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liaiidliiia:, though \vc iniss that rich iiicllowness of hi'w ami skin 
uhich is ahnost peculiar to the improved Short-horns. 
Amongst the most celebrated Hereford breeders may be men- 
tioned Mr. Thomas Jeffries I'embridgCj near Leominster, Here- 
fordshire ; Mr. W. Perry of Monkland, near Leominster; Mr. 
J. N. Carpenter, Eardisland, near Leominster; Mr. Thomas 
Lockley Meine of Cound Arbor, near Shrewsbury; Mr. John 
Thomas of Cholstrey, near Leominster ; Mr. Samuel Aston of 
Lynch Court, near Leominster ; and Mr. Thomas Sheriff of 
Coxall, near Brampton Brian, Herefordshire. 
For dairy purposes the Herefords may be generally considered 
as inferior to the Short-horns; for although the latter are too 
frequently deficient in their milking properties, especially some 
of those of the highest blood, there are numerous instances of 
Short-horns being good milkers in herds, where that quality has 
not been lost sight of. 
It cannot be denied that taking the Herefords as a breed they 
are inferior milkers. The dairy is little thought of by the gene- 
rality of their breeders ; and in many instances the calf consumes 
the greatest part of the milk. 
Llereford cattle are not much used for working purposes in 
their native districts, but are occasionally put to the plough in 
other localities, when they are found to be both useful and docile. 
For their feeding qualities few breeds can be compared with 
them. It is true that they do not arrive at such earh' maturity 
as the Short-horns, and that the latter animals, under a similar 
course of keeping, are as forward at three years old, or a month 
or two over, as the Herefords at four. This part of the question 
however is of more consequence to the breeder than the grazier. 
The immense number of Hereford cattle, both steers and oxen, 
which are annually purchased by graziers in different parts of the 
kingdom, proves the high estimation in which they are held. It 
is chiefly in the midland counties that they are grazed and fat- 
tened upon those rich pastures, for which that part of the king- 
dom is so celebrated. Herefords are rarely seen in our northern 
counties ; nor are they frequently to be found in the eastern 
districts. The average weight of a grass-fed Hereford is from 
fifty-six to sixty-six stones ; but when stall-fed, and kept longer, 
they will weigh considerably more. 
A good ripe Hereford ox sells vvell in Smithfield market. It 
has more meat on the roasting-joints than perhaps any other 
description ; whilst the meat is also f\ne in the grain, and the 
offal light. With these excellencies, however, it is generally 
admitted that a fat ox of this kind shows every pound of beef 
which he grows, and that he rarely cuts up for the butcher any 
better than was expected. 
