694 A HISTORY OP HEKEFORD CATTLE 



Herefords of which there is trace it is not difficult 

 to realize that Colorado would logically beat Texas 

 to the "white faces," and such was undoubtedly 

 the case. Mr. Miller himself sold three Hereford 

 bulls in 1873 to George Zweck of Longmont, Colo. — 

 a yearling, a two-year-old and a three-year-old 

 afterwards registered as Plato 590. In 1874 he 

 shipped five bulls to Denver, which were sold to 

 Colorado ranchmen. The first purebred Herefords 

 to go to Texas, so far as we can learn, were a bull 

 (Chief) and a heifer by Miller's old Success, sold 

 by William Powell, then of Beecher, HI., in the spring 

 of 1876 to J. F. Brady of Houston. It is said that 

 about this same date a Mr. Hooker took Herefords 

 from Beecher into southern Arizona. 



Making Good. — On being asked, "Why are the 

 Herefords the best cattle for the plains?" Mr. 

 Miller answered: "Because they are the most 

 hardy; they are the best grazers; they mature 

 earlier; they are nearer the groimd; they are more 

 compact; they have more hair; they have thicker 

 and softer hides ; although shorter on the leg, they 

 are better travelers, and as grazers they become • 

 higher-fleshed and riper steers; they carry their 

 flesh to market with less shrinkage ; they are heavier- 

 topped steers, and the best animal in the family of 

 Herefords is the steer." 



The blood was liked on the Colorado range from 

 the very first, and in 1876 ranchmen who had al- 

 ready tested it there reported as follows : 



Judge Downing, of Denver, sold six Hereford 



