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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



cattle, and they are now a very respectable herd. 



"Neptune, a bull by Bringewood, sold when 

 a yearling for 150 guineas to Mr. R. Holland, 

 afterwards used by Mr. C. Price, for a short 

 time, and then sent to Sydney, where he was 

 sold. 



"Mermaid, a heifer who was shown several 

 times and always took a prize. When about 



CLEM STUDEBAKBR, 

 South Bend, Ind. Firm of F. H. Johnson & Co. 



four years old in returning from a show she fell 

 over a cliff and was killed. On the day of her 

 death Mr. Price received a letter from Mr. 

 Frank Reynolds, Tocal, Patterson, N. S. W., 

 offering 150 guineas ($750) for her. 



"Merman, a bull by Bringewood, sold to Mr. 

 W. J. Maidment as a yearling for 100 guineas 

 ($500). 



"Chief of the Isle, a bull, by Mount Aitkin 

 (4800), sold to Mr. Hay wood Porter for 150 

 guineas ($750) as a yearling. 



"Goolwa, by Hindmarsh Island (4647), a 

 bull, sold as a yearling at Sydney for 82 guineas 

 ($410). 



"Queen of the Murray, a heifer by Goolwa 

 (4647), had one calf and then died. 



"King of the Murray, by Monarch (206 in 

 N. S. W. Herd Book), sold as a calf for 100 

 guineas ($500) to Mr. Ramsey, Western Aus- 

 tralia, who purchased two bulls and three heif- 

 ers from Mr. Price. 



"The next two bulls were made into steers, in 

 consequence of no purchasers being ready for 

 them. 



"Queen of the Murray, by Monarch, now ris- 

 ing two years and in calf to Benefactor. 



"Altogether, Queen of the Ocean has pro- 

 duced ten bulls and four heifers, seven of which 

 realized over 800 guineas ($4,000), and what 

 with prize money and other odds and ends in 

 the shape of steers and heifers still unsold, her 

 progeny has proven to be a valuable source of 

 income. 



"The next cow worthy of special notice is 

 Effie, by Bringewood, out of Pigeon, imported 

 from Tasmania. Pigeon was purchased by Mr. 

 Price from Mr. John Chambers in 1853, along 

 with two other heifers, for $180. She is a splen- 

 did animal, and was a great bargain. Pigeon's 

 first calf was a heifer named Jennie Deans, 

 which was sold with a calf to Mr. J. H. Angas 

 for 200 guineas ($1,000). Effie was the next 

 offspring of Pigeon and was dropped on Jan- 

 uary 9, 1872, and had her first calf on De- 

 cember 3, 1874 (Dolly Varden, by Merman). 

 Since then she has given a calf every year, and 

 is now in calf again. She is a splendid cow, 

 with every point from head to tail, from back to 

 hoofs, hair, horns, skin, color and everything 

 else to character, but this is equally true in re- 

 spect to the whole herd. They are so alike in 

 every particular that a stranger can scarcely dis- 

 tinguish the worst from the best. 



"Sturt Pea is another beautiful cow, got by 

 Monarch, out of Effie, by Bringewood. She was 

 calved on October 17, 1877. Her first calf was 

 Sweet Melon (another first-class beast, now run- 

 ning on the farm, and one of the grandest heif- 

 ers that was ever calved). On January 15, 

 1882, she gave birth to a bull calf, which was 

 sold along with eighteen other bull calves to 

 Messrs. Grant & Stokes for a run up in the far 

 north. Her last calf by Benefactor was also a 

 bull and was dropped on July 30, 1883, and she 

 is now in calf again. Her progeny are all like 

 the rest, without a bad point in any part. 



"Effie 2d was calved on August 15, 1879, by 

 Monarch, out of Effie. She is full sister to 

 Sturt Pea, and is now in calf to Benefactor. 



"Little Dorrit, by Mount Aitkin, out of Jen- 

 nie Deans, took the ten-guinea cup at Adelaide 

 some years ago for best Hereford cow. She 

 had her first calf in 1877, and has given a calf 

 regularly every year since. Little Dorrit 2d, 

 by Goolwa (4617), Little Dorrit 3d, and Little 

 Dorrit 4th are all the progeny of this fine 

 cow, and are all good specimens of pure-bred 

 Herefords. 



"Both the bulls now in use on the farm were 



