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HISTORY OF HERETO ED CATTLE 



of Massachusetts, including the imported cow 

 Milton, bred by John Longmore, of Orleton, 

 and her four-year-old cow and heifer Promise. 

 Milton was brought over with the bull Cronk- 

 hill, bred by Lord Berwick, and he was sire of 

 Cora and Promise. The same year, I purchased 

 five more head from Mr. Sotham. Curly, the 

 Ashton bull, died while in my possession. 1 

 had given Col. Edward Lloyd, Blenheim in ex- 

 change for him. He got out of Milton, a bull- 

 calf, Marion, and out of Miss TuUy, also an 

 imported cow, a heifer, Hattie. She brought 

 me a number of superior calves by Sir Richard 



A SAMPLE CASE FROM KANSAS (1882). 



Mr. Editor: 



Before consenting to exhibit my Heref ords at 

 Wichita Fair, I saw the president — who is an 

 honorable gentleman — and he promised me that 

 no Shorthorn breeder should be put on the 

 sweepstakes awarding committee, but through 

 the intent or carelessness of some subordinate 

 officer, three Shorthorn breeders were chosen 

 as judges of sweepstakes. Two of them were 

 unknown to me; the other was the Hon. Wm. 

 Ross, an old acquaintance, who had been an 



SAMPLE OF SO-CALLED HEREFORDS TOO OFTEN FOUND ON THE RANGE AND ELSEWHERE, 



(Every whiteface is not a Hereford.) 



2d, including Belle McAlpin, dam of Stonie 

 Williams. I have had two bulls from Mr. F. 

 W. Stone, Admiral and Canadian; also im- 

 ported Sir Richard 2d, who was bred by J. H. 

 Arkwright, Esq. I afterwards' used Illinois, 

 son of, Success, fcred by T. L. Miller, and now 

 have Prince of the Wye, bred by Mr. T. Duck- 

 ham, M. P. I have been a breeder of Herefords 

 for twenty-five years, and am, perhaps, entitled 

 to the position as the oldest breeder now in the 

 business. Respectfully yours, 



John Merrtman. 

 Cockeysville, Md., Aug. 9, 1881. 



exhibitor of Shorthorns at previous fairs. 

 From such a personage I expected even-handed 

 justice. My bull had been pronounced the best 

 bull in the show by quite a number of Short- 

 horn breeders, and was almost the universal 

 choice of the multitude. They were so out- 

 spoken in his favor that I thought I had an 

 easy walk-away. Imagine my surprise when I 

 found he was not noticed by the judges any 

 more than a yellow dog would have been outside 

 the ring, and the 1st and 2d ribbons were tied 

 upon Shorthorn bulls. 



As I led my bull from the ring a prominent 



