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Herefords from Mr. Corning, and they were 

 used as mountain teams at three years old, from 

 grass, made 1,600 pound bullocks. 



A Mr. Gird took a half-blood Hereford to 

 Colorado and he gave character and reputation 

 to the cattle of his neighborhood, and Judge 

 Wilcox, whose herd run with the descendants 

 of this bull, said the calves from the quarter- 

 blood were as good at two years old as the others 

 were at three. We might repeat these influences 

 almost without limit. 



About 1852 Mr. Sotham sold a number to 

 Mr. H. Bowen, Jr., Summit, N. Y. (^ 76), and 

 four to Mr. Remington of Auburn, N. Y. They 

 bred for several years and were exhibitors at 

 the New York State Fair as late as 1860. We 

 met Mr. Bowen at the Centennial Exhibition at 

 Philadelphia, where he introduced himself. We 

 recognized him at once from what we had 



publication of his "Hereford Journal," a copy 

 of the first number of which we herewith pre- 

 sent in full, as again illustrating his aims and 

 the opposition met with : 



JOURNAL. 

 'Vol. 1. No. 



HEREFOED 



By W. H. Sotham. ....... 



Owego, Tioga County, N. Y., April, 1857. 



AMERICAN JUDGES OF CATTLE. 



Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1857. 

 To the Editor of the "Mark Lane Express"' 

 (London) : 

 Dear Sir : As it is a very stormy, snowy day, 

 and a very severe "cold blow," I will show what 

 kind of a "judge" Mr. Chapman proves to be, 

 and I am exceedingly sorry to say there have 

 been numerous judges of this kind' at our state 

 shows, by which more second and third-class 



MEDAL OF THE 



AWARDED TO WM. 



SOTHAM, 1859, 



known of his connection with the Herefords. 

 He spoke in the highest terms of the Herefords 

 as the best cattle he has ever had or known, 

 and to the question why he did not continue to 

 ' keep them, his reply was, the Shorthorn inter- 

 est was too strong for him; he could not make 

 sales at paying prices. 



Mr. Sotham sold to Mr. Ayrault of Geneseo, 

 N. Y., and to Mr. Murray of Mount Morris, and 

 about the same time he sold to the Hon. John 

 Merryman of Cockeysville, Md., and Mr. Mer- 

 ryman continued an active and successful breed- 

 er from that time and the family are still breed- 

 ing Herefords. 



That those he desired to reach should the 

 better hear both sides, Mr. Sotham began the 



Shorthorn bulls have gloried in their triumph 

 with first and second prizes over those of first 

 class. The following is my letter to Mr. Chap- 

 man: 



Sir: As you say you treat every person 

 "gentlemanly," allow me to ask you as a gentle- 

 man whether you put your hand on all or any 

 of my cattle during the time- they were in the 

 ring? You were closely observed by manv. 

 who feel confident in saying j'our eve was vour 

 judge, and that you did not put your hand upon 

 either of them properly. I have a right as an 

 exhibitor to ask this question, and you as a gen- 

 tleman have 3 right to answer it. 



I am, sir, yours, etc., 



W. H. Sotham, 



