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trious career, as a stock-getter. He was a light- 

 colored bull of medium size, and certainly possessed 

 of genuine old-fashioned Herefordshire constitu- 

 tion. He never weighed to exceed 2,200 pounds. 

 He had a good masculine head with a waxy down- 

 curved horn of medium size, a copper-colored nose^ 

 and very prominent eyes. His neck, which was 

 short, was joined perfectly into well laid shoulders. 

 His ribs were well sprung, supplying ample heart 

 room and a broad expanse of back and loin. He 

 was ribbed-up well at the hips, had straight quar- 

 ters with good length from loin to rump, and his tail 

 was perfectly set. His deep body was well carried 

 on straight legs showing ample bone. 



George Morgan, "Jim" Powell and "Willie" 

 Watson. — While Mr. Miller was the conspicuous, 

 inflexible leader of the early movement to advance 

 the Hereford cause throughout western America, 

 and succeeded in making Beecher, 111., the hub of 

 the business during its infancy in the middle west, 

 he was ably aided in the practical management of 

 the cattle intended for sale or show by certain old- 

 countrymen who deserve special mention in this 

 connection. 



George Morgan, was a West Herefordshire man, 

 bom, in fact, only about four miles from Thomas 

 Clark's birth-place. His father was a tenant 

 farmer who dealt largely in sheep, but who also 

 had a good knowledge of cattle. He came to the 

 states a few months after Mr. Clark, and leased 

 a farm near Elyria. Shortly afterwards he went 



