HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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Hereford cow 3 years 1st premium, Maid of 

 Orleans 1146, sire Success 2, dam Laura. 



Grades or crosses, open to all breeds. Steer, 

 1 year, 22 entries 2d premium, Kansas. 



Sweepstakes Steer 2 years, any breed, Con- 

 queror. 



Sweepstakes Yearling steer, any breed, Kan- 

 sas. 



Dressed Carcass. Steer any breed 3 years, 3 

 entries 1st premium. 



Prize for early maturity, open to all breeds. 

 Steer 2 and under 3 years, 11 entries pre- 

 mium, Conqueror. 



1881. 

 Hereford steer 3 years 1st premium, Will, 



1882. 



We- believed that the --condition in which 

 breeding stock must be shown at the pub- 

 lic exhibitions in this country was damaging to 

 the stock exhibited and discouraging to the 

 average farmer. We therefore endeavored to 

 secure a class for grass-fed cattle. We have, 

 however, failed to get such a class, managers 

 of fairs alleging that such an exhibit would 

 not interest visitors or be creditable to the 

 management. We determined, however, that we 

 would bring some of our stock from the pas- 

 tures and exhibit at the Fat Stock Show of 

 1882. We reproduce from the official state- 

 ment or catalogue of the show, this exhibit. We 

 headed the exhibit with our breeding stock, giv- 

 ing the age in years and months instead of days. 



Exhibit 

 No. Sex. 



67 Bull 



68 Bull 



69 Bull 

 . Cow 



T. L. MILLER COMPANY'S EXHIBIT, CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW, 1882. 



Name. Weight. Age. 



Dauphin 18th 2330 3 yrs. 8 mos. 



Winter de Cote 2060 3 yrs. 2 mos. 



Success 2030 9 yrs. 9 mos. 



Victoria abt 1700 9 yrs. mos. 



91 Cow Highland Queen abt 1600 5 yrs. 7 mos. 



92 Cow Charity abt 1600 5 yrs. 6 mos. 



93 Cow Beatrice abt 1500 5 yrs. mos. 



92 Cow Nightingale abt 1600 4 yrs. 9 mos. 



78 Steer King William 1655 2 yrs. 7 mos. 



79 Steer Wallace 1720 2 yrs. 8 mos. 



80 Steer Highland Lad 1680 2 yrs. 8 mos. 



81 Steer Beecher 1815 2 yrs. 7 mos. 



82 Steer Conqueror II 1705 2 yrs. 11 mos. 



77 Steer Bertie 1310 2 yrs. mos. 



77 Steer Bachelor 1435 2 yrs. mos. 



76 Steer St. Paul 1232 1 yr. 6 mos. 



76 Steer Eighty-one 1155 1 yr. 5 mos. 



83 Steer Pythias 1870 3 yrs. 9 mos. 



84 Steer Damon 1990 3 yrs. 8 mos. 



85 Steer Barnum 1980 3 yrs. 6 mos. 



86 Steer Jumbo 1920 3 yrs. 6 mos. 



87 Steer Abbey ...' 1710 3 yrs. 6 mos. 



89 Steer Buck 1450 3 yrs. 9 mos. 



89 Steer Bright ( 1600 3 yrs. 9 mos. 



90 Steer Prince 1560 3 yrs. 10 mos. 



215 Steer Napoleon 1475 2 yrs. 10 mos. 



216 Steer Murat 1395 2 yrs. 10 mos. 



217 Steer Key 1355 2 yrs. 10 |nos. 



218 Steer Marion 1245 2 yrs. 7 mos. 



219 Steer Ohio Chief 1470 2 yrs. 6 mos. 



220 Steer Douglas 1437 2 yrs. 6 mos. 



75 Cow Princess Alice Maud 1800 10 yrs. 10 mos. 



Breed. 



Hereford. 



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Hereford. 



Hereford. 

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Hereford. 

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Hereford. 



Remarks. 



From the pastures to the show, 

 each cow having raised a calf 

 during the season. 



Fed for exhibit. 



Grazed on grass and without 

 other food until Sept., when they 

 were fed cornstalks and light 

 grain feed. 



sire Success 2, dam Mollie; 2d premium, Wash-'.. 

 ington, sire Success 2, dam Miss Smith. 



Grades or Crosses open to all Breeds. Steer ^ 

 3 years, 34 entries 1st premium, Conqueror, 

 sire Hereford bull, dam one-half Hereford. 



Grade or cross-bred steer 2 and under 3 years, 

 33 entries 3d premium, Kansas, sire Hereford 

 bull, dam native cow. 



Steer showing the greatest average gain ger 

 day -since birth, 3 and under 4 years, 10 en- 

 tries 2d premium, Conqueror, sire Hereford 

 bull, dam one-half grade Hereford. 



The Grand Special Premium, offered by 

 Marshall Field, $250, for best 5 head of cattle 

 any age or breed, was given to T. L. Miller for 

 5 Hereford steers Conqueror, Will, Washing- 

 ton, Bachelor and Kansas. 



. i-This table shows an average weight on five 

 < 13-year-old past steers of 1,715 pounds, on two 

 " even 2-year-olds, 1,372 pounds, and three 

 1-year-olds, 1,284 pounds. These steers had been 

 stall fed, and would, but for the burning of our 

 barn, have made 100 pounds more weight per 

 headi, Our three-year-old grass steers made 

 an average 3f 1,653 pounds, our 2-year-old grass 

 steers made an average of 1,360 pounds". These 

 two lots may be taken as the standard weights 

 for the ordinary farm management. Such an 

 exhibit is of value and perhaps of more value 

 than our stall fed steers 2-year-old averaging 

 1,7"50 pounds. We were criticised by some par- 

 ties for taking our grass steers to the show, 

 "but we had grown used to criticism, and if we 

 had heeded it we should not have been breeders 



