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the knowledge of the breed form wrong conclusions, 

 considering the Hereford badly developed and diffi- 

 cult to fatten, etc. 



' ' Second : It is a general opinion that as to rustic- 

 ity this breed has no competitors, and in view of 

 this fact the breeders allotted the poorest pastur- 

 age to the Hereford. In consequence of this the re- 

 sult was soon apparent, for the cattle thus treated — 

 as was natural to suppose — did not attain to the 

 size of their competitors, the Durhams, and from 

 this circumstance arose the conclusion of the sup- 

 posed inferiority of the Herefords, and this without 

 once giving thought that the Durhams would have 

 literally perished had they been grazed on similar 

 pasture to that of the Hereford cattle. Now it is 

 common knowledge that when placed on good 

 pasture and being of a good cross the Herefords 

 can compete favorably with the Durham or any 

 other breed of beef, and if to this fact we add the 

 dehorning, the Hereford can be converted into a 

 polled steer, as beautiful and docile an animal as 

 any Durham. 



"The actual proprietor of Esperanza, Sr. Juan 

 Cobo, had at about the same time established his 

 Durham Stock Farm with the same number of ani- 

 mals, but he remains nowadays with only the Here- 

 fords, which he prefers to the Durhams." 



La Estrella. — The author acknowledges with 

 thanks the receipt of a long and particularly inter- 

 esting statement from Dr. EmilioFrers on the gen- 

 eral subject of the status of the Hereford in Argen- 

 tina, including an even-tempered and scholarly 

 analysis of the relative claims made for the two 

 leading breeds in that country. Our only regret 

 is that we have not space to publish this in full. 



