from the teeth 

 indications, show the entries to be as 

 fraudulent as those presented by the exhi- 

 bition of these cuts. I ask the careful at- 

 tention of painstaking and experienced cat- 

 tlemen, who keep a correct record of the 

 births of their cattle, and I ask of these 

 men, if they will give me the facts that 

 will prove or disprove the correctness of Prof. 

 Youatt's authorities. I shall strike off an edi- 

 tion of these cuts, and a form for entries, 

 showing the ages from two to four years old, 



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FIG. 21. OUTSIDE VIEW OF MOUTH OF "YOUNG 

 ABERDEEN." 



as recorded at the time of birth, and as indi- 

 cated by the teeth. In figuring the years, 

 months and days of the ages of the above 

 steers, I have taken the age in days and divided 

 it by thirty, to give the number of months, 

 and that by twelve to give the number of years. 

 I propose to follow these issues until the ex- 

 hibitors at the Fat Stock Show shall each and 

 all of them come with honest ages, honestly 

 entered. 



"I propose to follow these until the State 

 Board shall not rest on technicalities and com- 

 pel exhibitors to protect themselves; I expect 

 to follow it until the acting president, for the 

 time being, dare act upon information, and 

 investigate fraud by whomsoever perpetrated. 

 I expect to follow these issues until it will be 

 disreputable for any exhibitor to carry away 

 funds not honestly obtained. I expect to fol- 

 low these until it shall be disreputable to par- 

 ticipate in cane presentations to exhibitors 

 who, come before this show in a fraudulent 

 manner. From this on I shall not be an ex- 

 hibitor at this show until these things are 

 accomplished, but I do recognize that the show 

 is one of the most important ever inaugurated 

 in this or any other country, and I shall do 

 all that is within my power to make it re- 

 spectable, reputable and authoritative. I asked 

 some years ago an English Hereford breeder, 

 why they did not make a more reputable show 

 at Smithfield, in London, England. His reply 

 was that the show was so strongly under Short- 

 horn influence that there was no chance to 

 show successfully. I hope that this influence 

 is broken at this show. At any rate, I moved 



at the Hereford Society meeting in November, 

 that $2,000 be raised to be offered in premiums 

 to the Hereford exhibitors at this show. I 

 wish to say that I believe this sum will be 

 raised; Hereford breeders owe it to the ex- 

 hibitors to see that they are properly compen- 

 sated for their labor and expense in fitting for 

 this show. The successful exhibitor reaps a 

 benefit by the honors he may obtain at this 

 show, still it is true, nevertheless, that breed- 

 ers, as a whole, receive a benefit. No one 

 knows better than myself the expense and care 

 that there is in preparing and going through 

 with a successful exhibit. While I am not an 

 exhibitor, I shall expect to contribute freely 

 for this purpose; when I am an exhibitor, if 

 the time shall come again, I shall expect then 

 my share of contribution and hope that I may 

 be the recipient of at least a portion of the 

 fund. It is hardly to be expected that Here- 

 ford exhibitors can show yearlings against 

 Shorthorn three-year-olds, or Hereford two- 

 year-olds against Shorthorn four or five-year- 

 olds, or Hereford three-year-olds against 

 Shorthorn five or six-year-olds; in the past 

 Hereford exhibitors had this to do, at least 

 they had a large difference against them. 

 With the State Board composed of Shorthorn 

 breeders and very largely under Shorthorn in- 

 fluence the exhibitor who proposes to expose 

 the workings of these influences can hardly be 

 expected to receive impartial treatment. I 



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FIG. 22. TEETH OF SHORTHORN STEER "GRIN- 

 NELL." 

 (Exhibited as 2 years 9 months 21 days.) 



recognized this long ago, and feel that I can 

 meet these 'issues more effectively by not being 

 an exhibitor than by being one. I am not dis- 

 posed to make any promise at present as to 

 what I may or may not do. I do expect, how- 

 ever, to do all I can to place the Herefords in 



