IQO HEREFORDS. 



They met with a good deal of favor, and were soon well distributed 

 throughout the northeast portion of the United States. In 1851 Messrs. 

 John Humphries and Thos. Ashton brought to Ohio two bulls and two 

 heifers ; and since 1879 there have been many importations, and some 

 very large ones. They have gone into all parts of the country, and have 

 uniformly become very popular with all who have handled them. 



C. R. Thomas, of Independence, Mo., is the present secretary of 

 the American Hereford Breeders' Association. 



DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS. 



In color the Hereford is a red of varying shade, generally dark, with 

 clear white face, white line extending from head to tail in some speci- 

 mens, in others abreviated to merely a white mane, or what is even 

 more fashionable at present, an oblong spot above and between the 

 shoulders white belly, white brush and white feet. The horns are 

 medium to long, white, waxy and generally turning outward, forward 

 and sometimes downward. In form they are blocky, square built, with 

 rather short legs and all meat points full and rounded ; the tail drops 

 squarely from rumps even and high ; the quarters are heavy, muscular 

 and low down on the hocks ; the ribs well sprung, but rounded neatly to 

 a long, deep barrel ; the head and neck both short and close fleshed ; 

 in fact the whole make-up of the animal indicates strongly the marked 

 characteristic of the breed beef. 



The Hereford is emphatically a beef or range animal, and while 

 good milkers are occasionally met with among the cows, most of them 

 do little more than raise wonderfully vigorous calves. The "white 

 faces" have found considerable favor on the great cattle ranges of the 

 Panhandle of Texas. In acclimating, they are well located as standing 

 even with the Aberdeen-Angus about third on the list Holstein- 

 Friesians and Galloways ranking first and second respectively. They 

 are hardy, prepotent to a strong degree, and are classed with the largest 

 of modern breeds, mature bulls weighing from 1,900 to 2,300 Ibs. , and 

 cows from 1,200 to 1,600 Ibs., with occasional animals exceeding these 

 weights. 



Probably no other man in America has done so much to advance 

 the interests of Hereford cattle as T. L. Miller. His latest great under- 

 taking, to push the white faces on irrigated lands in Arizona, for ship- 

 ment by train loads to the large markets of the country, is an enter- 

 prise which, if successful, will rank as almost phenomenal ; and that it 

 will be successful is almost assured by the simple fact that Mr. Miller 

 has undertaken it. 



