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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



he refused to permit it. The steer was then 

 sold to W. Smith & Co., of Detroit, Mich., 

 where the dressed and live weight will be given. 

 Following this exhibit came the sweepstakes 

 for the best three-year-old steer, the best two- 

 -year-old steer, the best yearling steer, and the 

 best cow of any breed. 'C. M. Culbertson took 

 first premium on three-year-old; T. L. Miller, 

 first premium on two-year-old ; T. L. Miller, 

 first premium on one-year-old. Thus it will 

 be seen that the Herefords in these classes not 

 only competed with the grades and crosses of 

 both Hereford and Shorthorns, but also the 

 thoroughbreds of both breeds were added. 



ANXIETY (5188) 2238. 

 Bred by T. J. Carwardine. (From a painting by Dewey.) 

 The man in tbe picture is Geo. F. Morgan, who se- 

 lected Anxiety for importation to America. 



making the Shorthorn show much stronger than 

 before. The result was a decisive victory for 

 the Herefords, the judges deciding in their 

 favor. 



In the cow class the award was to the Short- 

 horn cow, over "Maid of Orleans," a Hereford 

 cow, belonging to T. L. Miller. This was pjro- 

 nouiiced the most unjust award of the week. 

 But Mr. M. has arranged this class so that the 

 judgment of the committee may be tested. 

 Both animals have gone to Detroit, where they 

 will be dressed by W. Smith & Co., and an ac- 

 count kept of the weights. Thus, in two-year- 

 old steer class and cow class, when against- 

 Herefords, the test on the block will be taken. 

 Many of the Shorthorn breeders charged Mr. 

 M. of pjrotesting and finding fault when the 

 awards were against him; but in this case he 

 will be able to show whether he was right in 

 finding fault or not. The next show was for 

 the champion prize for best bullock or cow in 

 the show. It was admitted that the contest 

 was between the Kentucky steer, a grade Short- 

 horn this year, and four years old or over, and 

 Mr. Miller's ^'Conqueror," two years old. 



Messrs. Culbertson and Miller protested 



against this steer showing, as he had been 

 shown under false age and pedigree last year, 

 but the Board decideci that he should be shown. 

 The award was made to the Kentucky steer. 

 As the protest was made, the Board ordered 

 another award in case the protest should be sus- 

 tained, and the next would have been T. L. 

 Miller's "Conqueror." Messrs. C. and M., recog- 

 nizing that it would be a good deal of work in 

 proving his age and breeding, withdrew their 

 protest, but it did not rest here. There was a 

 good minority, if not a majority of the exhibit- 

 ors, that believed the Kentucky steer, after his 

 record of last year, should not have been ad- 

 mitted. He was not less than five years old. 

 Dr. Paaren, after examining his mouth, pro- 

 nounced him nearer six years old than five. 

 He weighed 2,465 pounds, while the two-year- 

 old Hereford weighed 1,84.5 pounds, and had 

 made 2.27 pounds per day from birth and took 

 the silver cup for the largest gain per day of any 

 two-year-old in the show. 



We give in another place an account of this 

 Kentucky steer, as shown last year. The 

 slaughtering test was the only remaining test 

 to be made in the cattle department. We give 

 a table showing the particulars of this, but we 

 wish to call attention to the following facts : 



That of the three-year-old steers that were 

 slaughtered, there was one grade Hereford, 

 one thoroughbred Hereford, one grade Short- 

 horn. The grade Hereford weighed at the time 

 of slaughtering 1,812|- pounds; the thorough- 

 bred Hereford 1,850 pounds, and the grade 

 Shorthorn 1,512^, the Hereford steers weighing 

 300 pounds more than the Shorthorn. 



It will be noticed that there was less differ- 

 ence between the fore and hind quarter in the 

 Hereford than the Shorthorn, and the heads of 

 the Herefords were lighter than the Shorthorns. 

 The two-year-old Hereford was 146 pounds 

 heavier and had shrunk from the time of leav- 

 ing home, 45-J pounds, while the Shorthorn had 

 shrunk 99 pounds. 



The yearling Hereford steer had a clear field. 

 Mr. Gillette and ^Ir. j\Ioninger had each entered 

 yearling Shorthorns for slaughter, but both de- 

 clined to kill and could not be induced to bring 

 the steers o-ut. 



The awards were to T. L. ^filler, for best 

 three-year-old; J. D. Gillette for best two-vear- 

 old, and G. S. Burleigh for best one-year-old'. 



DRESSED MEAT OF THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS. 



LBS. 



C. M. Culbertson's steer weighed 1,256 



T. L. Miller's steer weighed 1,250^ 



J. D. Gillette's steer weighed 1,037| 



