. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE HEREFORD 205 The introduction of the Hereford to America first occurred, so far as records show, in 1817, when Henry Clay brought four head to his home at Lexington, Kentucky, one bull dying in transit. About 1825 Admiral Coffin of the British navy sent the bull Sir Isaac and a cow as a gift to the Massachusetts Society. Fig. 83. Fire King (22135), first-prize and champion Hereford bull at the Royal Agricultural Society of England Show, 1904. Exhibited by King' Edward. Photograph from the National Stockman and Faryner for Promoting Agricultur
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE HEREFORD 205 The introduction of the Hereford to America first occurred, so far as records show, in 1817, when Henry Clay brought four head to his home at Lexington, Kentucky, one bull dying in transit. About 1825 Admiral Coffin of the British navy sent the bull Sir Isaac and a cow as a gift to the Massachusetts Society. Fig. 83. Fire King (22135), first-prize and champion Hereford bull at the Royal Agricultural Society of England Show, 1904. Exhibited by King' Edward. Photograph from the National Stockman and Faryner for Promoting Agriculture. Later other importations followed in a small way. In 1840 W. H. Sotham, a native of Herefordshire, England, who had previously emigrated to America, imported to Albany, New York, in partnership with Erastus Corning, Jr., twenty-one cows and heifers and a two-year-old bull. This importation was followed by others in 1840, 1843, 1852—1853,and 1861-1862. Sotham worked hard to promote the breed, but nei- ther the Kentucky, Massachusetts, nor New York importations awoke enthusiasm. Burleigh and Bodwell of Maine also imported some about 1840, and in 1851 John Humphries and Thomas Aston of Ohio did the same. In i860 F. W. Stone of Guelph,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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