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takes first here, over Cherry 24th, who did not 

 win anything at Lafayette. Lady 3d had seen 

 her best days as a show animal, breeding as she 

 did a calf every year. 



In heifers one year old and under two, the 

 heifer Viola, bred by T. L. Miller, took first 

 here, while at Lafayette she was overlooked. 



FAIR AT SPRIXGFIELD, ILL., 1882. Much to 

 the disgust of the Shorthorn exhibitors, the 

 breeders of Hereford cattle, with their grand 

 display of over seventy head of white-faced 

 beauties, loaded their cars at Crawfordsville, 

 Ind., and sped away to the home of the Short- 

 horns, and pitched their tents at Springfield, 

 111. The Shorthorn men wanted to know what 

 right the Hereford men had to come out in such 

 force, and fill the spectators with enthusiasm at 

 the sight of such mountains of beef comprised in 

 such compact bodies, mounted on short, fine- 

 boned legs and covered with mellow hides and 

 good coats of hair. These Shorthorn breeders 

 felt particularly grieved that the Hereford men 

 concluded to exhibit their cattle in mass, and 

 concentrating their forces, thus make a display 

 that the Shorthorn men had no chance of 

 beating. They even went so far as to say it 

 was a bulldozing movement, inaugurated to 

 n\vc the different fair associations. As far as 

 we heard the different fair managers express 

 an opinion they were anxious to have this grand 

 display come ito their grounds, as it attracted 

 many thousands of spectators, who liked to see 

 improvement and did not want to be compelled 

 to always see the same old barren Shorthorn 

 cows from year to year. 



The prizes of Herefords in their classes were 

 as follows at this fair: 



Bull three years old and over, 1st premium, 

 Hero, Wm. Constable, Beecher, III.; 2d, 

 Anxiety 3d, Thos. Clark, Beecher, 111. 



Bull two years old and under three, 1st, 

 Royal 16th, Earl & Stuart, Lafayette, Ind.; 2d, 

 Tivgrehan, Fowler & Van Natta, Fowler, Ind. 



Bull one year old and under two, 1st, 

 Anxiety 5th, Fowler & Van Natta ; 2d, Anxiety 

 4th, C. K. Parmelee. 



Bull calf under one year, 1st, Jumbo, Earl & 

 Stuart; 2d, Exchange, Earl & Stuart. 



Cow three years old and over, 1st, Cherry 

 24th, C. M. Culbertson, Chicago, 111. ; 2d, Lady 

 3d, Earl & Stuart. 



Heifer two years old and under three, 1st, 

 Venus, Earl & Stuart; 2d, Peerless, Thomas 

 Clark. 



Heifer one year old and under two, 1st, 

 Prettymaid, Earl & Stuart; 2d, Viola, Fowler 

 & Van Natta. 



Heifer calf under one year old, 1st, Crocus 



3d, Fowler & Van Natta ; 2d, Rachel, C. M. 

 Culbertson. 



Sweepstakes, best bull, Hero, Wm. Constable. 



Sweepstakes, best cow, Cherry 24th, C. M. 

 Culbertson. 



Sweepstakes for best aged herd, Earl & 

 Stuart (Herefords) 1st; C. M. Culbertson 

 (Herefords) 2d. 



Sweepstakes for best young herd under two 

 years old, J. H. Pickrell (Shorthorns) 1st; 

 Earl & Stuart (Herefords) 2d. 



The show of grade Herefords at this fair was 

 very fine, and in the grade classes the Here- 

 fords of Mr. J. R. Price, of Williamsville, 111., 

 won all he showed for, over all competitors. 



Splendid exhibits were made at Missouri, 

 Kansas, and Nebraska fairs in 1882 by F. W. 

 Smith, and Whaley & Young of Missouri, and 

 Fowler Bros., J. S. Hawes, and W. Morgan & 

 Son. 



BIRMINGHAM, ENG., FAT STOCK SHOW, 

 1882. We give the following account taken 

 from the "Birmingham Post" of the winnings 

 of the Hereford cattle at this English Fat Stock 

 Show: 



"Herefords. This breed is not so strong in 

 point of number as it was last year, the stalls 

 being 24 against 31, but it is again dis- 

 tinguished above all other competitors by con- 



WASHINGTON (8152) 22615. 

 Bred by A. E. Hughes, Herefordshire. 



tributing the premier animal of the show, Mr. 

 John Price, (1[278) of Pembridge, once more 

 beats everything with his grand ox by Grand 

 Duke Satin. The bullock has added about 

 four hundred and twenty pounds to its weight 

 by the year's additional feeding, and has de- 

 veloped still further the fine qualities which 

 excited so much admiration at its previous 

 exhibition. At the age of three years it now 

 pulls 21 hundred weight, 1 qr., 14 Ib. (2,394 

 Ibs.), and every ounce of its meat is in the 



