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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



to me they are acknowledging just what you 

 have been preaching for years, that a Hereford 

 bull bred to a Shorthorn cow makes an im- 

 provement. I am well satisfied with the cross, 

 and my only regret is that I did not get the 

 Hereford sooner. I have forty-three cows in 

 calf to my young bull Invincible, and he has 

 proved himself to be a very sure breeder. He 

 was two years old October 18, 1883, and weighs 

 over 1,300 pounds, after a hard season's work. 

 I am very much pleased with him and think 

 he will yet be a credit to his breeder. The 

 heifer I had of you did not do so well last 

 season ; this season she has improved amazingly 

 and now I am not ashamed to say she is by 

 Dauphin 18th. 



FAVOKABLE CALIFORNIA REPORT. 



San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 3, 1884. 

 Mr. Editor: 



Last evening I read up what your correspond- 

 ents have to say about local Herefords, and 

 from experience can say the Hereford has been 

 found the animal par excellence for New Zea- 

 land and Australian pastures. After the severe 

 cold weather in South of New Zealand winters 

 he will flesh up in half the time it takes the 

 Shorthorn on rough outdoor feed. 



In 1883 Mr. R. P. Saxe was sent from this 

 city by Mr. A. W. Sisson to select from the 

 herd of the New Zealand Stud Company, forty- 

 four head of Hereford bulls and heifers. These 

 arrived without any loss and were sold here at 

 prices from $450 to $750 per head. 



Every buyer without exception has expressed 

 his delight with the stock and especially the 

 favorable manner in which they go through the 

 winter, compared with the Durham. 



I note in your last number that Mr. A. Gala- 

 tin, of Sacramento, who purchased from us, is 

 applying for registration of his stock in the 

 American Hereford Record. This may be done 

 with every assurance of the pedigrees furnished 

 by this gentleman being authentic and reliable. 

 They were sent to us direct from the stud and 

 pedigree company. 



Last year they sent us twenty-five Herefords 

 and five Shorthorns. The first-named came 

 through by steamer without loss. Of the five 

 Durhams two died on the voyage. We sold one 

 of the Durhams, "Spring," for $400 to Dr. 

 Lillerneranty. He won the blue ribbon with 

 him, at the Golden Gate Fair, September, 1884, 

 and resold him. I note he is again a winner 

 and held at a very high price by the owner. 



The Herefords won prizes at Alameda, Stock- 



ton, Sacramento and San Jose fairs, and were 

 sold at an average of $290 per head, and 

 shipped in every direction, from San Diego, in 

 the South, to Frazer River in British Columbia, 

 in the North. 



From every direction we hear nothing but 

 satisfaction. The company have at Auckland 

 a herd of 800 pure Herefords. 



I think we can match, if not show a superior 

 bull to Success, from our herd. The Hereford 

 bull for British Columbia had to foot it inland 

 250 miles to reach the run. 



Yours faithfully, HUGH CRAIG. 



AN OFT-REPEATED OCCURRENCE. 



Illinois State Board of Agriculture, 

 , Secretary's Office. 



T. L. MILLER, ESQ., Beecher, 111., 



Dear Sir : Yours of the 23d received, and in 

 reply will state that it was surely an oversight, 

 the omitting to print your specials at the Fat 

 Stock Show in the 5,000 edition of the premium 

 list, until the whole edition was printed. 



It will appear in nice form in the 5,000 addi- 

 tional editions and also in the 2,000 printed 

 separate from the State Fair list. 



It occurred in this way: Your offering was 

 made at the time the Board met in Chicago, and 

 was pasted in the record book. I knew this, of 

 course. All the remaining specials I separated 

 and kept in a file by themselves. 



When the printer reached this part of the list 

 and wanted copy, I was very busy with my cor- 

 respondence and turned the matter over to Mr. 

 Mills to arrange, and when prepared I gave 

 copy to the printer not thinking but all were 

 in. Nor was it discovered, as stated before, 

 that you were left out, until the edition was 

 printed; was very sorry, of course, but among 

 the thousand things to watch, sometimes it will 

 happen that an error or an omission will occur. 

 Yours truly, S. D. FISHER. 



Springfield, 111., July 25, 1884. 



IN THE HIGHLANDS OF COLORADO. 



Editor "Live Stock Record" : 



In your paper of the 30th inst., I notice that 

 Mr. Pryor, the "Shorthorn Stalwart," flings 

 broadcast to all Hereford breeders certain ques- 

 tions which are so evidently propounded, only 

 after deep thought and careful consideration, 

 that it is with great hesitation that I venture 

 to answer them. Mr. Pryor asks: 



First. "Do you not all find the Shorthorn 

 cross indispensable when you wish to get good 

 high-grade bulls ?" 



