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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Sweepstakes: All breeds competing. Third 

 prize, Wyoming Hereford Ass'n. 



THE PLATT PRIZE HEREFORD STEER. T"he 

 champion Hereford steer at Smithfield, 1883, 

 was bred by Mr. Frederick Platt, of Upper 

 Breinton, Hereford, England. This steer was 

 two years, four months and two weeks and four 

 days old, and was bred from the Hereford stock 

 of Mr. Aaron Rogers on the dam's side. His 

 sire was Horace 2492 (3877). (fl 286) This 

 bull Horace was the animal that Mr. Platt paid 

 $2,500 for when he was ten years old. He had 



PLUSH. 



Grand sweepstakes carcass, Chicago Pat Stock Show, 1886. 

 Fed by John Gosling. 



been the stock bull in Mr. John Price's herd at 

 Court House, Pembridge, Eng. He was a bull 

 of remarkable substance, and covered with a 

 curly coat of hair that is seldom equaled. He 

 was such a prepotent sire that he conveyed his 

 good qualities to most of his descendants, and 

 many of his get have been prize winners in the 

 show ring. 



The steer weighed 1,680 pounds, and won in 

 a ring of ten competitors. There were shown in 

 the same ring a steer bred by Mr. Thos. Lewis, 

 of Woodhouse, sired by Young Sir Frank 2669 

 (4274) ; two more steers bred by Mr. Lewis 

 Lloyd, of Monks Orchard, sired by Lord Wilton 

 4057 (4740), of which so much was said as a 

 stock getter; another, bred by J. R. Hill, by 

 Commander 3209 (4452), the Mrs. Edwards 

 bull. The second prize in the ring, however, 

 went to a second steer exhibited by Mr. Platt, 

 which was also by Horace. The third prize 

 went to a steer bred by the late Mr. Morris, of 

 Weston. 



We quote the following from the "Breeders' 

 Journal" report of the KANSAS CITY FAT 

 STOCK SHOW FOR 1883 : 



The two important exhibits of live stock in 

 America for 1883, the first at Kansas City, the 



second at Chicago, have made a long stride 

 toward settling the merits of the breeds. 



The Kansas City Show was the first that had 

 been held there, and was a very creditable open- 

 ing. The Herefojxls were represented by W. 

 E. Campbell, of Caldwell, Kansas, with a year- 

 ling heifer and steer from Texas cows and a 

 Hereford bull and five heifer calves. This 

 exhibit was one of the most interesting and at- 

 tractive of the show, as indicating the potency 

 of the Herefords and their ability to improve 

 the common cattle of the country. They were 

 of fine quality, and would have passed without 

 many doubts for thoroughbreds. 



Fielding W. Smith, of Woodlandville, Mo., 

 had on exhibition five yearling steers, the get 

 of Dictator, (1J287) the champion bull at St. 

 Louis in 1881 and 1882. These were out of 

 Shorthorn cows, and were of great substance ; 

 one of them was as perfect a beast as there was 

 in the show, and we hope to see him and his 

 master another year, the steer having passed 

 the interim in the hands of a good feeder. 



Messrs. Scott & Broaders, of Leavenworth, 

 Kansas, exhibited a half-blood Hereford steer 

 a very smooth, level animal, not fat enough 

 to win, but an excellent butcher's beast. 

 Messrs. Gudgell & Simpson, Independence, 

 Mo., exhibited a very good pair of pure-bred 

 Hereford steers. Messrs. A. A. Crane & Sons, 

 of Osco, 111., exhibited a pair of thoroughbreds 

 and one grade Hereford bullock. T. E. Miller, 

 of Beecher, 111., exhibited a pure-bred, fat 

 Hereford cow. Messrs. Seabury & Sample, of 

 Lafayette, Ind., exhibited a yearling grade 

 Hereford steer of good quality. Messrs. 

 Fowler & Van Natta, of Fowler, Ind., made 

 an exhibit of the grade Hereford steer Benton's 

 Champion. Thomas Clark, of Beecher, 111., 

 exhibited his yearling grade Hereford steers 

 Nip and Tuck. These attracted a good deal of 

 attention, and were very creditable steers. 



The Herefords made a very creditable show, 

 Adams Earl winning on Hereford bullocks 

 three and under four years old, with Wabash 

 (ff 288) first premium; A. A. Crane & Sons 

 taking second. A. A. Crane & Sons also took 

 first premium on Hereford bullocks two and 

 under three years old. (rudgell & Simpson 

 took first and second on Hereford steers one 

 and under two years. T. E. Miller took first 

 premium on Hereford cow three years old and 

 over; Gudgell & Simpson taking second. 

 Adams Earl took special premium, a farm 

 wagon, for best Hereford animal in the show, 

 on pure-bred steer Wabash. W. E. Campbell 

 took special premium of $25 on Hereford cow. 



The Shorthorns were fairly represented, J. 



