HEREFORD CATTLE iii 



Characteristics. — This breed is strictly a beef breed 

 and the fanciers malie no claim to milking qualities, al- 

 though there is occasionally a cow that is a good milker. 



Fig. 34. — Horned Hereford bull. 



Herefords are very hardy and have become famous in this 

 country on the ranges. As grazing cattle they are excel- 

 lent and are said to be the logical successors to the buffalo. 

 Because the man who lives in the corn belt has in the past 

 few years looked to the range to furnish feeding cattle, the 

 Herefords have become very common in the feed lots, 

 where they make good gains on feed, and finish off well. 

 They are now distributed over the world wherever good 

 grazing ground is obtainable, and large herds of them are 

 to be found in Argentina, where they are raised to supply 

 the British demand for beef. 



Because they have so long been reared under such natu- 

 ral conditions, they have developed thickness through the 

 fore quarters, and have become somewhat lighter in the rear 

 quarters, a fault, however, not found in the better Herefords. 



