Practical Agriculture. 
537 = 271 
The white-faces require time to ripen, though they have a 
raarkable aptitude to fatten quickly ; for many are disposed to 
g what the butchers call " creamy," putting too much of their 
fi outside, and thus not " proving " as they ought ; and it is 
V h age that their meat attains its beautiful marbled appear- 
a;e, or intermixture of fat and lean. Thev attain to weisrhts 
eial to those of the Shorthorns, and carry a vast substance of 
fl.h in proportion to bone ; but may be said to be more profit- 
a;e to the breeder and grazier than to the butcher. 
Vs the rearing system is generally followed in Herefordshire, 
t milking properties are not so much attended to as in some 
0 er counties. Cows, with moderate feeding, make from 32 
t40 stones, with extra keep to 64 imperial stones; and Show 
s cimens go up to much higher weights. 
The great majority of the calves are dropped in April, May, 
Jie, and July. Yearling heifers are very seldom put to the 
1 1 ; and the calves are generally suckled for three to six months, 
rining with their dams, unless they come at the commence- 
r nt of winter. The young steers are fed upon grass, and get 
tnips and cut straw, with cake in the winter. The rare 
f itures in the Wye valley push the young animals along quickly ; 
a 1 they come out in their third autumn to the fairs and markets Fairs, 
c Hereford, Leominster, Ross, and Ludlow; many of the best, 
Lvever, being bought direct off the farms. Hereford October 
f r, with seven or eight thousand steers of this one breed, is a 
sht for admirers of fine cattle. 
Herefords not only prevail almost exclusively in their own Locality of the 
cmty, but the native cattle of Salop, Mongomery, Radnor, iJieed. 
l2Con, Glamorgan, and Monmouth, are for the most part 
elier changed by crossing with them, or are replaced by 
t m ; and great numbers graze the pastures of Somerset, Wilts, 
(oucester, Worcester, and Warwick. In fact, few English 
cinties south of Shropshire are without Hereford bullocks ; 
Ids are found east as far as Surrey, and west in several 
cmties of Wales. They have been established in Dorset and 
i'Cornwall ; they have done well in Ireland ; and in Canada, 
t United States, and the Australian Colonies, the breed has 
a lined great success. 
The Herefords are not so well qualified for crossing as the 
wQrthorns ; but they have blended well with Shorthorns, and 
' V have produced admirable crosses with Ayrshires and 
I<'rneys, but not particularly well with Devons. 
The Hereford Herd Book,' which Mr. Duckham has recently Breeders. 
♦ posed of to a Society, records in its 9th volume, the herds of 
' breeders, and has a list of 347 subscribers ; the number of 
Is entered in tlie entire work has now reached 5176 ; of cows. 
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