60 Hereford Cattle. 
America), whilst the highest price 
210 guineas. 
for a cow 
at this sale was 
At Mr. R. Bright’s sale at 
October 26th, 1909 : 
Ivington, 
Leominster, on 
A s. d. 
81 Cows and calves averaged . 
. 
44 7 5 
27 Two-year-old heifers . 
• • • 
35 12 10 
27 Yearling ditto 
21 19 0 
4 Bulls ..... 
. 
63 15 9 
At Mr. W. T. Barneby’s sale held at Saltmarslie, Bromyard, 
in October, 1909 : 
A s. d. 
105 Cows and calves averaged . 
. 
30 17 0 
2l Two-year-old heifers . 
. 
37 16 0 
19 Yearlings .... 
• . . 
25 8 5 
6 Bulls ..... 
. . . 
78 4 6 
The above figures are enough to inform the reader of the 
current run of prices. 
The dispersion sales of breeders’ herds are chiefly held in 
the autumn of each year. The Hereford Herd Book Society 
holds two annual sales of bulls in March and April at Hereford, 
when some two or three hundred bulls, chiefly yearlings and 
two-year-olds, are offered for sale by public auction. 
There is no breed of domestic live stock of a more uniform 
type than the Hereford cattle. 
This uniformity of appearance is undoubted testimony to 
purity of blood and the influence of many years of careful 
study and use of hereditary principles on the part of Hereford 
breeders. 
The colour is red on the body with white face, crest, 
brisket and underparts of the body, hence the title “ w r hite 
face,” and the stamp of the white-faced Hereford bull can be 
seen wherever the breed has roamed. The conformation of 
the breed is almost, if not quite, as uniform as the colouring. 
The following may be taken as a fairly full description : — 
The bull should have a moderately short head, broad fore- 
head, horns springing straight from the side of the head and 
slightly drooping, and of a waxlike appearance, any black on 
horns being objectionable. 
The eyes should be full and prominent. 
Nose broad and clear of a flesh colour. The body should be 
massive and cylindrical on short legs. The top and underline 
should be straight. The neck should be thick with well 
developed crest. Shoulders sloping but lying well open at the 
top between blades. 
Chest full and deep. Ribs well sprung. Flank deep. 
Buttocks broad with lower thigh well developed, coming down 
to hocks (meat to the hock). The tail should be well set on 
