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HISTOEY OF HEREFOKD CATTLE 



Best twelve cattle one year and under two, 

 all breeds, 1st, Fowler & Van Natta, Here- 

 fords; 2d, C. M. Culbertson. 



In the competition for cost of production, 

 the Hercfords won in the class for steer or 

 spayed heifer two and under three years, first 

 premium on spayed heifer Hattie, exhibited by 

 G. S. Burleigh, Mechanicsville, la. 



And again in the class for steer or spayed 

 heifer one and under two years, first premium 

 to steer Stonington, exhibited by R. J. Stone, 

 Stonington, 111. 



A large amount of cash in special premiums 

 given at this show from fund collected by the 



WESTONBURY, PEMBRIDGE. 

 Home of Mr. H. F. Russell. 



American Hereford Breeders' Association was 

 won by the following exhibitors : Adams Earl, 

 A. A. Crane & Son, C. B. Stuart, C. M. Cul- 

 bertson, Fowler & Van Natta, B. Hershey, 

 John B. Sherman, Thomas Clark, F. W. Smith, 

 Tom C. Ponting, H. Norris & Son. 



The special premium offered by McCormick 

 Harvesting Machine Company, for best five cat- 

 tle, was won by John B. Sherman, with grade 

 Herefords. 



There were a large number of beasts slaugh- 

 tered. For the best three-year-old carcass we 

 think the Herefords improperly beaten, the first 

 premium being given to the Shorthorns, and 

 also for the best carcass; and we believe the 

 Culbertson steer, Roan Boy, was the best bul- 

 lock, the most level, and of the best quality. 

 The Potts steer was uneven. If the judges gave 

 the award for the greatest amount of o.utside 

 fat, then perhaps there was less room for criti- 

 cism. 



THE SHOWS OF 1884. 



A good showing of Herefords was made in 

 1884 at the leading shows. At the ILLINOIS 

 STATE FAIR by Thomas Clark, Geo. Leigh & 

 Co., E. Esson and Jas. Caldwell. 



At t e ST. Louis (Mo.) FAIR the Hereford 

 prizes v ere divided between Messrs. C. M. Cul- 

 bertson, Earl & Stuart, Wm. Constable, and 

 F. W. Smith. 



A determined effort was made this year by 

 the Hereford herds of MICHIGAN, marshaled by 

 the veteran Hereford advocate, Wm. H. 

 Sotham. The leading herds, those of Thomas 

 Foster and Wm. Hamilton, of Flint, were 

 placed in preparation under the management 

 of T. F. B. Sotham, who was given an interest 

 in their winnings. These and other Michigan 

 herds made the rounds of the leading County 

 and District fairs, and at the State Fair made 

 the greatest Hereford show ever seen on its 

 grounds. Mr. R. G. Hart, of Lapeer, and 

 Edwin Phelps, of Pontiac, adding their herds 

 to those above mentioned. 



A special fund of $2,000 was raised among 

 the Hereford breeders for Herefords at the 

 AMERICAN FAT STOCK SHOW, and much good 

 work was done by enthusiastic effort. 



The Herefords at the ROYAL AGRICULTURAL 

 SHOW at Shrewsbury (1884) scored an unpar- 

 alleled success ; the number of Hereford entries 

 largely exceeded those of any other breed of 

 cattle, and the quality throughout was so 

 marked that they monopolized the attention. of 

 visitors. There were 144 entries, but though 

 they have no class for family groups, there were 

 classes for pairs of bulls, classes for pairs of 

 heifers, and classes for four heifers, so that the 

 number of animals exhibited was much larger 

 than that. 



The first prize for old bulls fell to Mr. Aaron 

 Roger's Archibald (ft 289), the second to Lord 

 Coventry's Fisherman (fl290). 



The first prize for cows in milk or in calf 

 was awarded to Lord Coventry's Golden Treas- 

 ure. 



The first prize for cow and two offspring was 

 awarded to Mr. H. W. Taylor for the cow Ros- 

 amond and her produce. 



The first prize for four heifers went to the 

 executors of Mr. T. J. Carwardine, and the first 

 for pairs of heifers was awarded to Mr. John 

 Price (H 291). 



There was never such a show of Herefords 

 made in the world before. 



1885. AT THE FAIRS (1(292.) 



The ILLINOIS STATE FAIR was held at Chi- 

 cago, on the grounds of the Driving Park, near 

 Douglas Park, in the western part of the city. 

 A Hereford exhibit creditable to the breed was 

 made by Messrs. Fowler & Van Natta, of Fow- 

 ler, Ind. ; Iowa Hereford Cattle Co., of Indian- 

 ola, la.; J. C. Bertram, of Aurora, 111.; C. M. 



