. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 375 January of this present year. The question naturally comes up now, whether this demand for the Herefords is a fancy or a fashion, likely to die out and let down prices. It is worth considering. I have said that the principal demand for the Herefords in the United States was as beef makers, but I did not intend at all to intimate that their merit as milkers was overlooked. On the contrary, many breeders in' the United States are enthusiastic over them as a dairy bre
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 375 January of this present year. The question naturally comes up now, whether this demand for the Herefords is a fancy or a fashion, likely to die out and let down prices. It is worth considering. I have said that the principal demand for the Herefords in the United States was as beef makers, but I did not intend at all to intimate that their merit as milkers was overlooked. On the contrary, many breeders in' the United States are enthusiastic over them as a dairy breed and quite a number of wealthy men are forming herds. Some go so far as to claim that the Hereford is the coming breed, which is going to carry all before it, and that the Shorthorn will eventually fall before the Middlehorn, just as the Longhorn went down in the past. The high esteem in which the breed (HH 256A, 256B, 256C, 256D, 256E) is held in the United States and the growing appreciation of its merits which exists in Eng- land preclude, it seems to me, the possibility of a fall in prices in the neat future, or, in fact, for many years. It is even possible that for a time prices may go higher than now. A man writes me from Hereford County thus: I am now looking out for a lot of pedigree Hereford cattle for America; they are more difficult to get, as the demand has been great and prices are much higher. "How TO Export Hehefoeds.—By far the larger proportion of the Herefords sent to the United States go via Liverpool, though several large herds have been sent by way of Bristol. I am of the opinion that m many cases better facilities could be obtained via Bristol than are obtained via Liverpool. One reason I have for_ this opinion is the fact that several of the steamers plying in the lines frond Bristol to New York are unusually high between decks, and extremely well lighted and ventilated—an important matter. Another advantage is that cattle can be brought from H
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