. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 24 HISTOKY OF HEKEFOED CATTLE principal graziers in the counties near the me- tropolis, and then perfected for the London ; I have introduced Mr. Duncomb at this point, as it is fair to presume that his statement may refer to the past as well as to his own time. Mr. Henry Haywood (f, 14), of Blakemere House, Hereford, informed Messrs. McDonald and Sinclair (editors of a history of Herefords, published in 1886) that in the division of John Haywood's property in 1713, he especially re-
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 24 HISTOKY OF HEKEFOED CATTLE principal graziers in the counties near the me- tropolis, and then perfected for the London ; I have introduced Mr. Duncomb at this point, as it is fair to presume that his statement may refer to the past as well as to his own time. Mr. Henry Haywood (f, 14), of Blakemere House, Hereford, informed Messrs. McDonald and Sinclair (editors of a history of Herefords, published in 1886) that in the division of John Haywood's property in 1713, he especially re-. WELLINGTON (4) 160, CALVED 1808, BRED BY B. TOM- KINS. (From an old lithograph.) fers to his cattle and to one of his sons, and says further: "My father always told me that his great-grandfather (the said John Haywood) was considered a superior man of business, and was a breeder of Hereford cattle. My uncle, Joseph Smith, of Shellesley (who had always lived in that neighborhood), often mentioned this John Haywood as a leading man and breeder of ; The fact that the Tomkins family and the Haywoods were breeders, each in the eighteenth century, and probably much earlier, is suffi- cient evidence that the Herefordshire farmers were breeders of a superior class of cattle, and with such a foundation Mr. Benjamin Tom- kins, Jr., commenced his work. Mr. J. H. Campbell, of Charlton, Kent Coun- ty, was a contributor to the "Annals of Agri- culture," published by Arthur Young. He wrote two papers for the "Annals" treating on breeds of cattle and sheep, and mainly relating to the Herefords. Campbell had a controversy with Young as to the point that should charac- terize a model beef animal, and having been described as a warm advocate of the Herefords, he said: "I am^ so, because of long experience. If I am wrong, it is not for want of painstaking, or being thoroughly acquainted with several other breeds, and particularly those about which the
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