498 A HISTORY OP HEBEPOED CATTLE 



ter the breeding cows have been brought to a more 

 or less common standard or "denomination" by a 

 persistent retention of the best females produced in 

 the herd through a long series of years, until all ul- 

 timately carry a large percentage of the same blood. 



Benjamin Hershey. — ^Prominent in the trade for 

 a number of years was Benjamin Hershey, a wealthy 

 lumberman owning a large farm near Muscatine, la., 

 and a ranch in Nebraska. One of his first invest- 

 ments was the purchase of 30 young bulls from 

 T. L. Miller for $10,000. He was a liberal buyer 

 from Miller, Culbertson and other early breeders 

 and importers, and subsequently brought out cattle 

 on his own account from England direct. He bought 

 75 head of English-bred cattle on one order, prob- 

 ably the best of these being the cow Lady, of John 

 Price 's breeding and by Truro. Mr. Hershey was an 

 enthusiastic supporter of the claims of the "white 

 faces," and contributed a quartette of Herefords to 

 the famous showyard "syndicate" of 1882 which 

 were bought by Mr. C. K. Parmelee during the La- 

 fayette fair for over $3,000. He died in Chicago on 

 Aug. 23, 1893, and his herd was closed out the fol- 

 lowing October. 



Hon. M. H. Cochrane.— The late Senator Coch- 

 rane, of Hillhurst, Province of Quebec, Canada, at 

 one time figured largely in the Shorthorn importing 

 and exporting trade, his operations in both Bates 

 and Booth-bred cattle being conducted on a liberal 

 scale and at prices attracting the attention of both 

 continents. 



