HISTORY OF HEliEFOllD CATTLE 



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in crossing successfully with other cattle. We 

 have been breeding beef cattle for profit for 

 twenty years, and for sixteen years we have bred 

 and fed a large number of grade Hereford 

 cattle, both steers, heifers and cows, and we find 

 them more profitable than either Shorthorn or 

 Devons, with both of which we have experi- 

 mented. 



"In the winter of 1878, in an address before 

 the Farmers' Institute of Michigan, held in 

 Flint, I had the honor, and pleasure also, of 

 giving these experiments in detail ; and the ad- 

 dress has been published in full in the Agri- 



cannot say we were unprejudiced breeders and 

 feeders, for we started out strongly prejudiced 

 in favor of the Shorthorns, but the Herefords, 

 on their merit alone, have worked themselves 

 into our favor so far, that at present we breed 

 and feed none but the white faces. We have 

 now over 200 grades of this breed on our farm, 

 and we are satisfied that they make us more 

 dollars and cents than we could possibly get 

 out of Shorthorns. They will produce more 

 beef in shorter time with less outlay of food 

 and less care, than the Shorthorns. They are 

 a hardier race of animals, stand our winters 



SHORTHORN BULLS ON THE TEXAS RANGE. 

 Property of the Farwell syndicate. (From a photograph taken in the spring after wintering on hay and cotton seed.) 



cultural Eeport of Michigan for that year, to 

 which I would most respectfully refer Mr. 

 Yaile for proof demonstrating the error of the 

 position he assumes with regard to the Here- 

 fords, both as regards fattening evenly and 

 crossing successfully with other cattle. An 

 application to Prof. Baird, at the Agricultural 

 College at Lansing, will enable anyone wishing 

 the report to get one. 



"Our grade Hereford steers have always sur- 

 passed both the others in early maturity, in 

 being more easily and cheaply kept, and in 

 market value when ready for the shambles. I 



better, and are less liable to disease than the 

 Shorthorns. 



"JAMES C. WILSON, M. D. (fl 358) 



"Supt. Crapo Farm, 



"Flint, Mich. 



"P. S. Our experience with the Herefords is 

 supplemented by that of our neighbors. Mr. 

 Thomas Foster, a celebrated Devon breeder and 

 feeder, has changed to the Herefords, and finds 

 them more profitable. The Hon. Wm. Hamil- 

 ton, a celebrated Shorthorn man of this coun- 

 try, and also the Hon. S. Howard, another 

 Shorthorn breeder and feeder, have become 



