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the eiglilceiith fciituiy, the common color of the breed was 

 red with a white face. As witli the Shorthorn, a number of 

 men became noted Hereford improvers and did niucli for 

 tlrese cattle. The Toadvins family is the most famous of 

 early days. There was Benjamin the Elder, who died in 

 1789, and Benjamin the Younger, who died in 1815. These 

 men produceel many famous animals and did much for the 

 breed. WiUiam Galliers, John Price, and .John Hewer also 



Figure SI. — Hereford bull, Richard Fairfax, purchased for S50,000 by Ferguson 

 Brothers of Minnesota from L. A. Pinnard. This is the highest price paid 

 for a beef bull in the United States. Photograph froru Ferguson Brothers. 



did much to improve the Hereford. John Hewer sought for 

 more size, quality, and uniformity of color. He bred many 

 famous animals during the middle of the last century. Here- 

 fords were first brought to America by that famous states- 

 man, Heniy Clay, of Kentucky. He took much interest in 

 pure-bred live stock. Mr. W. H. Sotham, a native of Here- 

 ford, who emigrated to America in 1840, brought some of 



