742 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTIiE 



ticularly favorable to Herefords, and often said, "A 

 red Shorthorn is good enough for me." Mr. Bird 

 says: "Herefords do as well if not better than any 

 breed we have ever handled, and were I to raise 

 cattle again I would always be partial to the 'white 

 faces.' At this time there is scarcely a herd in Cali- 

 fornia in which you do not see some Herefords, and. 

 I feel that within a few years the number will be 

 greatly increased. I like them, for I know what 

 they did for us. And I may state that our herd of 

 18,000 cattle was considered in its day the best large 

 herd west of the Rockies." 



