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question may bo fairly raised as to whether, for 

 the consumer, they may not be fully as good. 



\Ye call attention to the fact that a cross-bred 

 Hereford and Texan takes the first as a three- 

 vear-old, and a thoroughbred Hereford wins as 

 a two-year-old, and also sweepstakes for best 



We think we may safely say that no equal 

 display of high-fed and ripe bullocks, prize 

 sheep and wonderful hogs was ever made by 

 any one man in this country, and those who 

 had seen like exhibits in England said they had 

 never seen the 'quality of the meat surpassed. 



DRESSED CARCASSES AT THE KANSAS CITY FAT STOCK SHOW FOR 1885. 



carcass; a Galloway taking first as yearling. 

 Thus a two-year-old Hereford takes the sweep- 

 stakts at Kansas City and Chicago Fat Stock 

 Shows as the best dressed carcass. 



At the Kansas City Show, in the competi- 

 tion between breeds, the Herefords took only 

 one premium, and that went to Mr. Jas. A. 

 Funkhouser for Challenge, under one year old, 

 by Invincible, by Success. But on carcasses 

 tliry took two out of three, and sweepstakes. 

 That is something like old-time reading. 

 J-irrt'/lrrx' Juurn<i/, 1885. 



PR IZ10 BKKF AT DETROIT. 



At the late Fat Stock Show (1880) at Chi- 

 cago the judges decided, we hope, to the best 

 of their ability, but the only true criterion for 

 beef cattle to be judged by is the butcher's 

 bk>ck. Recognizing this truth, Mr. T. L. Mil- 

 ler, of this place, wishing to see his Herefords 

 slaughtered in competition with the animals 

 against which he showed, having bought some 

 of the latter, sold three head of Herefords, and 

 the J. H. Potts & Son's two-year-old Shorthorn 

 steer to Wm. Smith & Son, the best butchers in 

 Detroit. Mr. Smith had already bought the 

 first and second premium Shorthorn cows in 

 their classes, to the largest of which cows the 

 able ( ?.) judges also awarded the champion 

 prize for the best cow in the show. These ani- 

 mals with many others were all purchased by 

 Mr. William Smith to make his usual display 

 of Christmas beef. The hanging up of so much 

 valuable meat, and particularly the opportunity 

 which it afforded of seeing Hereford and Short- 

 horn beef hung up side by side, drew together 

 large crowds. Stock breeders were there from 

 Canada, Ohio, and Illinois, and even men from 

 the distant Western plains. 



In fact, the display took all by storm, and it 

 was universally acknowledged by all who saw 

 it and there were thousands that it was im- 

 possible to make a better show. 



Mr. Smith occupies stall No. 1 and 2 in 

 Mansfield Market, Detroit. His Christmas dis- 

 play consisted of twenty-eight head of prize 

 beef animals, one hundred and twenty head of 

 prize sheep (quite a number of them having 

 won honors at the Chicago Fat Stock Show), 

 and prize Suffolk and Essex hogs. 



-Mr. T. L. Miller's prize three-year-old Here- 

 ford heifer, "Maid of Orleans," hung in a con- 



SHORTHORN STEER, CLEVELAND, 



At 497 days. Weight 1,290 Ibs. Most perfect Shorthorn 



bullock ever produced in America. Practically 



approximating the Hereford type. 



spicuous place, and was a center of attraction ; 

 her massive form and deep meat, combined with 

 rounds and chine that could not be excelled, 

 drew forth the praises of all. The carcasses 

 of the two Shorthorn cows that showed against 

 the "Maid of Orleans" for sweepstakes at Chi- 

 cago were quartered and hung up, so an exact 



