HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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purchased in Sydney at the time of the late 

 Melbourne Exhibition and are of good pedigree 

 and splendid character. The following partic- 

 ulars will be interesting to breeders: 



"Benefactor, calved February 16, 1876, bred 

 by Mr. F. Reynolds, Tocal, Patterson, N. S. W., 

 sold to Mr. F. C. Coyder for $375 on 

 April 25, 1877, and purchased from him by 

 Mr. Charles Price, who has had him three 

 years. There are between 60 and 70 calves 

 on the farm belonging to him, and another 

 60 or 70 on the road for the present season. 

 He took the first prize at the Maitland Show in 

 1877. Benefactor, by Sir James (4975), by 

 Royal Hero (4094), dam Fairy, by The Cap- 

 tain (1409), imported g. d. Fancy, by Thurs- 

 ton (1422), imported g. g. d. Favorite, by The 

 Captain (1409), g. g. g. d. Wanton, imported, 

 by Radnor (1366). 



"His successor, just commenced duty, was 

 also purchased by Mr. Price, on August 30, 

 1883, from Mr. F. Reynolds. His pedigree is 

 as follows : Earl Tredegar, calved at Tocal on 

 September 17, 1883; sire Dale Tredegar 

 (5856), imported; dam, Last Day 1st, by Sir 

 James (161 N. S. W. H. B.) ; g. d. Last Day, 

 by Sir Hercules (160 N. S. W. H. B.) ; g. g. d. 

 Eattie, by Garibaldi, imported; g. g. g. d. Re- 

 becca, imported (N. S. W. H. B. Vol. XI, p. 

 393, E. H. B.) Last Day is dam of Last Day 

 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th, all noted good animals. 

 Last Day 1st won first prize at the Singleton 

 Show in 1878 ; was very highly commended at 

 the Maitland Show in 1879 ; took second prize 

 at Sydney in 1879, and, coupled with Fancy 

 1st, won the Challenge Cup given by Mr. 

 Charles Price, of Hindmarsh Island, for the 

 best pair of yearling heifers of any breed. She 

 took the second prize at the Singleton Show in 

 1879 and the first prize at the Maitland Show 

 in 1880. Her daughters, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th, 

 have taken a number of prizes at various shows. 



"To those who are pleased with the sight of 

 really well-bred animals, and others who are de- 

 sirous of learning all that is known about Here- 

 fords, I can confidently recommend a visit to 

 Hindmarsh Island." 



AN AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE. 



We once received a catalogue of Hereford cat- 

 tle bred by Mr. F. S. Reynolds, of Tocal, Pat- 

 terson, New South Wales. The Hereford bulls 

 were fifteen in number. Many of them are by 

 Dale Tredegar, a bull imported from Eng- 

 land. Dale Tredegar (5856) (ff 259) was 

 calved August 14, 1879, and was bred by Mr. 

 H. J. Bailey, Rosedale, Tenbury, England, was 

 got by Tredegar (5077) 2478; dam Rosa 2d, 



by King of the Dale (3891). This bull, under 

 the name of Dale Tredegar, has his picture at 

 ten months old in Vol. XI of the English Herd 

 Book. He won first prize at the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show at Carlyle in 1880, sec- 

 ond at the Bath and West of England Show at 

 Worcester in 1880, first at the Gloucester Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show in 1880, first at the 

 Hay Agricultural Show in 1880, and third at 

 the S. & W. Midland at Bridgenorth in 1880. 

 It gave us great pleasure to receive a Hereford 

 catalogue from this distant country, indicating 

 as it did the Herefords were making their way 

 to the front in all parts of the world. 



AN AUSTRALIAN SHOW. 



We have an account of a show held in Aus- 

 tralia. We quote from the "Sydney Mail" of 

 April 15, 1884, of the meeting of the Agri- 

 cultural Society of that city. Of the Cattle 

 Department it says: "In the rosy period be- 

 tween 1874 and 1878, when four figures for a 

 well-bred bull was no uncommon figure, the 

 Agricultural Society was each year favored by 

 very large entries. Alfred Park has had as 

 many as 450 head displayed, and its sale rings 

 used to be crowded. The show afforded proof 

 that in the matter of breeding, low prices have 

 not proven potent enough to lower the stock's 

 quality. In the half hundred or so of the 

 Shorthorns shown, 

 there were several 

 animals which bear 

 comparisonwith the 

 champions of past 

 years. The score of 

 Herefords show dis- 

 tinct evidences of 

 progress, and the 

 Devons, of which 

 there were about 

 ten, prove unmis- 

 takably that the 

 hardy red breed 

 are still favorites. 

 There were over 

 twenty Ayrshire 

 cattle. The judg- 

 ing commenced on 

 Saturday morning. 

 We note the awards of the Herefords as follows : 

 Bull, three years old and over, F. S. Reynolds, 

 Kenilworth ; for two years old and under three, 

 first and second, F. S. Reynolds ; bull one year 

 old and under two, first to Percy Reynolds, sec- 

 ond to F. S. Reynolds ; bull calf six months old 

 and under twelve, F. S. Reynolds; cow three 

 years old and over, F. S. Reynolds; heifer two 



j. s. HAWES, 



Reading, Mass. (Formerly of 

 Colony, Kan., and Vas- 

 salboro, Maine.) 



