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HIST OK Y OF HEBEFOED CATTLE 



acter that is represented between $1.33 and 

 $1.37^. Breeders' Journal, 1884. 



ANOTHER SALE OF RANGE STEERS. 



The Swans showed at Union Stock Yards, 

 Chicago, Hereford steers raised on the range, 

 and fed at their feeding stables at Omaha dis- 

 tilleries. 



A lot of 20 choice two-year-old grade Here- 

 ford steers, averaging 1,235 pounds, sold at 

 $6.75 to Bailey & Co., of Evanston. At the 

 same time a car of natives of the same age, 

 weighing 1,116 pounds, sold to Armour & Co., 

 at $6.10, and twenty-eight tailings sold at $5.75. 

 They had sold the week previous sixteen head 



SHORTHORN STEER, SCHOOLER. 

 Winner in class at Chicago and Kansas City, 1883-4-5. 



of grade Hereford steers, averaging 1,443 

 pounds, to Wolfe & Pfaelzer, at $6.30. This lot 

 dressed 64 per cent of beef. Breeders' Jour- 

 nal, 1884. - 



MR. FUNKHOUSER'S STEERS. 



James A. Funkhouser, Plattsburg, Mo., sold 

 in Chicago, on Dec. 10, 1886, seven yearling 

 grade Hereford steers at $6.50 per hundred. 

 They were shipped to Albany., N". Y., where 

 they were killed, and from Chicago to New 

 York they only shrunk fourteen pounds per 

 head. 



Weight of seven steers in Chicago, Dec. 10, 

 1886, 9,490 pounds; killed by Wiley Bros., Al- 

 bany, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1886 : 



Total Weight 9390 6044. . .average of.. 64.36 



Weight of hides, 660 pounds; weight of tal- 

 low, 747 pounds ; per cent of profitable weight 



(carcass, hide and tallow) to gross or live 

 weight, average 79.36. 



We wish to call attention to the fact that 

 through a journey of 836 miles the seven 

 steers made a shrinkage of only 100 pounds, 

 or 14 pounds each. 



It is a peculiarity of the Herefords that they 

 make less shrinkage than any other breed in 

 traveling, whether by rail or foot. 



Another feature the average price for these 

 yearling steers at .Chicago was a fraction under 

 $84. Breeders' Journal, 1887. 



SOME MAINE STEERS. 



At the Xew England and Eastern Maine, 

 Maine State and one local fair, North Kenne- 

 bec, Messrs. Burleigh & Bodwell, Vassalbor- 

 ough, Maine, exhibited 18 Hereford steers on 

 which they were awarded 33 premiums, 24 of 

 which were first prizes. These cattle took every 

 first premium offered for pairs of fat cattle 

 over two years, and every first prize on matched 

 cattle. They were then taken to Boston and 

 arranged in front of the Quincy House, and 

 then arrayed before Faneuil Hall Market, with 

 their beautiful red coats and white faces, their 

 symmetrical forms, combined with the rarest 

 quality, which, added to their great weights, 

 considering age, made this a sight of a life- 

 time. They were then slaughtered. The dressed 

 weight and shrinkage of these steers were as 

 follows : 



Age. 

 Description. Yrs. 



1 Pair 5 



1 Pair 5 



1 Pair 5 



1 Pair 4 



1 Pair 4 



1 'Steer 3 



1 Steer 3 



1 Pair 3 



1 Pair 3 



Shrinkage, Net Wt. 



Per cent. 

 201,4 

 20 

 26 

 20% 

 23% 

 19 

 23 

 24 

 22 



Lbs. 

 3356 

 3253 

 2683 

 2829 

 2781 

 1403 

 1451 

 2457 

 2341 

 1942 



1 Pair 27 months 24% 



Breeders' Journal, 1885. 



KANSAS CITY FAT STOCK SHOW, 1885. 



Awards were as follows.: 



For best three-year-old carcass Texas Jack 

 (Hereford bull on Texas cow) ; W. E. Camp- 

 bell, breeder, feeder and exhibitor. 



For best two-year-old carcass Fred. (Here- 

 ford) ; J. S. Hawes, breeder, feeder and exhib- 

 itor. 



For best one-year-old carcass Kansas (Gal- 

 loway) ; M. R. Platt, breeder, feeder and ex- 

 hibitor. 



Sweepstakes for the best carcass in the show 

 Fred (ff 264) (Hereford steer) ; J. S. Hawes, 

 breeder, feeder and exhibitor. 



These animals do not show as heavy weights 

 or dress so large a per cent as the dressed car- 

 casses at the Chicago Fat Stock Show, but the 



