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H I 8 T R Y OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



converted from the error of their ways, and 

 gone into the breeding of Hereford grades and 

 full-bloods. They all confirm what I have just 

 said about the Herefords. W." 



AN Australian's experience. 



We take the liberty of quoting a letter 

 (1879), from W. Danger, Esq., of Hunters 

 Ri-ver, Australia, to the Hon. Thomas Duck- 

 ham, England : 



"Previous to my leaving the Colony for Eng- 

 land, I had not any pure-bred Herefords, my 

 importation having been Shorthorns, but Mr. 

 Hobler, who occupied an adjoining station, had 

 Herefords, and his bull occasionally strayed 

 among my cows. The result was, I had a good 

 many white-faced cattle. Thus it frequently 

 happened that five or six of these cross breds 

 were among a draft lot of probably 150 to 200, 

 and when the dealers were taken to them, the 

 white faces were sure to be pointed out as the 

 right sort, and the expression made, T wish all 

 of the lot were like those beasts. Prime beasts ! 

 Real plums !' 



"I had opportunities of seeing them when 

 slaughtered at Sydney, when the carcass butch- 

 ers told me their quality was excellent; that 

 they equalled the Shorthorns in their rough fat. 



and that they preferred the white-faced bullocks 

 to those of any other breed. 



'T also found that they traveled the long dis- 

 tance from the station to Sydney — say 250 to 

 300 miles — better than any others; a less num- 

 ber became lame on the journey, which is, I 

 consider, very greatly in their favor. 



"For what I have seen in other herds, the 

 Herefords readily became acclimated and fully 

 retain their general character, displaying equal 

 or greater aptitude to fatten than the Short- 

 horns. And from these combined advantages 

 -I lost no time, on my arrival in England, in 

 purchasing and exporting bulls. 



"My nephew has now my station, and he 

 has recently purchased a three-year-old bidl, 

 bred by Mr. Reynolds, of Tocal, Patterson, 

 Maitland. He vjas winner of the first prize as 

 a yearling, a two-year-old, and a three-year-old, 

 successively. The Herefords are now more nu- 

 merous than the Devons, and nearly equal the 

 Shorthorns in number." 



EARLY TEXA.S EXPERIENCE. 



Aransas, Bee Co., Texas. 

 Dear Sir: Your note is at hand and contents 

 noted. You wish to know how the Herefords 

 we bought of you the winter of 1876 are getting 



HEREFORDS ON THE RANGE IN TEXAS. 

 (From a photograph takfn in the spring after wintering on the range without hay or feed.) 



