HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



403 



Hereford cow 3 years — 1st premium, Maid of 

 Orleans 1146, sire Success 2, dam Laura. 



Grades or crosses, open to all breeds. — Steer, 

 i year, 22 entries — 2d premium, Kansas. 



Sweepstakes — Steer 2 years, any breed, Con- 

 queror. 



Sweepstakes — Yearling steer, any breed, Kan- 

 sas. 



Dressed Carcass. — Steer any breed 3 years, 3 

 entries — 1st premium. 



Prize for e^rly maturity, open to all breeds. 

 — Steer 2 and under 3 years, 11 entries — pre- 

 mium. Conqueror. 



1881. 

 Hereford steer 3 years — 1st premium, Will, 



1882. 



We believed that the condition in which 

 breeding stock must be shown at the pub- 

 lie exliibitions in this country was damaging to 

 the stock exhibited and discouraging to the 

 average farmer. We therefore endeavored to 

 secure a class for grass-fed cattle. We have, 

 however, failed to get such a class, managers 

 of fairs alleging that such an exhibit would 

 not interest visitors or be creditable to the 

 management. We determined, however, that we 

 would bring some of our stock from the pas- 

 tures and exhibit at the Fat Stock Show of 

 1882. We reproduce from the official state- 

 ment or catalogue of the show, this exhibit. We 

 headed the exhibit with our breeding stock, giv- 

 ing the age in years and months instead of davs. 



T. L. MILLER COMPANY'S EXHIBIT, CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW, 1882. 



Exhibit 

 No. Sex. 



67 Bull 



68 Bull 



69 Bull 

 ... Cow 



91 Cow 



92 Cow 



93 Cow 

 92 Cow 



78 Steer 



79 Steer 



80 Steer 

 SI Steer 



82 Steer 

 77 Steer 

 77 Steer 

 76 Steer 

 76 Steer 



83 Steer 



84 Steer 



85 Steer 



86 Steer 



87 Steer 

 - 89 Steer 



89 Steer 



90 Steer 



215 Steer 



216 Steer 



217 Steer 



218 Steer 



219 Steer 



220 Steer 

 75 Cow 



Name. 



W 



Dauphin 18th 



Winter de Cote 



Success 



Victoria abt 



Highland Queen abt 



Charity abt 



Beatrice abt 



Nightingale abt 



King William 



Wallace 



Highland Lad 



Beecher 



Conqueror II 



Bertie 



Bachelor 



St. Paul :.., 



Eighty-one 



Pythias 



Damon 



Barnum 



Jumbo 



Abbey 



Buck 



Bright 



Prince 



Napoleon 



Murat 



Ney 



Marion 



Ohio Chief 



Douglas 



Princess Alice Maud 



eight 



2330 



2060 



2030 



1700 



1600 



1600 



1500 



1600 



1655 



1720 



1630 



1815 



1705 



1310 



1435 



1232 



1155 



1870 



1990 



1980 



1920 



1710 



1450 



1600 



1560 



1475 



1395 



1355 



1245 



1470 



1437 



1800 



Age. 



yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 

 yrs. 



yrs. 11 

 

 

 6 



yrs, 

 yrs, 

 yr. 



yr. 5 



yrs. 9 



yrs. 8 



yrs. 6 



yrs. 6 



yrs. 6 



yrs, 9 



yrs. 9 



yrs. 10 



yrs. 10 



yrs. 10 



yrs. 10 



yrs. 7 



yrs. 6 



yrs. 6 



yrs. 10 



mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 

 mos. 



Breed. 



Hereford. 



Hereford. 



Hereford. 



Hereford. 



Hereford. 



Hereford. 



Hereford, 



Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 



Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford- 

 Grade Hereford, 

 Grade Hereford, 

 Grade Hereford. 

 Grade Hereford. 



Hereford. 



From the pastures to the show, 

 each cow having raised a calf 

 during the season. 



■ Fed for exhibit. 



Grazed on grass and without 

 other food until Sept., when they 

 were fed cornstalks and light 

 grain feed. 



sire Success 2, dam Mollie ; 2d premium, Wash- 

 ington, sire Success 2, dam Miss Smith. 



Grades or Crosses open to all Breeds. — Steer 

 3 years, 3-1 entries — 1st premium. Conqueror, 

 sire Hereford bull, dam one-half Hereford. 



Grade or cross-bred steer 2 and under 3 years, 

 33 entries — 3d premium, Kansas, sire Hereford 

 bull, dam native cow. 



Steer showing the greatest average gain per 

 day since birth, 3 and under 4 years, 10 en- 

 tries — 2d premium, Conqueror, sire Hereford 

 bull, dam one-half grade Hereford. 



The Grand Special Premium, offered bv 

 Marshall Field, $2.50, for best 5 head of cattle 

 any age or breed, was given to T. L. Miller for 

 5 Hereford steers — Conqueror, Will, Washing- 

 ton, Bachelor and Kansas. 



This table shows an average weight on five 

 2-year-old past steers of 1,715 pounds, on two 

 even 2-year-olds, 1,372 pounds, and three 

 1-vear-olds, 1,284 pounds. These steers had been 

 stall fed, and would, but for the burning of our 

 barn, have made 100 pounds more weight per 

 head. Our three-year-old grass steers made 

 an average of 1,653 pounds, our 2-year-old grass 

 steers made an average of 1,360 pounds. These 

 two lots may be taken as the standard weights 

 for the ordinary farm management. Such an 

 exhibit is of value and perhaps of more value 

 than our stall fed steers 2-year-old averaging 

 1,750 pounds. We were criticised by some par- 

 ties for taking our grass steers to the show, 

 but we had grown used to criticism, and if we 

 had heeded it we should not have been breeders 



