. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 366 HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE Date. Oxen Sold. Value. Dec. 16. 1799, 2 oxen to Mr. Chapman : £200=51000 Dec. 4, 1800, 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 147= 735 Dec. 13. 1800, 1 ox to Mr. Harrington 100= 500 Nov. 26, 1801. 6 oxen to Messrs. Gibiett & Co 630= 3150 .Nov. 26, 1802, 1 ox to Messrs. Gibiett & Co 100= 500 Nov. 31, 1802, 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 126= 630 Dec. 4. 1802, 2 oxen to Mr. Horwood 200= 1000 Dec. 4, 1802. 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 100= 50O Dec. 19, 1803, 1 ox to Mr. Reynolds 105= 525 Dec. 19,
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 366 HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE Date. Oxen Sold. Value. Dec. 16. 1799, 2 oxen to Mr. Chapman : £200=51000 Dec. 4, 1800, 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 147= 735 Dec. 13. 1800, 1 ox to Mr. Harrington 100= 500 Nov. 26, 1801. 6 oxen to Messrs. Gibiett & Co 630= 3150 .Nov. 26, 1802, 1 ox to Messrs. Gibiett & Co 100= 500 Nov. 31, 1802, 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 126= 630 Dec. 4. 1802, 2 oxen to Mr. Horwood 200= 1000 Dec. 4, 1802. 1 ox to Mr. Chapman 100= 50O Dec. 19, 1803, 1 ox to Mr. Reynolds 105= 525 Dec. 19, 1803, 1 ox to Mr. Gibiett 10,5= 525 Dec. 5, 1804, 1 ox to Mr. Gibiett 105= 525 Dec. 4, 1805. 1 ox to Mr. Gibiett 100= 500 Nov. 26, 1811, 1 ox to Mr. Chandler 105= 525 "The whole 20 sold for £2,123 ($10,615) or an average of £100 6s ($) each. I have also seen at Mr. Ledbrook's, who succeeded Mr. Grace at Putlowe's a few years since, when the. VENUS (V. 12, D. 152) 10133. Bred by T. J. Carwardine. price of meat was lower than in the beginning of the century, 50 oxen tied up for Christmas at the end of November, for which he had bid £2,500 ($12,500) ; the price was rather under 5s ($) per stone (or about 9 cents per pound live weight), but this would have made them average over 200 stone (2,800 pounds each, alive) per head. The class of animal I have been describing is now no more. They were five-year-old worked beasts, and even older which had been for two or three years harnessed in the yoke, and had therefore attained great size. Working in the plow is now comparatively rare, and early maturity is the aim of all the best farmers in England, and the Hereford breeders are not likely to be left behind. It is a rare thing now-a-days to purchase a Hereford steer at a fair over three years old. When I began farming, thirty years ago, I bought a lot of beautiful three-year-old Hereford steers in October at £13 10s ($67) each, in poor con- dition. I gave them the ru
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