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HIST GEY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Best carcass of steer, 2 and under 3 years, 

 grade Hereford Ab. Piatt, G. S. Burleigh. 



Best carcass of steer, 1 and under 2 years 

 Premium to Bailey, grade Hereford, G. S. Bur- 

 leigh, Mechanicsville, Iowa. 



Lot 10 Dressed Bullocks, Sweepstakes. 



Best carcass of steer of any age Premium 

 $75, to grade Hereford steer Broad Horns, C. 

 M. Culbertscm, Chicago, 111. 



Special Premium. 



Marshall Field, Chicago, $250, for best five 

 head cattle, any age or breed, awarded to T. L. 

 Miller Co., Beecher, 111., for five Hereford 

 steers Conqueror, Will, Washington, Bachelor 

 and Kansas. 



A Chicago daily thus comments on this show : 

 "The event of this show was the contest for the 

 prize of $250 offered by Marshall Field, of Chi- 

 cago, for the best five head of cattle, of any age 

 or breed. It was the largest prize of the show so 

 far as value was concerned. There were seven 

 herds entered by the following exhibitors: 

 Shorthorns : T. W. Hunt, of Ashton. 111. ; John 

 B. Sherman, of Chicago; John D. Gillette, of 

 Elkhart, 111.; Luther Rawson, of Oak Creek, 

 Wis. ; Morrow & Muir, of Clintonville, Ivy., 

 and H. C. Nelson, of Canton, 111. 



"The T. L. Miller Co., of Beecher, entered 

 a herd of five Herefords. The ring was com- 

 pletely filled, with the finest animals of the 

 show, and the judges experienced some diffi- 

 culty in getting about. The gentlemen chosen 

 to decide the merits of this grand herd ring 

 were James Peltz, of Polo, 111.; Frank Gerpi- 

 ser, of Springfield, and Edward Leize, of Chi- 

 cago. The handling qualities of every animal 

 was determined and every point of excellence 

 thoroughly discussed. So far as close searching 

 and complete work was concerned no set of 

 judges ever more fully satisfied the exhibitors 

 or the public of their desire to do even and 

 exact justice. After two hours of conscientious 

 work the unanimous decision was in favor of 

 the Herefords, to whom the prize was awarded. 

 It was, indeed, a glorious and crowning victory, 

 and to say that the fortunate winners were de- 

 lighted but feebly expressed the state of their 

 feelings. The aggregate of the five winning 

 animals was exactly 10,000 pounds, making the 

 average 2,000 pounds to the ounce a showing 

 that speaks volumes for the 'white-faced 

 breed." Chicago Tribune. 



William Houseman, writing from England in 

 1882 to the "National Live Stock Journal," 

 Chicago, said : 



"While trade in pedigree stock is, in general, 



quite at a standstill, and the suspension of busi- 

 ness, usual at this time of year, may be marked 

 by the lack of those advertisements of public 

 sales, and of cattle to be disposed of by private 

 bargain (which crowd the columns of the agri- 

 cultural papers during 'the season') an uncom- 

 mon commotion has been raised in the Hereford 

 breeding districts by the presence of American 

 Hereford breeders, who are buying up all the 

 best Herefords they can lay hands on for very 

 large shipments in the spring. 



"In favor of the Hereford, it must be allowed, 

 as the results of competition with other breeds 

 during this past year, this breed has proved 

 signally successful; at the Royal Dublin 

 Society's show, where not only last year but for 

 two years consecutively, a Hereford bull has 

 won the Chaloner plate, value $775, as the best 

 of any breed; at the Worcester County Show, 

 where a Hereford heifer (Mr. Carwardine's 

 Pretty Face), since exported to America by 

 Mr. Culbertson, won the championship over 

 Mr. Acker's famous Lady Carew 3d, the first 

 prize Shorthorn cow of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England, and at some other shows. 



1882. The campaign of 1882 was a memor- 

 able one. 



The Tippecanoe County Fair at Lafayette, 

 Indiana, for 1882, offered unusually liberal 

 premiums for the beef breeds, consisting of 

 three prizes for aged herds respectively $500, 

 $150, and $50. They also offered a sweepstakes 

 prize for the best herd of thoroughbred beef- 

 breeding cattle, one bull, and four heifers under 

 2 years old, $100, $50, and $25. Also a sweep- 



A WEST HIGHLAND BULL. 



stakes for the best bull of any age or breed, the 

 best cow of any age or breed, and the best steer 

 of any age or breed. 



The Hereford exhibitors consisted of Messrs. 

 Earl & Stuart, of Lafayette; C. M. Culbert- 

 son, of Chicago; 0. Bush, of Sheldon, 111.; C. 

 K. Parmelee, of Wolcott, Ind. ; Fowler & Van 

 Natta, of Fowler, Ind.; William Constable, of 



