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near enough to the market, that it may be received and placed on sale at 

 least within ten or twelve hours after milking. Therefore the short- 

 horns will be found most profitable at such distances from our great 

 cities that it is impossible to ship milk profitably to their markets. 



The Herefords. This is a valuable herd of cattle, although but 

 comparatively little known in America. The Herefords are named after 

 a county in south-western England which is adjacent to Wales. These 

 cattle are of very ancient ancestry, but have been very much improved 

 within the last century. 



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The color of this breed has a peculiar history as to its changes and 

 markings. One hundred years ago they were deep red — almost brown, 

 in color ; now they are usually red, with white faces, throats, bellies, 

 and sometimes backs. About the time of King John of England (A.D. 

 1200) they were all white with red ears, and Maude de Brehos, against 

 whose husband King John was highly incensed, in order to soften the 

 wrath of the mighty king and thereby saving the Hfe of her husband, 

 presented to the queen, the wife of King John, four hundred cows anC 

 one bull, all white with red ears. 



