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of being constrained to stay with them for the 

 same financial reasons." Perhaps the "Gazette" 

 and its Shorthorn patrons were satisfied with 

 what Mr. Rust had already done, and asked him 

 to leave the matter for Mr. Miller or someone 

 else to develop. 



Near by Messrs. Culver & Mahoney's home 

 Mr. Geo. Zweck has a herd of cattle, and the first 

 bulls that we sent to the plains in 1873 were 

 sold to Mr. Geo. Zweck, a man who is fully 

 posted in the cattle business. These bulls were 

 Plato 590, of American Hereford Record, Duke 

 of Beaufort 744, A. H. E. All of these bulls 

 were in Mr. Zweck"s possession doing good 

 service up to the fall of 1882. 



Plato when sold was three years old, and in 

 the summer or fall of 1882 for some cause 

 that we do not now recollect, died, but not be- 

 cause he was not vigorous, at the age of 12 

 years. Both of the other bulls were still in 

 service, the Duke of Beaufort, 10 years old, 

 and Hervey, 11 years old. 



In 1876 or 1877 we sold to Mr. Zweck an- 

 other bull, and Mr. Zweck won as a premium 

 for the best show of grade Herefords another 

 Hereford bull that we offered at the Colorado 

 State Fair, taking five bulls in all. One of 

 these last bulls Mr. Zweck lost by eatmg poison 

 weed, and the other wore out to a good old age 

 in his service; the other. Major, dropped in 

 1877, by Old Success, worked over ten years 

 and was a bull in which Mr. Zweck took a great 

 deal of pride. From these bulls we understand 

 that Mr. Zweck has made very satisfactory sales 

 of bulls, from that time to the present, and at 

 last report we had of him he had something 

 over 1,000 good grade Hereford heifers, the get 

 of these bulls, and he was negotiating in the 

 fall of 1882 for ten thoroughbred Hereford 

 bulls to put into his herd. We urged upon 

 Mr. Zweck from time to time that he get new 

 bulls for this herd, and have said to him that 

 it would inure very largely to his income if he 

 would do so. Mr. Rust refers to Mr. Geo. 

 Zweck in the following language : 



"A neighbor of Mr. Culver's, Mr. Geo. Zweck, 

 says the way to breed good Herefords is to use 

 Shorthorn cows, but perhaps Zweck ought not to 

 be quoted, although he has handled and bred 

 the Herefords and their grades quite extensively 

 for many years, for George is now getting on 

 the fence with some leaning towards Short- 

 horns, and has lost caste with T. L. Miller, and 

 perhaps other authorities, and Geo. F. Morgan 

 declares that Mr. Miller asserts that Zweck 

 never had any pure Herefords from him. How- 

 ever this may be, Mr. Zweck has had three or 

 four bulls from Mr. Miller. One of them. 



Plato, had little short horns, standing forward 

 and inclined inward, and everybody always said 

 he had Shorthorn blood in him, although Zweck 

 always stoutly maintained that he was straight 

 Hereford and obtained at headquarters of the 

 breed. Another Hereford bull owned by Mr. 

 Zweck was a prize bull offered by Mr. Miller for 

 the best display of Hereford calves at the Colo- 

 rado State Fair. Zweck made a large display 

 and carried ofl' the prize in high glee. He is 

 especially displeased at being told now that his 

 calf was not pure." 



To this our answer at the time in the "Breed- 

 ers' Journal" was: 



"Kow, all that Mr. Rust says about Mr. 

 Zweck's bulls not being pure is made up from 

 Shorthorn sources. Mr. Zweck is not on the 

 fence. Mr. Morgan never said that Mr. Miller 

 asserted that he never sold Mr. Zweck any thor- 

 oughbred bulls ; Mr. Miller never asserted any 

 sueh thing, and Mr. George Rust never believed 

 when he gave these statements currency that 

 they were true ; and we here give the pedigrees 

 of each of these four bulls, and if Mr. Zweck 

 will give us the name of the other bull we will 

 publish that. 



"Plato (4843) 590, A.H.R. Bred by G. W. 

 Byers, Nevada, Ohio; property of Geo. Zweck, 

 Longmont, Colo.; dropped Oct. 27, 1870. Sire, 

 Guelph 4()1 (2023); dam. Beauty 2d 3; g.d. 

 Beauty 1st 7; g.g.d. Duchess 15; g.g.g.d. Count- 

 ess 31; g.g. g.g.d. Venus 4th 61; g.g. g.g.g.d. Ve- 

 nus 3d 109 ; g.g.g.g.g.g.d. Venus 2d 175 ; 

 g.g.g.g.g.g.g.d. Venus 251. 



"Duke of Beaufort (4527) 744. Bred by J. 

 Humphries, Elyria, Ohio; property of Geo. 

 Zweck, Longmont, Colo. ; dropped March 15, 

 1872. Sire Marquis of Bath 745 (4764) ; dam 

 Louisa 598 ; g.d. Princess Louisa 595 ; g.g.d. 

 Princess Royal 488; g.g.g.d. Victoria 478; g.g. 



g.g.d. — 491 ; g.g.g.g.g.d. 



503 ; a;.g.£;.g.g.g.d. 518. 



"Hervey (4644) 815. Bred by T. L. Miller, 

 Beecher, 111. ; property of Geo. Zweck, Long- 

 mont, Colo. ; dropped March 6. 1873. Sire 

 Sir Charles 543 (3434) ; dam Sophia 754; g.d. 

 Blossom 532 ; g.g.d. Duchess 15 ; g.g.g.d. Count- 

 ess 31; g.g.g.g.d. Venus 4th 61; g.g.g.g.g.d. 

 A'enus 3d 109 ; g.g.g.g.g.g.d. Venus 2d 175 ; g.g. 

 g.g.g.g.g.d. Venus 251. 



"Major 1027. Bred by T. L. Miller, Beecher, 

 111. ; property of Geo. Zweck, Longmont, Colo. ; 

 dropped Feb. 2, 1877. Sire Success 2 (5031) : 

 dam Fanny 541 ; g.d. Princess Marv 786 ; g.g.d. 

 Princess Royal 488; g.g.g.d. A^ictoria 478; g.g. 



g.g.d. 491 ; g.g.g.g.g.d. 503 ; 



g.g.g.g.g.g.d. 518. 



"'Every Hereford breeder, or any man that is 



