. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 259 against the methods of the common ; We find this expression in the ''National Live Stock Journal," and it was a common expres- sion among the Shorthorn men during the show. On what base does this claim stand? Simply that the Herefords were the best cattle, and they took this way of letting themselves down easily. We are not disposed to find much fault with the "National Live Stock Journal" for using these terms. Their report was gener- al
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 259 against the methods of the common ; We find this expression in the ''National Live Stock Journal," and it was a common expres- sion among the Shorthorn men during the show. On what base does this claim stand? Simply that the Herefords were the best cattle, and they took this way of letting themselves down easily. We are not disposed to find much fault with the "National Live Stock Journal" for using these terms. Their report was gener- ally fair, as regards this show, but they might have gone further and said that Cobb & Phil- lips had a pair of yearling Shorthorns that they had fed on gruel and milk from birth, and still a Hereford grade of Miller's that had roughed it all his life until two months before the show, beat them on the sweepstakes. Let us see who these simple farmeirs were, who came to the show with their cattle, having used only the methods of the common farmer. There was Mr. Gillette, a "common farmer," not much of a breeder, not skilled (only having had about forty years' experience, with only a small herd to choose from—of about 1,000 bul- locks), one should not expect much of him ( ?) Then there was Wm. Sandusky of Catlin, 111.; he was only a "common farmer," with "com- mon farmer ; Sure, he had been a Shorthorn breeder ever since he was old enough to do anything, breeding thorough- breds, and an exhibitor of cattle, for we don't know how long—perhaps not more than twenty years. That is not much and he should not have learned much in that time (?). Then there is D. M. Moninger, of Albia, la., another "common farmer," with a "common farmer's ; He claimed to have been breeding and exhibiting Shorthorns for a quarter of a century. But that isn't much; a man appar- ently couldn't learn much in that time; he ex- hibited a sh
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