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HISTORY OF HEREFOBD CATTLE 



It will be noticed that all thoroughbreds 

 showed in the competitions; that the commit- 

 tee made the recommendation that classes 

 should be made for each breed ; that they would 

 not allow the Hereford to compete, but rec- 

 ommended a special premium to the Hereford 



ROYAL GROVE (9137) 21500. 



Bred by P. Turner, Herefordshire. Sensational bull, ex- 

 hibited at Chicago Fat Stock Show, 1875. 



cow Matchless, exhibited by Messrs. Corning 

 & Sotham; and in looking over the names of 

 the officers of the Society and the names of 

 exhibitors, that they are in many instances the 

 same; among them, Mr. H. S. Randall, who 

 took so prominent a position in opposition to 

 Mr. Sotham and the Herefords. 



We are not disposed to charge- fraud on these 

 managers, but we have the right to .show, as 

 we have done in the Sotham-Randall contro- 

 versy and the Youatt-Berry History of British 

 Cattle, that these parties were in the interest 

 of Shorthorns, and if Randall, Prentice, Allen, 

 etc., as Shorthorn men, took the control of the 

 New York State Fair, they would, as a matter 

 of course, give the preference to that breed of 

 cattle. 



This was manifest in the Rust ox, which took 

 the first premium as best fat ox. While they 

 gave him the premium, they claimed him as 

 a Shorthorn, and gave that breed the credit, 

 whereas he undoubtedly owed what quality he 

 had to the Hereford. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

 RECORD. 



From the published records of the Board, 

 we have taken pains to get together the names 

 of the important officers and of the judges on 

 Herds and Sweepstakes in the cattle depart- 

 ments. Leaving nothing to memory, we sub- 

 mit here the names of these judges and their 

 residences so far as the reports of the society 

 give them. It will be remembered that these 



judges passed upon the merits of cattle of dif- 

 ferent breeds, competing against each other. 

 In 1872 John P. Reynolds was superintendent, 

 and the Judges on Herds were as follows : 

 John M. Milliken, Ohio; John H. Bacon, Iowa; 

 M. Smith, McLean Co., 111.; J. Reecft, Warren 

 Co., 111.; W. H. Russell, Marion Co., 111. 

 Judges on Herds got by one Bull : J. R. Miller, 

 Caseyville, 111.; John Kelly, Heyworth, 111.; 

 John H. Potts, Jacksonville, 111.; J. W. Hop- 

 kins, Granville, 111. ; J. F. Coe, Sterling, 111. 



1873: John P. Reynolds, President; Emory 

 Cobb, W. H. Russell, Superintendents. Judges 

 on Herds: G. Barnes, Canton; D. Rankin, 

 Biggsville; J. C. Mosier, Kankakee; H. C. 

 Reed, Princeton; E. F. Smith, Morning SUE, 

 la. Judges on Herds from one Bull: M. W. 

 Robinson, Des Moines, la. ; W. W. Parish, Mo- 

 mence; J. R. Skelton, Skelton; Jos. Kelso, 

 Tazewell Co.; H. J. France, Woodford Co. 



1874: John P. Reynolds, President; Emory 

 Cobb and W. H. Russell, Superintendents. 

 Names of Judges not given. 



1875: D. B. Gillham, President; W. J. 

 Neely, Superintendent. Herds Judges : P. A. 

 Coen, Washburn; A. Kershaw, Wayne; W. 

 Noel, Paxton; M. Sumner, Warren; W. Ful- 

 ler, Clinton. 



Herds from one Bull Judges: Hugh N. 

 Cross, Jersey ville; J. H. Potts, Jacksonville; 

 H. Burruss, Carrollton; H. K. Parr, Seneca; 

 W. Noel, Paxton. Sweepstakes Judges: J. 

 S. Overholt, Streator; C. L. Hostetter, Mt. 

 Carroll; J. Barnes, Ottawa, 111.; C. R. Wood, 

 Yorkville ; W. H. H. Holdridge, Tonica. 



1876: D. B. Gillham, President; W. J. 

 Neely, Superintendent; J. W. Judy, Marshal. 

 Herds from one Bull Judges: J. D. Van 

 Doven, Fisks Corner, Wis. ; J. H. Spear, Tal- 

 lula; H. E. Williams, Dixon; A. Herford, 

 Perona; J. W. Hundey, Champaign. Herds 

 Judges: James Mix, Kankakee, 111.; J. R. 

 Shaver, Ottawa ; J. Brown, Galena ; J. L. 

 Moore, Polo; H. M. Winslow, Kankakee. 



1877 at Freeport: D. B. Gillham, President; 

 Samuel Dysart, Superintendent, J. W. Judy, 

 Marshal. " Herds Judges: S. Riegle, D. C. 

 May, A. Jeffry, N. Hawks, A. J. Wilbeck. Herd 

 from one Bull Judges: Edward Isett, W. 

 Stocking, Simon Sheaf, J. M. Swancy, F. T. 

 Seward. Judges of Sweepstakes: W. Rathje, 

 John Gosling, Lewis Steward, W. Moffatt, C. 

 D. Hart. 



1878: Judges on Herds: D. Gore, Carlin- 

 ville; Thomas Murray, Polo; Simon Sheaf; 

 W. W. Riggs, Riggston. Judges Herds from 

 one Bull : E. H. Stewart, Marengo ; T. C. Ster- 

 rett, Warrensburg; H. Tennison; W. Vorhies, 



