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HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 



first being the bull 'Success;' hitherto acknowl- 

 edged as the best Hereford bull m the United 

 States, and still alive and active. Dolly Varden 

 and Success have been repeatedly exhibited and 

 never beaten, whilst the get of Success has in 

 several instances brought $1,000 per head. 



"The 'Hereford Times,' of Oct IS, 1883, says : 

 'To this purchase of Dolly Varden and her calf, 

 combined with the indomitable energy and 

 perseverance of Mr. Miller, the brisk demand, 

 present high favor and repute in which Here- 

 ford cattle are held is attributable.' Mr. Mil- 

 ler's neighbors in Illinois are following his ex- 

 ample in importing Herefords. Messrs. G. 

 Leigh & Co., of Beecher, 111., have bought eight 

 animals within the past few weeks from the 

 herd at Felhampton Court; Mr. Culbertson, of 

 Chicago, two; and Mr. J. Y. Farwell, also of 

 Chicago, IG, all from the same herd. 



"Acknowledgments. — In conclusion I wish 

 to acknowledge the extreme courtesy with which 

 my requests for information have been re- 

 sponded to by the breeders of Herefords. It is 

 not always easy for a consul- to obtain informa- 

 tion. His requests sometimes are met with dis- 

 courtesy, sometimes with indifEerence ; but in 

 this case only five letters out of about a hundred 

 and thirty-five dispatched by me remained un- 

 answered. In every case in which I had a per- 

 sonal interview with Hereford men, except one. 



every facility was placed at my disposal for a 

 thorough investigation. I have to acknowledge, 

 especially, the kindness in connection with this 

 report of Thomas Duckham, Esq.,_M. P.; of 

 S. W. Urwick, Esq., secretary of the Hereford 

 Herd Book; of J. Bowen Jones, Esq., of Shrop- 

 shire; of Lord Moreton, M. P.; of E. G. 

 Clarke, Esq., of Bristol ; of N. J. Hine, Esq., 

 assistant secretary of the Smithfield Club." 



From the table prepared by Consul Lathrop, 

 showing the respective weights of the cattle 

 exhibited at the eighty-sixth annual show of 

 the Smithfield Club, December, 1883, we con- 

 dense the following table of weights for the five 

 heaviest steers under two years old of each 

 breed, as showing the early development and 

 heavier weights of the Hereford yearlings over 

 all other breeds, their winnings evidencing their 

 earlier maturitv : 



While mere weight decides nothing, without 

 consideration of the cost, this table, taken with 

 other statistics, shows that there is not and has 

 never been any preponderance of weight — age 

 considered — of the Shorthorns, over the Here- 

 fords and other large breeds of British cattle. 



THE EQUINOX 2758. 

 Bred by J. Merryman, Maryland. 



