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that they have been used for dairy purposes for nearly fifty years on the 

 farm, and that he raises his calves by hand after a few days old. 



Mr. James Mappowder, of Blandford, Dorset, says that Hereford 

 dairies are becoming very common in that county ; that they let nearly 

 one hundred cows to dairy people, and that if he buys one of any other 

 breed to fill up the number they always grumble. His system is to let 

 the cows at so much p$r year, finding them in land and making the hay ; 

 the calves being reared by hand with skim milk and linseed until three 

 months old, and they are then turned out to pasture. 



Mr. Olver, of Penhallow, Cornwall, says : 



I rear ray calves on skim milk. It is generally said Hereford cows are bad milkers. 

 That is contrary to my experience. My cow Patience, bred by Mr. Cooke, of More- 

 ton House, bad given 14 pounds of bntter in a week, and Blossom, bred by Mr. Long- 

 mere, Buckton, Salop, gave 22 quarts of milk, yielding 2 pounds of butter per day. 



From Ireland and Scotland reports show that excellent results have 

 been attained. It is fair to say that my own experience is contrary to 

 the opinion that they are better for the dairy than Shorthorns, as when 

 I was judge of cattle at Hereford, some few years since, there was a 

 milking competition, and we had all the competitors in the class very 

 carefully milked, and both the first prizes were obtained by Short-horns 

 of high class pedigree, beating all competitors, even including Ary shires 

 and Jerseys. 



THE HEREFORD IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The Herefords have proved themselves well adapted for foreign and 

 colonial countries. Mr. Stone, of Guelph, Ontario, says: 



I am an extensive breeder of Shorthorns, which breed I think very highly of; but 

 I have also purchased some Herefords from Lord Bateman's and Lord Berwick's herds, 

 and am highly pleased with them. The climate is very variable, varying in twenty- 

 four hours from 30 to 40 degrees, and that the Herefords stand the changes equal to 

 any breed. 



Mr. Edwards, Knockalva, Jamaica, says that for many years they had 

 no change of blood till 1858, when Sir Oliver (1732) and Malcolm (1646) 

 were imported, and that they did the greatest service in the island; 

 that this breed are good workers, hardy, and of great aptitude to fat- 

 ten. Mr. Merryman, of Maryland, and Mr. John Johnston, of New York, 

 testified to the breed standing the variations of the climate remark- 

 ably well. Mr. W. Dangaii, from Hunter's Eiver, Australia, in addi- 

 tion to their feeding powers and hardiness of constitution, found they 

 were excellent in traveling long distances and that they woul,d do from 

 250 to 300 miles better than any others. I have, therefore, shown that 

 the Herefords are admirable for foreign countries. Amongst the most 

 noted strains of blood I find from Leopold (1) and Wellington, which 

 bull was sold in 1816 for 283, that the mottled faces are mostly de- 

 scended, and Victory, which was a dark gray, and Ootmore (376), which 

 was a white-faced bull, and Brockwood, which was a light gray, were 

 all specially noticed in the first number of Mr. Eyton's herd-book. 



Mr. Dixon remarks that there were not many points of difference be- 

 tween the dark grays and the mottle faces, the latter of which were 

 known as Ben Tomkins sort, and the Eev. Mr. Smythies, of The Lynch, 

 was one of the best and most spirited breeders of his day, and offered 

 to show a hundred* Herefords against the same number of Shorthorns 

 from any herd in England. All these remarks show that much pains 

 and infinite care have been taken in perfecting this noble breed, and for 

 the best lines of blood the herd-book must be consulted. 



