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HISTOIJY OF HElJErOKD CATTLE 



i^oiith and iiiidiUo of Englaiul drive a large 

 number of this po]nilar stoek from tlii' Here- 

 ford Candlemas and Oetober fairs. 



" "The Hereford o.r fiitleiis more rapidhj than 

 tlie Devon and in jirojiorlioii to llie quanlitif of 

 food cont:unied /,»/,v an a ijreater leeiijht of /7(>7/ 

 tlian a Dnrhani e.r. The result of a trial of this 

 kind may be seen at page 34 of Youatfs '•Cat- 

 tle." That the tlesh of the Hereford is of tiner 

 quality than the Durhams is proved by the su- 

 perior priee per stone whieh it obtains in the 

 Smithtield market.' 



"Comparatively few of the Herefords have 

 as vet been introdueed into this country. Mr. 

 Beinent of this city has a bull and a cow' of this 

 breed^ whicli are fine animals. The llonorable 

 ^^ . C. Eives of Virginia, and the Houoralile 

 Henry Clay of Kentucky have made importa- 

 tions of these animals and they have been in 

 their possession so long that either of these gen- 

 tlemen could speak fully of their value as com- 

 pared with the Shorthorns, in the points of feed- 

 ing, milk, and endurance of our climate, and 

 we think at this time, when attention is turned 

 to the subject, they will confer a great benefit 

 on the American public by stating the result of 

 their experience and their opinions with regard 

 to these cattle. We need not say we should be 



happy to be the medium of jn-eseuting such his- 

 tory and opinions to the public. 



"We have presented these remarks m the 

 liope of eliciting from some who are (|ualilied 

 for the task, a discussion of the comparative 

 merits of the Herefords and the Shorthorns and 

 their ailaptatiou to our country for the purposes 

 of feeding and the dairy. Both are valuable 

 breeds; the question to be decided is, wbieli, in 

 all respects, is the most proper for us?" 



H will be noticed in the foregoing that the 

 "Cultivator" quotes the encyclopedia published 

 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful 

 Knowledge, Vol. XII, article, "Herefordshire." 

 it should be compared with the same societ\'s 

 "louatt book. We call attention to that por- 

 tion of the "Cultivator's" quotations m italics 

 (Which are our own). Will the Shorthorn men 

 recognize them as facts? In the same \oluiiie, 

 p. 158. a correspondent of the "Cultivator" says 

 as follows : 



"Among tiie recent importations for imi)rovt'- 

 nient that have taken place in this state is tliat 

 of Hereford cattle and Cotswold sheep, by 

 Messrs. Corning & Sothani of Alban\'. At- 

 tracted hy a letter of Mr. Sotham that appeared 

 in the July number of the 'Cultivator.' when 

 down last month, I made an inspection of these 



i.agg^frfelW 





HEREFORD OX AT 4 YEARS; CHAMPION AT SMITHFIELD 



. 1868. 



