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in 191 1, third on yearlings in 1907, 1908, and 1910; and fifth 

 on two-year-olds in 19 17, the latter being on the steer Hazford 

 Lad 6th, shown by Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr., weighing 1650 

 pounds alive, dressing out 68.91 per cent. In 1910 the third-prize 

 yearling Mirko, shown by the University of Nebraska, weighing 

 1332 pounds, dressed out the high percentage of 6S.09. At the 

 Chicago Fat Stock Show the following Hereford grand champion- 

 ships were awarded between 1878 and 1892: 1883, Roan Boy, 

 a grade sired by a Hereford bull out of a Shorthorn cow; 1885, 

 the grade Regulus ; 1886, Rudolph J., a pure-bred; 1891, Hick- 

 ory Nut, a pure-bred. At the International Live-Sto&k Exposition 

 but few grand championships have been won by Hereford steers. 

 In 1 90 1 The Woods Principal, a pure -bred, was grand champion 

 over all. In 1903 Challenger, a grade, sired by a Hereford and 

 shown by Nebraska University, was grand champion. In 1906 a 

 pure-bred calf. Peerless Wilton 39ths Defender, won the high 

 honors, and again, in 19 16, a Hereford-Shorthorn grade, Cali- 

 fornia Favorite, shown by the University of California, was grand 

 champion. In the carload lots of fat steers Herefords have been 

 shown in large numbers, though these are mostly range-bred. 

 Grand-championship honors on carloads have been won as fol- 

 lows at the International : in 1901 by D. W. Black of Ohio vvith 

 a carload of range-bred Herefords ; in 1903 by W. F. Herrin of 

 Illinois ; in 1918 by J. W. Frazier of Illinois with calves bred on 

 the Texas range. At the American Royal at Kansas City the grand- 

 champion load in 1910 was Herefords. Especially strong exhibits 

 of fat cattle and feeders of this breed are shown at the American 

 Royal Live-Stock Show at Kansas City, at the Western Stock 

 Show at Denver, and at the National Show at Fort Worth, 

 Texas. In recent years the Hereford has made a poor showing at 

 the British fat-stock shows. 



The early maturity of the Hereford is one of its pronounced 

 characteristics. No breed of beef cattle develops more rapidly into 

 " baby beef " than this, the calves showing a thickness of fleshing 

 and finish that is most attractive. Beyond eighteen months of age 

 the tendency is for Herefords to take on some rolls of fat over the 

 ribs and show more or less unevenness of fleshing. Compared with 

 the Aberdeen- Angus in this regard, they are at some disadvantage. 



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