HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



1834 to this time. He knows that Rev. H. 

 Berry wrote what purported to be Youatt's 

 History of English Cattle. He knows that 

 Rev. Henry Berry was editor of the "Farmer's 

 Magazine" of London, and a prominent Short- 

 horn breeder at the same time. He knows that 

 at this time (1834) the impartial historian 



STOCK BULLS ON A KANSAS FARM. 

 Property of the late C. S. Cross, Emporia, Kan. 



could have found material in the record of the 

 Herefords that would have placed them, in 

 England, so far ahead of the Shorthorns that 

 they (the Shorthorns) would not have a re- 

 spectable second-rate position. He knows that 

 the Shorthorn breeders were the active organ- 

 izers of the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 

 land in 1839, and it was organized for the pur- 

 pose of forwarding the Shorthorn interest. And 

 he knows that it has been held and worked by 

 the Shorthorn breeders of England from then 

 until now. He knows the New York fair was or- 

 ganized in 1841 for the same purpose, and has 

 been worked in that interest from then until 

 now, and that for a large portion of that time 

 he was an active worker in that interest in that 

 society. He knows that from 1834, whenever 

 the Hereford and Shorthorn should come into 

 fair contest, whether in England or America, 

 that the Hereford would take the first or top 

 place. Very few men in America are so fa- 

 miliar with the process by which the Short- 

 horns have taken position in this country and 

 England as Ambrose Stevens, cattle editor of 

 the "Kentucky Live Stock Record" ; and still, 

 knowing these facts, he claims for them pre- 

 eminence. There is not a Shorthorn breeder 

 in Kentucky that dare bring their cattle to a 

 test with the Herefords. [And the "Journal" 

 might have added that Mr. Stevens was the 

 editor of the revised and abridged American 

 edition of Youatt. T. L. M.] 



IIEKEFOKDS SPREADING. 



The American "Cultivator" (1883) said: 

 "Though the Hereford breed of cattle has 

 not as yet been extensively introduced into this 

 section of the country, its excellencies are com- 

 manding the situation at many other points, 

 notably in England, Australia, South America 

 and in our western country. It is a matter of 

 record that not only in the London market 

 have they been quoted at from one to two cents 

 a pound above the Shorthorns, but the record 

 of the Smithfield show is, that the Hereford 

 steer has a record over the Shorthorn, and the 

 same record shows that the Hereford steer has 

 made as good weights as the Shorthorn at any 

 given age. And now the Bath and West of 

 England Society has awarded the two cham- 

 pion prizes for the best male and female in the 

 show, to the Herefords. Coupling this with 

 the fact that during the same record he has 

 always brought better prices, and another es- 

 tablished fact that he has always been a more 

 economical feeder and grazier, is it not strange 

 that the press and agricultural societies have 

 not been more ready to encourage them? 



"A recent sale of one hundred Hereford 

 bulls in England for shipment to the grazing 

 regions of Buenos Ayres shows the estimation 

 in which this famous stock is there held. The 

 Herefords have made more rapid progress in 

 public favor at the west in the last five years, 

 than ever was made by any other breed of cat- 

 tle in America in the same time. In Colorado 

 and Wyoming there are several herds of from 

 30,000 to 70,000 head, that are using all the 

 Hereford bulls they can get, and already at the 

 Union Stock Yards at Chicago and at St. Louis 

 and Kansas City Stock Yards, these steers are 

 commanding the top prices, while five years 

 ago they were not known in these yards. In 

 five years more they will be quoted at all the 

 markets, as they have been in the London 

 market in England for the last one hundred 

 years or thereabouts. 



"The Hereford cattle are tough, hardy and 

 thrive on a diet both in quality and quantity 

 that would be unprofitable in the Shorthorns. 

 The cattle are very large sized, make excellent 

 beef, are fair milkers, especially when crossed 

 with other kinds, and are withal quite 

 handsome, being red bodied with white mark- 

 ings and white face, the latter being an invari- 

 able mark of the kind." 



BUTCHERS REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF MEAT 

 CONSUMED. 



The "Pittsburgh Stockman" is a good paper 



