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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Mr. Miller was here in June last, when he pur- 

 chased about 100 of our far-famed, red-with- 

 white-faces, and although far past the meridian 

 of life, he hastened back to use his best en- 

 deavors to obtain a removal of the restrictions 

 of a ninety days' quarantine, imposed upon 

 that side, upon animals imported from this 

 country. I fear his usual success has not at- 

 tended his efforts in that direction, and I hear 

 he is now returning, if not returned to Eng- 

 land, to arrange for shipping his purchases. 



EX-GOVERNOR S. B. PACKARD, 

 Marshalltown, Iowa. 



"There are several breeders of Herefords in 

 the United States of much longer standing 

 than Mr. Miller, but it was left to him to bring 

 them to the front in the manner in which they 

 are now brought. Mr. Miller only commenced 

 as a Hereford breeder in 1871. In 1872 his 

 then partner, Mr. Powell, a Herefordshire 

 man, came to England and purchased a few 

 Herefords, among them the handsome youifg 

 cow Dolly Varden, bred by Mr. Morris, Town 

 House, Madley, and her two offspring. Mr. 

 Powell soon entered upon another business, 

 and Mr. Miller was most fortunate in securing 

 the assistance of one so thoroughly conversant 

 with the management of a herd as Mr. George 

 F. Morgan. 



"The excellence of Mr. Miller's herd which 

 he sent to the International Exhibition, and 



the manner in which Mr. Morgan brought 

 them out and placed them before the judges, 

 were themes of admiration to all who beheld 

 them. After I discharged my duties at that 

 exhibition, I visited Mr. Miller and numerous 

 other Hereford breeders in order that I might 

 make their personal acquaintance and see how 

 the various herds acclimated, but at no place 

 did I see them so admirably managed as those 

 under Mr. Morgan's care on Mr. Miller's farm. 



"I would here respectfully suggest that the 

 Hereford breeders pay some compliment to 

 Mr. Miller when he returns to this country, in 

 acknowledgment of the very valuable assist- 

 ance he has rendered to them in creating a 

 demand for their pedigree animals, which, al- 

 though of great and unprecedented proportion, 

 is now only in its infancy. 



T. DUCKHAM. 



Baysham Court, Ross, England. 

 Aug. 17, 1880. 



The occasion of the writer's visit to England 

 in 1883 was taken advantage of by the breed- 

 ers of Hereford cattle in that country to pre- 

 sent him with a valuable testimonial to show 

 their appreciation of his labors in securing to 

 the Herefords in America their present posi- 

 tion as the best breed of beef cattle. 



The "Hereford Times," England, August 4, 

 1883, has an editorial in reference to the mat- 

 ter, from which we quote: "Within a very 

 short period three very important gatherings 

 of breeders of Hereford cattle have taken place 

 in Hereford, each being in the nature of a cele- 

 bration, and each of such a character as to 

 warrant the hope that a new era of prosperity 

 for the renowned white-faces is being entered 

 upon. The first was the banquet of Mr. Price, 

 of the Court House, Pembridge, upon the oc- 

 casion of his splendid victory at Birmingham, 

 when he carried off the Elkington Challenge 

 Cup. (fl 231) The second was the farewell 

 dinner given a week or two ago by Mr. Bur- 

 leigh to the breeders from whom he had been 

 making his extensive purchases for America. 

 The third, and most important of all, has taken 

 place in the present week, when the union 

 between the English and American breeders 

 of Hereford cattle has been cemented by the 

 banquet and presentations to Mr. T. L. Miller, 

 of Beecher, 111., and his righthand man, Mr. 

 George F. Morgan, who have done more than 

 any others to establish the Herefords in uni- 

 versal favor, and raise them to that position of 

 pre-eminence which their excellent and varied 

 qualities entitle them to hold. 



"Advantage was taken of Mr. Miller's pres- 

 ence in England a visit made purely in the 



