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entire Hereford body, both at home and abroad, 

 is the surest way of retaining present excellence 

 and insuring futur^e progress. Proud as we may 

 well be of what we have already accomplished, let 

 us not wrap ourselves up in the mantle of infalli- 

 bility or self-sufficiency but rather keep minds and 

 hearts open for the reception of all that is of proved 

 goodness wherever and whenever it may be found. 



Conclusion. — And so our story ends — ^leaving -off, 

 as it began, with a reference to the old home across 

 the sea. It seems but yesterday that we wandered 

 first among the green fields and apple blossoms of 

 Hereford, but this attempt at following the for- 

 tunes of the white-faced cattle has surely led us far 

 and held us long. Our survey of their origin, devel- 

 opment and wide distribution up to date, incom- 

 plete and fragmentary as it is, must now be brought 

 to a conclusion. Not even all the "high spots" 

 have been touched. Much that should by right have 

 found a place in a volume of this character remains 

 untouched. There is therefore only this to be said: 



Nothing that any man has ever done to further 

 the cause of the Hereford cattle, whether it be set 

 forth in written page or not, can ever be really lost. 

 The Herefords of today are the sum total of all the 

 effort that has been put upon them from the days 

 of Ben Tomkins and his predecessors up to now. 

 The mark of every owner, for good or for evil, is 

 on the breed as it stands. Whether public acknowl- 

 edgement be made or not, the impress of even the 

 least of those who have assumed the responsibility 



