988 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



To condense it would only be to rob it of its vital 

 interest. 



Dr. Frers' experience began in the year 1882 when 

 he took over the La Estrella establishment, at which 

 time the cattle stock included a small herd of 50 

 or 60 Hereford-crossed Shorthorn cows and some- 

 thing over 3,000 head of "Creoles," showing some 

 little blood. He decided to begin the work of im- 

 provement, and for this purpose selected the Here- 

 ford bull. He was fortunate enough to secure as 

 his first purebred sire the imported bull Gordon, 

 bred by Lewis Lloyd, that carried a double cross 

 of Lord Wilton. He was procured through Mr. 

 Yeomans, who stated at the time that "no Here- 

 ford bull of better blood had crossed the equator 

 up to that date." His descendants at La Estrella 

 certainly did high credit to his ancestry. During 

 1887 and 1889 several good lots of bulls were 

 brought out from England. Since that date none 

 but pedigree sires have been used in the herds. At 

 the time this communication was written by Dr. 

 Frers the herd numbered some 4,700 head of cat- 

 tle, of which 119 head had pedigrees. Besides these 

 there were between 400 and 500 cows which were 

 already highly crossed, and which would be classed 

 as of the pure blood. In fact, something over 2,000 

 of the cows were more than seven-eighths Here- 

 ford blood. Animals from this establishment have 

 repeatedly been shown at the Argentine expodtions 

 with great success. 



