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H I S T E Y OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



opinion of their value as beef animals could be 

 formed. Mr. Wm. Smith, who, by the way, 

 is one of the best .judges of a beef animal, 

 either alive or dressed, m the country, pro- 

 nounced the meat of the Shorthorn cow that 

 took the sweepstakes not worth withm a cent a 

 pound of what the second Shorthorn cow was, 

 and that the Hereford cow "Maid of Orleans" 

 was worth a cent more per pound than the 

 best Shorthorn, making her two cents per pound 

 better than the cow that was awarded the sweep- 

 stakes. 



Mr. Smith said the meat that he considered 

 the best of the whole exhibit were the Here- 

 ford carcasses, and that he could not ask for 

 anything better ; the marbling of the meat was 

 perfect, and that the following were the live 

 and dressed weights of three of the steers : 



Live 

 Weight 



at 

 Detroit. 

 T. L. Miller's two-year-old Eolj Roy . - I43i; 

 J. H. Potts & Son's Shorthorn two- 

 year-old 1.590 



G. S. Burleigh's yearling Hereford.. 1300 



The above figures show that the Hereford 

 steer Rob Roy dressed two per cent to the hun- 

 dred more than the Shorthorn steer of J. H. 

 Potts & Son. The quality of the Hereford steer 

 carcass could not be excelled. -He dressed a very 

 white, nice color, and the fat was distributed 



throughout the lean, presenting one of the best 

 samples of marbled meat that we ever saw. 

 Wishing to test the quality of meat by taste 

 as well as .sight, we procured some juicy steaks 

 from this carcass, for which Mr. Smith could 

 not hear of piay, and we returned hirn our 

 hearty thanks. These steaks were cooked at 

 a restaurant, and partaken of by a party of 

 stock breeders, who are well calculated to judge 

 of its qualities, having largely traveled both 

 in this country and Europe. The unanimous 

 verdict was "unsurpassed." — Breeders' Jour- 

 nal, 1881. 



It was by the constant publication in the 

 "Breeders' journal" of such facts as these that 

 we were able to get and keep the Herefords be- 

 fore the public. We were among the first agri- 

 cultural publishers to send large numbers of 

 free sample copies to lists of people we desired 

 to interest, and by this method we not only 

 brought the "Breeders' Journal" to the notice 

 of agriculturists, thereby gaining largely in our 

 paid subscription list, but we brought the Here- 

 ford breed and its merits before the farmers 

 and ranchmen of America in a manner never 

 before attempted. 



We have been deeply gratified by the fruits 

 born of these efforts, but confess that at the 

 time they were made we were secretly some- 

 what annoyed that they were not fully appre- 

 ciated by the very men most benefited. 



GRACE, PURE-BRED COW, WEIGHT 1,875 LBS. 



Exhibited at Chicago Fat Stock Show. Fed by John 



Gosling. 



