HIST OK Y OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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taken the steers as exhibited by the T. L. Miller 

 Co., that were stall-fed, and of the ages three, 

 two, and one year old, with their ages, weight, 

 gain per day, and age as indicated by the teeth. 

 It will be seen by this that Mr. Moninger's No. 

 113 was entered as three years three months 

 and four days old, weighing 1,945 pounds, to 

 whom was awarded the first premium in the 

 three-year-old grade class, and sweepstakes for 

 the best three-year-old in the show. 



"By referring to Nos. 83 and 84 of the T. L. 

 Miller Co. exhibit, they were by the entries six 

 months older than Mr. Moninger's steer, and 

 weighed about the same, but they had only six 

 teeth, while the Moninger had eight. And re- 

 ferring to No. 17, H. & I. Groff, which won 

 third premium in the grade class for three- 

 year-olds, was represented three months younger 

 than Nos. 83 and 84, and had eight teeth. 



"Referring to Nos. Ill and 109, D. M. Mon- 

 inger's, the first represented as two years nine 

 months and twenty-one days old, and weighing 

 1,950 pounds and having eight teeth, taking 

 first premium for the best two-year-old grade; 

 109, entered as two years ten months and four- 

 teen days old, weighing 1,905 pounds, had six 

 teeth, taking the second premium for grade 

 two-year-old. For steers one and under two 

 years, the premium was awarded to J. H. Potts 

 & Sons' Red Major No. 22. There were twenty- 

 six entries. 



"Referring to 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82, two-year- 

 old grades of T. L. Miller Co.'s exhibit, averag- 

 ing about two years eight months, and average 

 weight 1,717 pounds, it will be found that none 

 of them had over four teeth. Referring to J. 

 H. Potts & Sons' No. 22 and T. L. Miller Co.'s 

 No. 74, they are substantially the same age and 

 the same mouth, to-wit, two teeth in each. 

 Again, referring to No. 112, D. M. Moninger, 

 one year eleven months and fifteen days old, 

 weight 1,665 pounds, with six teeth. This steer 

 was entered by Moninger in the class of year- 

 lings at the ages and weights as stated. Mr. 

 Potts, competing with him, said to Mr. Mon- 

 inger, that if that steer No. 112 was exhibited 

 he should protest him. Mr. Moninger did not 

 bring the steer before the awarding committees, 

 which is prima facie evidence of the fraud upon 

 the society in making the entry. The protest 

 of an influential Shorthorn breeder would be 

 too sure to be recognized, while it was tolerably 

 safe to ignore the "kicks" of the Hereford men. 



"Mr. Moninger exhibited what purported to 

 be ten two-year-olds, of an average age of two 

 years nine months and twenty-four days, weigh- 

 ing 1,864 pounds, making a gain of 1.84 pounds 

 per day. But it will be borne in mind that seven 



of these steers had eight permanent teeth and 

 three had six, while the T. L. Miller Co.'s steers 

 averaged two years, seven months and twenty 

 days old, two months younger as per entries, 

 than Mr. Moninger's. 



"And we wish to call special attention to the 

 fact that neither of these last-mentioned steers 

 had over four full teeth, a little more than one- 

 half as many as the Moninger steers; or, in 

 other words, Moninger's steers averaged over 

 seven teeth, while Miller's averaged less than 

 four. We submit on that showing whether the 

 Herefords were not entitled to class prizes in 

 this show. 



"Again, referring to Section 12 of the Rules 

 of the State Board, governing awarding com- 

 mittees, on page 4 of their fat stock premium 

 list, and page 52 of their animal premium list 

 for 1882, they are instructed, that if they be- 

 lieve an exhibitor, by false entry or otherwise, 

 attempts to deceive the committee or the public, 

 they shall report to the superintendent, and 

 the superintendent to the Board, and they may 

 expel such exhibitor from exhibiting before 

 the society for two years. We intended to put 

 the responsibility of fraudulent entries upon 

 the State Board before the show opened; in 

 fact, we determined this at the show a year ago. 

 The Hereford breeders in the state of Illinois 

 must look forward to the time when they can 

 come before the society at its shows and receive 

 fair and impartial treatment. This is not only 

 to protect their own rights, but that they may 

 bring before the farmers of Illinois the evidence 

 that the claims they make for the Herefords 

 are founded upon a sure and solid basis. The 

 majority of the citizens of Illinois suppose that 

 the awards that are given at their state shows 

 have a value and that they can judge from these 

 somewhat as to the character of the different 

 breeds. 



"We have no desire to convict Mr. Scott or 

 any other officer of the Board of using his posi- 

 tion to protect fraudulent exhibits, or of using 

 his position in a partisan manner to protect 

 any class of exhibitors. We have no desire to 

 charge or convict the Board of such practices, 

 and that they might be fully protected from 

 such suspicion or such charges, the facts that 

 we show in this table were brought fully to the 

 notice of President Scott at the opening of the 

 show, and, as we suppose, through him to the 

 Board. Again, it was brought before them on 

 the day but one before the close of the show. 

 Again, we followed them to Springfield and 

 sought an interview with Mr. Scott in his room 

 at the hotel, Mr. Reynolds being present, pre- 

 senting him with the evidence of this fraud and 



