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Hereford steers in American fat stock shows have done exceed- 

 ingly well. At the Chicago Fat Stock Show the following Here- 

 ford grand championships were awarded between 1878 and 1892 : 

 in 1883 Roan Boy, a grade sired by a Hereford bull out of a 

 Shorthorn cow; 1885, the grade Regulus ; 1886, Rudolph J., 

 a pure-bred; 1891, Hickory Nut, a pure-bred. At the Inter- 

 national Live Stock Exposition but one grand championship has 

 been secured by a pure-bred Hereford, this by The Woods 

 Principal in 1902. In 1903 the grand champion was Challenger, 

 a grade sired by a Hereford and shown by Nebraska University. 

 In the pure-bred and grade classes large shows of Herefords are 

 made each year at the Kansas City Fat Stock Show and at the 

 International. In car-load exhibits Mr. D. W. Black of Ohio 

 has attained a national reputation for showing high-grade Here- 

 fords, winning the grand championship at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition Show in 1904 and at the International Live Stock 

 Exposition on two occasions. In 1903 W. J. Herrin of Illinois 

 won the grand championship on car-load lot at the International. 

 It may be said that, in the killing, Herefords dress out a high 

 percentage of carcass compared with other breeds. 



The geographical distribution of the Hereford is very wide. 

 In Great Britain it is chiefly bred in Herefordshire and vicinity, 

 though herds are kept with success in Scotland, Ireland, and 

 Wales. The Hereford, however, is best adapted to a grazing 

 region of a fair degree of level surface, and its introduction 

 to the plains of Australia, New Zealand, Argentine Republic, 

 Canada, and the United States has met with very great success. 

 No breed equals the Hereford for withstanding the vicissitudes 

 of the great ranges, where winter's cold and scarcity of feed 

 frequently obtain. The thick coat of hair, the robust constitu- 

 tion, and easy keeping quality of the breed make it unusually 

 suited to such conditions. Hereford bulls have accomplished 

 remarkably fine results on the native cattle on the western range 

 in the United States, and many herds, particularly in the South- 

 west, are graded up to very superior character. For the restricted 

 surroundings of the eastern farm, where grazing is not so abun- 

 dant, the Hereford is not so well suited. Yet in New England, 

 and especially in Maine, Herefords have long been popular. The 



