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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



"DRIFTING." A SCENE ON THE RANGE OF COL. C. C. SLAUGHTER. 

 North Texas and New Mexico line. 



I was left alone to fight it out as best I could. 

 I could see no reason why I could not make alK 

 the showing necessary without the aid of a 

 lawyer, therefore, I did not employ one. I sus- 

 tained every point taken, and the word of the 

 editor and old files of the newspaper proved 

 that Hon. Mr. Ross' memory was. treacherous, 

 to say the least. Judge Little finally proposed 

 to withdraw the Shorthorn protest, which was 

 urged upon technicalities only, and to sustain 

 the first judgment, if I would divide the pre- 

 mium money with Mr. Blakeley. To this propo- 

 sition, I replied : "It is not the money I am con- 

 tending for thirty dollars is but a trifle but 

 there is a principle involved and underlying 

 this matter that I am contending for. I have 

 won the awards by fair and impartial judgment 

 and I am determined to maintain my rights if 

 I have to resort to the Supreme Court to secure 

 them." This was a clincher and after another 

 half day's parley among themselves, they with- 

 drew their protest and the secretary paid me my 

 money. A delay of four days was caused by 

 these proceedings. W. E. CAMPBELL. 



Mr. Campbell, now of Kiowa, Kansas, was 

 then at Caldwell; he first introduced Short- 

 horns, and was known as "Shorthorn Campbell" 



for many years until the merits of the Hereford 

 became appreciated by him. After the above 

 experience, in true western fashion, to his 

 countless friends and acquaintances he was 

 known as "Bald-face Campbell." 



EARLY EXPERIENCE IN VERMONT. 



Cornwall, Vt., May 8, 1882. 



The year that I was twenty, which was thirty- 

 eight years ago, I visited with two of our best 

 farmers, Corning and Sotham's herd of Here- 

 ford cattle at Albany, N". Y. At the same time 

 I saw the Prentice herd of Shorthorns, and 

 have since seen some of the finest herds of 

 Shorthorns in the country, but have never seen 

 a herd of cattle that so completely filled my 

 eye, as Corning and Sotham's Herefords did. 



The two farmers that were with me purchased 

 two bulls of Mr. Sotham and I raised a few 

 calves from the bulls out of common grade 

 cows, and from their calves I had steers the 

 fall after they were two years old, on grass 

 alone, 1,350 pounds, live weight; dressed, 800 

 pounds. 



One spring I purchased two steer calves, half- 

 blood, one-year-old, that had been wintered on 



