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except that the entries shall be made in writing 

 to the said treasurer on or before the IGth day 

 of November, 1882. Should there be no entries 

 for said Butcher's Prize, then the said treasurer 

 shall hold said money subject to the order of 

 .tha undersigned. C. M. CULBERTSON, 



"President American Hereford Association." 

 "Mr. C. M. Culbertson, above named, has 

 this day deposited with the undersigned, treas- 

 urer of the Chicago Fat Stock Show, the sum 

 of $500, to be called the 'Butcher's Prize,' as 

 stated in the above invitation, a copy of which 

 invitation has also been placed in my hands. 



"JOHN W. BUNN. 

 "Dated at Peoria, Sept. 25th, 1882." 



RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE HEREFORDS. 



Taken from the Chicago "Daily Tribune," 

 December 30, 1882: "There is, in the rapidity 

 with which the Herefords have spread over this 



they carried off three of the four butchers' 

 prizes awarded at the last Fat Stock Show, 

 fairly indicates the general superiority of the 

 Herefords, cannot very well be gainsaid, until 

 some proof to the contrary shall have been fur- 

 nished. The fact that many Herefords were 

 slaughtered at that show, while but few Short- 

 horns were killed, will not be accepted by those 

 people who know that the total number of 

 Hereford cattle available for such a test is com- 

 paratively small, while the Shorthorns number 

 many thousands. Aberdeen- Angus, Galloways, 

 Norfolk and Suffolk polls, and other recog- 

 nized breeds are not expected to appear in 

 competition as yet, since there are few cattle 

 of those breeds which can be spared for slaugh- 

 ter. 



"If the ensuing year does not bring out 

 Shorthorns which can bear off the honors from 

 the Herefords, in this the final test of the value 



HEREFORD. SHORTHORN. 



Competing steers and comparative types, Smithfield winners. 1879. 



country in the last five or six years, something 

 which is, if not marvelous, at least as remark- 

 able as it must be gratifying to the champions 

 of that magnificent breed of cattle. How much 

 of this has been due to the persistent and pug- 

 nacious use of the press cannot, of course, be 

 definitely ascertained, but without great merit 

 to warrant the claims put forth by friends of 

 the breed it is quite certain it could never have 

 gained the place it now. occupies as the favorite 

 on many a ranch in the West, and as a highly 

 prized and profitable breed on the farms of the 

 fertile Middle and Western States. 



"In their determination to accept no second 

 place on the list of beef-making breeds, and 

 the fierceness of their onslaughts upon all rival 

 breeds, the Hereford breeders give abundant 

 evidence as to the faith that is in them. It 

 cannot be denied that they have made a very 

 creditable show of a right to the first place. 

 Their claim, that the success they met when 



of a beef bullock, many who are now undecided 

 will conclude that, how smooth and beautiful 

 soever the Shorthorn may be, he lacks the 

 ability to make, when highly finished, the best 

 and most profitable beef. That the Hereford 

 can scarcely be surpassed in ability to with- 

 stand hardship is well known; that he will 

 make a fair return for any amount of care, 

 however slight, has been abundantly shown by 

 experience. That the breeders of Herefords 

 are content to rest their case upon the single 

 argument of the superiority of their favorites 

 as beef producers, as do the friends of the 

 Scotch cattle, and do not think it necessary 

 to add the claim that they are good milk and 

 butter producers, will be by some, especially, 

 perhaps by the cattlemen of the plains, con- 

 sidered additional proof of the confidence of 

 the Hereford breeders in the strength of their 

 cause. 



"Whatever the outcome of the contest may 



