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said to have altered, "getting his cows much wider 

 on the chine, with less gaudy hips." 



The Hewers. — We have just seen that a Worces- 

 tershire breeder was one of the originators of the 

 modern Hereford. The scene now changes to Glou- 

 cestershire, Monmouth and Shropshire, first to the 

 east of Hereford, then to the west, and for a time 

 to the north. Herefordshire men truly cannot claim 

 all the credit for their world-famous breed. Wlien 

 to the work of Price is added the achievements of 

 the Hewers in the counties named, and the produc- 

 tion of Sir David in South Wales, it must be con- 

 ceded that even though Herefordshire provided the 

 raw material the neighboring districts are entitled 

 to a share in the honor of having brought the breed 

 to its subsequent high estate. 



William Hewer was bom in Gloucester in 1757, 

 married a Miss Hughes of Court Morgan, near 

 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and about 1787 

 moved to that vicinity, supposedly taking with him 

 some red-with-white-face cattle from the old home 

 of the Hewers to the new. He farmed there for 28 

 years, when on accoimt of a bank failure he became 

 financially involved, and leaving his wife and fam- 

 ily — excepting his eldest son William — ^he set out 

 supposedly to mend his shattered f ortimes in Amer- 

 ica, but died in New York City within six months i 

 of his landing on this side of the Atlantic. 



John Hewer, son of William, was bom in 1787 

 and lived until April 28, 1873. He was reared among 

 the Heref ords at Hardwick, near Abergavenny, and 



