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HISTOKY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Last year we showed our bull Blood Royal 

 (7424), but as he had to walk fifty-two miles 

 from here to Brisbane and from Brisbane back 

 again, we could not get him very fat. He was 

 beaten by a Victoria bull that came by steamer. 

 He was a very fat animal that could scarcely 

 walk ; however, he beat our bull. Last August 

 we showed our bull Prince Leopold under the 

 same conditions as before. This time, however, 

 we were more successful, beating animals of 

 Shorthorn, Devon and Angus breeds from the 



A. E. HUGHES. 

 Wintercott, Herefordshire. 



best herds in Australia. Our bull is nine years 

 old, and weighed seven pounds under a ton. He 

 walked home in five days, and did not seem to 

 feel the journey in the least. 



"I enclose some particulars of our herd. We 

 have a catalogue in the press, and when it is 

 printed I will send you a copy. 



"The Cressy Company's herd, from which a 

 good many of our stock are descended, was 

 formed in 1825 by the purchase of a bull and 

 three cows from one of the best herds in Here- 

 fordshire. Unfortunately their pedigrees have 

 been lost, but all the cattle bred from them 

 were recorded in the private herd books of the 

 company. Good cattle were bred from these 

 cows, bulls in the early days selling for 80 and 

 100 guineas. 



"The following imported sires were used. 

 The pedigrees of many of them have been lost : 



"1. Billy (4353), 'imported in 1825. 



"2. Cressy 1st, imported in 1837. He was 

 bred by Mrs^ Jeffries, of The Sheriffs, near 

 Knighton, Herefordshire, and was purchased 

 by Mr. J. D. Toosey when a yearling for 80 

 guineas. 



"3. Trojan (4384), imported in 1833 by 

 Mr. Edward Bryant. 



"4. Trojan (5083), imported 1840 by Mr. 

 Thomas Williams, and sold on arrival for 300 

 guineas to Mr. Toosey. 



"5. Hereford, imported with Trojan 

 (5083). 



"6. Cronstadt (1198), imported by Mr. 

 Robt. Keate, with the cow Cressida, was bred 

 by E. Williams, Llowes Court. She was by 

 Glasbury (709), dam by Quicksilver (353). 

 She was a fine cow and had good calves. 



"7. Zealous ( 1822 ) , imported by Mr. J. Cox, 

 of Clarendon. This well-bred bull cost 400 

 guineas in England. 



"Mr. Toosey used bulls of his own breeding, 

 and had two fine animals, one called Garibaldi, 

 by Garibaldi (2005), and another called Under- 

 graduate, by the Oxford Lad (4192). Under- 

 graduate was sold for 300 guineas and is now 

 in New South Wales. 



"Many of the Hereford cattle in Australia 

 are descendants of this fine herd, which is now 

 dispersed, the late owner, Mr. J. D. Toosey, 

 having died a year or two ago, aged about 80 

 years. 



"It is much to be regretted that our ports are 

 closed against foreign cattle, or we might take 

 advantage of the valuable importations to 

 America that have been going on for some time 

 past. Yours faithfully, 



"A. J. McCONNEL. 



"Durundur, Brisbane, Queensland, Nov. 8, 



1885." 



"P. S. I omitted to tell you the following 

 interesting conversion of a Shorthorn breeder 

 into a breeder of Herefords. 



"A cattle-owner breeds very good Shorthorns, 

 and his neighbor very good Herefords. The 

 two herds mix on the boundary of the respective 

 runs. The owner of the Shorthorns musters his 

 cattle on the boundary to sell the fat bullocks, 

 to the butcher, and in so mustering unavoidably 

 collects on the same camp his neighbor's 

 Herefords. To his dismay he finds the butcher 

 at once picks out all his neighbor's bullocks and 

 drafts them first; then the butcher takes the 

 Shorthorns. This has been too much for the 

 breeder of Shorthorns. He has sold his Short- 

 horns and replaced them with Hereford bulls." 



PEDIGREES OF HEREFORDS IN AUSTRALIA. 



We find in the "Breeders' Journal" for 1885, 

 taken from the "Queenslander," the following 

 account of the Hereford herds in Australia. 

 There was a plan for establishing an Australian 

 Hereford Herd Book, and we sent to the breed- 

 ers who had the matter in charge copies of the 

 "American Hereford Record," so far as they 

 were then published. The Association of 



