HISTOEY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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horns and a thoroughbred bull, and have car- 

 ried the breeding up from minimum grades 

 until I find the last product to be an animal 

 possessing 127 parts Shorthorn and one part 

 native. I here became convinced that a remark 

 made by our friend, Colonel Robert Holloway, 

 of Illinois, to me years ago, is forcibly true, viz., 

 'A fault in form can be remedied by judicious 

 breeding, but a stain on a pedigree can never be 

 wiped out.' Hence, I purchased thoroughbred 

 females of registered, faultless pedigrees, and 

 have now no interest financially in any breeding 

 cattle except Shorthorns and their grades. This 

 much to show you that I come before you as a 

 Shorthorn partisan, and that whatever I may 

 say upon this subject is said from the standpoint 

 of a Shorthorn advocate, yet trusting that this 

 partiality may not blind my eye like those of a 

 fond parent, so that no imperfections are dis- 

 covered or recognized in my pets. 



THE BREEDS AT KANSAS CITY AND CHICAGO IN 



1883. 



"I find, by a careful study of classes at the 

 Kansas City Fat Stock Show of 1883, that, ex- 

 cluding car-load lots, there were 121 animals 

 entered individually; of these the following 

 classification is made: fifty-five grade Short- 

 horns, twenty-two thoroughbred Shorthorns, 

 eleven grade Herefords, ten thoroughbred Here- 

 fords, five thoroughbred Angus, two thorough- 

 bred Galloways, thirteen grade Galloways, two 

 grade Holsteins, and one thoroughbred Hoi- 

 stein. 



"Taking thoroughbreds and grades and class- 

 ing them altogether, we find the following aver- 

 age results: 



KANSAS CITY. 



CHICAGO. 



Av. as:e 

 in days. 



Av Av. daily 



weight, ?|" 

 iHo ii om 

 lbs " birth. 



One year and under two. 



48 Shorthorns ....................... 633 1244 



43 Herefords .../ .................... 534 1179 



Two years and under three. 



30 Shorthorns ....................... 903 1723 



22 Herefords ........................ 942 1543 



1 Angus ............................ 999 1815 



Three years and under four. 



26 Shorthorns ....................... 1,370 2041 



7 Herefords ........................ 1,361 2052 



1 Angus ...... , .......... ,,,,,,,,,,.1,380 2355 



196 

 2 01 



191 

 j 64 



149 

 L50 

 1.70 



"From this it will be seen that the results at 

 Kansas City and Chicago are practically the 

 same, and hence in treating specifically we in- 

 clude the other also. In the sweepstakes rings, 

 the committee, composed of old, experienced 

 .butchers, awarded as follows : 



"In the ring for two years old and under 

 three there were at Kansas City fifteen entries, 

 viz. : Ten Shorthorns, one Holstein, two Here- 

 fords, and two Galloways. The premium was 

 awarded to 'Benton's Champion/ a grade 

 Hereford, or more properly a Hereford and 

 Shorthorn cross. There were nineteen entries 

 in the ring three years and under four, as fol- 

 lows: Fifteen Shorthorns, two Herefords, one 

 Angus and one Galloway. The premium was 

 awarded to Starlight, a grade Shorthorn 

 seven-eighths Shorthorn, one-eighth native. 

 From all the foregoing we find the scales pretty 

 evenly balanced between the Shorthorns and 

 Herefords, the black cattle coming in third. 



JAS. A. FUNKHOUSER, 

 Plattsburg, Mo. 



The preponderance really is in favor of the 

 Herefords. 



A POOK EXCUSE. 



"It is a poor excuse or explanation to say that 

 most of the premium animals claiming to be 

 Herefords grades are really crosses with the 

 Shorthorns, as the following query suggests it- 

 self to every unprejudiced man : If the Here- 

 ford is an inferior animal, why should the cross 



