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Chicago by G. H. Hoxie of Illinois for $9000. Among some of 

 the other high-priced Herefords may be mentioned the imported 

 bulls The Grove 3d 2490, purchased by Adams Earl for $7000 ; 

 Sir Bartle Frere 6419, by the same, for ^3500; and Protector, 

 by F. A. Nave, for g6ooo. A summary of sales of 5647 head 

 as sold at auction from 1891 to 1900 inclusive, published by the 

 Kansas Board of Agriculture, shows an average price of ^236. 92. 

 The organization of Hereford cattle interests is well established 

 in England and the United States. The Hereford Herdbook 

 was first published in 1846 by T. C. Eyton, and in 1884 the 

 Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association of England was organized, 

 and took over the publication of the herdbook, of which about 

 thirty volumes have been published. T. L. Miller of Illinois pub- 

 lished in 1 88 1 the first American Hereford Herdbook, and the 

 same year the American Hereford Breeders' Association was 

 organized. Up to January i, 1906, there had been published 

 twenty-seven volumes, showing a registration of 205,000 animals. 



Fig. 87. A pasture view in Herefordshire. Photograph by the author 



