. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 96 HISTORY OF H E K E F 0 K D CATTLE Fartieulars of food eaten bv the smaller ox: 315 cakes. ',' pounds turnips, l,(,>0o pounds hay. Mr, Oraee. two o.\eu eake-fed and two grass- fed, the grass-fed live years old, and the cake- fed seven years old, bred by Mr. Farmer, of Weobly, Herefordshire, and by Mr. Holmes, of Hereford. TUOJIAS GHACE. Fremiums awarded as follows; To j\lr. West- car, first premium of $(iO for beast under 150 stone (5,100 lbs.), fed with grass and hay, on a Herefordshir
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 96 HISTORY OF H E K E F 0 K D CATTLE Fartieulars of food eaten bv the smaller ox: 315 cakes. ',' pounds turnips, l,(,>0o pounds hay. Mr, Oraee. two o.\eu eake-fed and two grass- fed, the grass-fed live years old, and the cake- fed seven years old, bred by Mr. Farmer, of Weobly, Herefordshire, and by Mr. Holmes, of Hereford. TUOJIAS GHACE. Fremiums awarded as follows; To j\lr. West- car, first premium of $(iO for beast under 150 stone (5,100 lbs.), fed with grass and hay, on a Herefordshire ox. To Mr. Edmonds, first preminin of $75 for beast above 150 stone (0,100 on a Here- ford ox. To Mr. Westear. first premium of $75 for best beast above 150 stone, fed with cake and corn, being a Hereford ox. To Mr. Grace, for second premium of $50 for Hereford ox in the same class. The dressed weight of one of Mr, Westcar's oxen was as follows: The four quarters weighed 1,95"2 pounds, one sirloin and rump weighed 240 pounds, six of his fore ribs weighed 176 pounds, buttock 128 pounds, his leg 20 pounds, his head 28 pounds, his tongue 14 pounds; bought by Mr. Chapman, of Fleet market. Two oxen were shown by His Majesty at Smithfield, 1802. One of them was taken from work Oct. 17th, 1799; he was seven years old, and worked three and one-half years; he was fed on hay and grass only, except on a few potatoes for a few weeks prior to his going to London; the other was live years old, and worked nearly two years, and was taken from work Sept. 12th, 1799, was fed with grass and hay only, except on a few potatoes for about live weeks ; both were bought for the King by Fassey, in Herefordshire. SMITHFIELD SOCIETY, 1804. Certificates of Mr. Westcar's brown ox, oil- cake fed : Carcass weiijht pounds. Fat .^ 204 1,878 pounds. Mr. Westcar's dark brown grass-fed ox : Carcass weight 1,62(1 pounds. Fat r 19;i pounds. A SCENE AT "THE ; 'GTON, PR
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