. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 280 HIS T 0 E Y OF H E E E F 0 R D CATTLE stead of 500; and as he weighed at the show of 1879, 1,114 pounds, his gain per day would be pounds, instead of This steer was entered in 187!> as dropped June 28, 1878, and his age as 500 days is cor- rectly stated, and his gam per day , is correct. On reference to the copies of my en- tries as made in 1880, his age is stated as June 28, 1878, and his age at the show of 1880 should have been 870 days old, gain per day , instead of
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 280 HIS T 0 E Y OF H E E E F 0 R D CATTLE stead of 500; and as he weighed at the show of 1879, 1,114 pounds, his gain per day would be pounds, instead of This steer was entered in 187!> as dropped June 28, 1878, and his age as 500 days is cor- rectly stated, and his gam per day , is correct. On reference to the copies of my en- tries as made in 1880, his age is stated as June 28, 1878, and his age at the show of 1880 should have been 870 days old, gain per day , instead of , as credited to him. I. CANE IS PRESENTED TO THE MAKER OF PRO- TESTED ENTRIES. have written to Secretary S. D. Fisher to re- fer to my entries, and advise me whether the error was his in computing days, or mine in giving age. He was not a winning steer, and the discrepancy had not been noticed by me. Again: "Mr. Miller won half his premiums with grade Herefords, and it will be time enough to discuss the question as to which cross will produce the best animal when Mr. Miller shows grade Herefords with no Shorthorn ; (If 199) In your April number I gave the breeding of "Conqueror," showing seven-eighths Here- ford and one-eighth Devon and native. Will that be satisfactory to Mr. Matthews? But then what matters it, if by putting the Here- ford on the Shorthorn we can make the top steer? Why not accept the issue, and take the Herefords and improve the Shorthorns? They must take the Hereford or Scot. They tried the Scot in the time of Colling, Bates and Booth; and the Kcntuckians used the Here- fords in 1817 to 1830. The Collings, Bates and Booth Scotch cross has not availed to fix character and quality, but the breed has gone back to the original loose, coarse animal. fJollings found that with the old Teeswater cattle there was no certainty as to the kind of produce he would get from them, and only by using Scots could he succeed. It is a well establi
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