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In order to take proper care of valuable cattle in ocean transit, there- 

 should be one man for each twelve cattle. Competent men for this pur- 

 pose can be hired in England for about $1.25 per day and all expenses 

 paid, including a pass back to the port of departure. When a steamer 

 gives a rate for carrying cattle, the pass over and back for a certain 

 number of cattle-tenders is included. The foreman in charge of the 

 tenders would of course get more than $1.25 per day, but in most cases 

 he is the American agent or buyer, or is connected in some permanent 

 capacity with the farm or the business of the purchaser. Such cattle of 

 course are insured to their full value almost invariably, and are admitted, 

 being breeding animals, into the United States free of duty. Certificates 

 from a veterinary surgeon and from the consul at the point of depart- 

 ure invariably accompany such consignment. 



HEREFORDS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Any account of Herefords in the United States would be incomplete 

 without mention in connection therewith of the name of Mr. T. L. Miller, 

 of Beecher, 111. He was the first, or one of the first, to perceive what a 

 boon to the stock of the United States the almost unknown Hereford 

 would be, and for years he has persistently and enthusiastically ad- 

 vocated him in his Live-Stock Journal. In 1873 he imported from Here- 

 ford a two-year-old heifer, Dolly Varden, with a calf at foot. She has 

 brought alive calf every year since, one of the first being the bull Suc- 

 cess, u hitherto acknowledged as the best-Hereford bull in the United 

 States, and still alive and active. Dolly Varden and Success have been 

 repeatedly exhibited and never beaten, whilst the get of Success has in 

 several instances brought $1,000 per head." 



The Hereford Times, of October 18, 1883, says : 



To this purchase of Dolly Vardeu and her calf, combined with the indomitable 

 energy and perseverance of Mr. Miller, the brisk demand, present high favor and re- 

 pute in which Hereford cattle are held is attributable.. 



Mr. Miller's neighbors in Illinois are following his example in import- 

 ing Herefords. Messrs. G. Leigh Co., of Beecher, 111., have bought 

 eight animals within the past few weeks from the herd at Felhampton 

 Court; Mr. Culbertsou, of Chicago, two; and Mr. J. V. Farwell, also 

 of Chicago, sixteen, all from the same herd. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 







In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge the extreme courtesy with which 

 my requests for information have been responded to by the breeders of 

 Herefords. It is not always easy for a consul to obtain information. 

 His requests sometimes are met with discourtesy, sometimes with in- 

 difference ; but in this case only five letters out of about a hundred and 

 thirty-five dispatched by me remained unanswered. In every case in 

 which I had a personal interview with Hereford men, except one, every 

 facility was placed at my disposal for a thorough investigation. [ have 

 to acknowledge, especially, the kindness, in connection with this report, 

 of Thomas Duckham, esq., M. P.; of S. W. Urwick, esq., secretary of 

 the Hereford herd-book; of J. Bowen Jones, esq., of Shropshire ; of Lord 

 Moreton, M. P. ; of E. G. Clarke, esq., of Bristol; and of N. J. Hme, esq., 

 assistant secretary of the ^^f/^^^ LATHEOp> 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Bristol j January j 31, 1884. 



