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H I S T li Y F II E R E FORD C A T TEE 



Fair of 1886 was the feature of the show. The 

 Shorthorns, Angus, and Galloways were in 

 large force, and of good average merit. The 

 Hereford force consisted of 36 head ; F. W. 

 Smith, -Columbia, Mo., had 11 head; Iowa 

 Hereford Cattle Co., 7 ; Lucien Seott, Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, 9; Walter Morgan & Son, Irv- 

 ing, Kansas, 8; Mr. Gregory, Missouri, 1. 



The judges were: G. W. Henry, Kansas 

 City, a breeder of Angus cattle; Mr. Joe Dun- 

 can, Missouri, a Shorthorn breeder, and Mr. 



THE NINTH ANNUAL AMEItlCAN FAT STOCK 

 SHOW, 1886. 



The following breeders showed Herefords : 

 Adams Earl, Lafayette, Ind. — One yearling 

 thoroughbred. Grades : Two three-year-olds, 

 two two-year-olds, one yearling, two calves. 

 F'owler & Van Natta, Fowler, Ind. — Grades: 

 one four-year-old, two three-year-olds, one two- 

 year-old, one yearling, two calves, one three- 

 year-old Hereford Jersey. George Leigh, Au- 



MR. GEO. W. HENRY'S GREAT STOCK BULL, PRINCE EDWARD 

 And four of his gtt. 



Newt. Winn, also a Shorthorn breeder, of Mis- 

 souri. 



The Hereford herd sweepstakes prize was 

 given to the Iowa Hereford Cattle Co. Sweep- 

 stakes for best Hereford cow went to W. Mor- 

 gan & Son. There was a good deal of interest 

 throughout the entire exhibition, though some 

 disappointment manifested among the exhib- 

 itors not winning. The exhibit was a good one, 

 and it was not always easy to draw the line. 

 The judging was according to the best judg- 

 ment of the committees, and iiiay be pro- 

 Dounctd antM'dctory aa a whole. 



rora. 111. — One two-year-old thoroughbred, one 

 three-year-old, one two-year-old, one yearling, 

 and one calf ; grades. Wyoming Hereford As- 

 sociation, Cheyenne, Wyo. — One two-year-old 

 thoroughbred, one two-year-old Angus Here- 

 ford, one two-year-old Hereford Angus. J. R. 

 Price & Son, Williamsville, III.— Grades: One 

 two-year-old, two yearlings, six calves. Iowa 

 Hereford Cattle Co., Indianola, la.— Two two- 

 year-old thoroughbreds, two yearling grades. 

 C. M. Culbertson, Newman, 111. — Grades: One 

 four-year-old, one two-year-old. G. W. Henry, 

 Abhkum, 111,— One thoroughbred calf, two 



