272 A HISTOBT OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



been wintered on the coarsest fodder that the farm 

 afforded, was 2,000 pounds." 



It is not easy to understand this reference to "a 

 cross between the Hereford and Shorthorn with a 

 slight dash of the Bakewell," as related to a bull bred 

 in New England. By "a dash of Bakewell" pre- 

 sumably the Longhorn blood is meant. Such a cross 

 could, of course, have come from Kentucky, and 

 possibly the Longhorn blood may have existed some- 

 where in New England, but we have no record of its 

 importation there. 



It is reported that at the New York State Fair 

 of 1842, Mr. P. N. Rust exhibited a fat ox with 

 Hereford markings, eight years old and at a live 

 weight of what was claimed to be 4,200 pounds. It 

 is difficult at this date to determine just how much 

 credence should be placed upon an apparent exag- 

 geration. Mr. Howard, above quoted, however, 

 writing of this extraordinary bullock, said : 



"He is truly a most superb animal. He has both 

 the shape and color and the characteristics of a 

 Hereford. His shoulders are well set, his chine 'full, 

 back short, loin and hips very wide, rump long, legs 

 clean and sinewy, and he is considerably heavier 

 than any other animal I have ever seen of so little 

 bone and offal. At the time I saw him Mr. Bust 

 thought his weight would not be less than 3,700 

 pounds. I saw the man who said he raised this ox, 

 and both he and Mr. Bust agreed that his sire was 

 part Hereford." 



So far as one may now surmise it may be pre- 

 sumed that this bullock was related in some way to 

 the Massachusetts stock derived from old Sir Isaac. 



