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HISTORY 



OF 



HEREFORD CATTLE. 



This handsome volume, half-bound in maroon calf leather, with lettering 

 and ornamentation in gold, printed on specially made cartridge paper, and 

 altogether produced in the highest form of the printer's and bookbinder's 

 art, is the standard work on its subject. It is issued in an entirely new and 

 revised form, under the Editorship of Mr. James Sinclair. The List of 

 Contents indicate the remarkable scope of the publication. The Illustra- 

 tions are a special feature, comprising portraits of breeders past and present, 

 photographs of the homes of celebrated breeders, and numerous engravings 

 of famous specimens of the breed. The History forms an invaluable 

 practical guide, and well-nigh indispensable volume to breeders and all 

 interested in the famous " Whitefaces" all over the world. 



CONTENTS- 



Chapter 1. Origin of the Breed. 



2. The Pioneers and their Work. 



3. Benjamin Tomkins, the Younger. 



4. The Hewer and Jeffries Families. 



5. A Group of Famous Breeders. 



6. Progress of the Breed. 



7. Later Improvement and Prominent Breeders. 



8. Some Notable Herds in England. 



9. The Breed's Extension. 



1O. Characteristics of the Breed. 



11. Systems of Management. 



12. The Breed in the Show-yard. 



,, 13. Retrospect and Forecast. 



14. Existing Herds in the United Kingdom. 



80 Illustrations ', comprising Portraits of celebrated Breeders^ notable 

 Hereford* i Homes of celebrated Herds, etc. 



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