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sociation s Angus-Hereford two-year-old, Nig- 

 ger, which was also awarded sweepstakes for 

 best two-year-old, any breed. Fowler & Van 

 Natta took the calf sweepstakes (all breeds) 

 on the grade Hereford calf Sam Jones. THE 

 GRAND SWEEPSTAKES for best beast in 

 the show was awarded the thoroughbred Here- 

 ford steer Rudolph Jr., exhibited by the Wyo- 

 ming Hereford Association. 



DRESSED CARCASSES. For best three-year- 

 old, the sweepstakes was awarded to Wallace 

 Libbey & Co., grade Hereford steer Jerry, sired 

 by Monitor 2848, by Illinois 920, by Success 2 ; 

 his dam was a grade Shorthorn cow. 



For best two-year-old, Swan & Bosler's grade 

 Hereford steer Plush (fl 340) (prepared and 

 exhibited under the management of John Gos- 

 ling, the veteran and expert) was awarded 

 sweepstakes. This steer was sired by Cheyenne 

 1912, by Eidgeville Boy 1476, and his dam 

 was a grade Devon cow. The dam of Cheyenne 

 was Peerless 1157, by Success 2. Plush also 

 won the grand sweepstakes for best dressed car- 

 cass in the show. 



This finished the cattle awards. A cross- 

 bred Hereford won the sweepstakes as best two- 

 year-old in the show, and a thoroughbred Here- 

 ford won the grand sweepstakes as best beast 

 in the show. On the block, a grade Hereford 

 won sweepstakes in both the three-year-old and 

 two-year-old classes, and a two-year-old grade 

 Hereford won the grand sweepstakes as best 

 carcass in the show. The Hereford breeders 

 had a right to be well satisfied with results of 

 the season and with the show. 



It had been a common practice for years for 

 Shorthorn men and others to charge that the 

 forequarters of Herefords are heavier than the 

 hindquarters as compared with Shorthorns. 

 We reprint from the "Breeders' Journal" the 

 following figures as made up by the American 

 Fat Stock Show, 1886. Dressed carcasses, 3 

 years and under 4: 



SHORTHORNS. 



HEREFORDS. 



Adams Earl Dick 778 720 



Adams Earl Excelsior 753 664 



Lucien Scott Jessie* 445 484 



Swan & Bosler Tim 618 581 



Fowler & Van Natta. . .Regulus 808 752 



Ind. Blooded Stock Co. .Suspense 789 730 



.08 

 .13 



.06 

 .07 



Total 4,191 3,931 260 .06% 



"This animal's hind-quarters weighed 39 

 pounds more than the forequarters. Per cent 

 gain, .08. 



J. H. Potts & Son. 

 J. D. Gillette... 



.Surprise 

 . Lookout 



561 

 699 



525 36 



598 101 



Total 1,260 1,123 137 



POLLED ANGUS. 



.07 

 .16 



.12 



J. J. Hill Hutcheon 



J. J. Hill Turriff 



J. J. Hill Kinloss 



857 757 100 .13 

 767 637 130 .20 

 740 667 73 .10 



Total 2,364 2,061 303 .14% 



In dressed carcasses, 2 years and under 3, a 

 similar result was to be seen : 



HEREFORDS. 



Seabury & Sample Joe 582 546 36 



Adams Earl Elkington 550 505 45 



G. Leigh & Co Bendigo 495 437 58 



Fowler & Van Natta. . .Dandy Boy 635 580 55 



Lucien Scott Faith 517 453 64 



B. Hershey Champion 540 483 57 



Total 3,319 3,004 315 



SHORTHORNS. 



C. S. Barclay ........... Snov/ball 587 



J. R. Peak & Co ....... Roan Boy 577 



J. D. Gillette ........... Driver 601 



W. S. White ............ Roan Twin 684 



Forbes Bros ............ Rub'nBro'dus 621 



Forbes Bros ............ Varna 



J. D. Gillette ........... Red Plum 



580 

 523 



493 

 536 

 553 

 656 

 532 

 512 

 462 



01 



.18 



.08 



.08 



.04 



.16% 



.13 



.13 



J. J. Hill 



Total ........ 4,173 



POLLED ANGUS. 

 Benholm 707 



3,744 429 .11% 



637 70 



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It was publishing such disconcerting facts as 

 these that made the opposition dislike T. L. 

 Miller. It is not pleasant to fight battles ; only 

 the sincere belief that we were doing the agri- 

 cultural interests of America and of the world 

 a real service kept us firm in our resolve to 

 have the Hereford merits fully known. We 

 know that the Hereford needs only to be known 

 to be appreciated, and we have fought his bat- 

 tles, knowing that our efforts would sooner or 

 later be appreciated. The Hereford will never 

 lack for a competent advocate, and we are glad 

 to let our mantle fall upon one so able and 

 well equipped as young Mr. Sotham. He has 

 been doing splendid service and we are glad to 

 see him successful and well supported. We 

 note with great satisfaction that he is a suc- 

 cess as a breeder of Herefords as well as he is 

 as an advocate, his great bull Corrector (ff341) 

 having already proven worthy to stand in the 

 company of Success, Horacej Grove 3d, Lord 

 Wilton and other great epoch-marking bulls. 

 The Hereford breeders would make a serious 

 mistake were they not to rally in every possible 

 way to his support. 



