. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFOED CA,TTLE 389 wishes to show against the Heretords in his dis- trict, and his country may be (and probably is) very superior to the country the Herefords are pastured on. I have no desire to write against Shorthorn cattle or their breeders, as they are a breed of cattle I hold in high estimation, when in their proper place, and that, I take to be, is where English grasses abound in summer, and where plenty of fodder is available in winter, and the few favored parts of this grea
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEREFOED CA,TTLE 389 wishes to show against the Heretords in his dis- trict, and his country may be (and probably is) very superior to the country the Herefords are pastured on. I have no desire to write against Shorthorn cattle or their breeders, as they are a breed of cattle I hold in high estimation, when in their proper place, and that, I take to be, is where English grasses abound in summer, and where plenty of fodder is available in winter, and the few favored parts of this great colony of Queensland where there are no frosts, and the best descriptions of natural grasses and fattening shrubs and herbage; and, as the despised Here- ford has not had a fair trial under the latter conditions, I claim that no one can say that the breed is not quite equal, or superior, to the Shorthorns for any part of Queensland. I will now assert what I can prove to be the fact— that we lost far less cattle on this run during the late drought than any of our neighbors within a radius of 100 miles, who have herds of, say, 5,000 head or over on one run, and I may state that we have the largest herd in this dis- trict (on one run)—namely, about 20,000 head —in fact, the usual 5 per cent allowed annually for losses for the past twelve months. "I am, sir, etc., John Fulfoed. "Lyndhurst, 21st ; (Mr. Fulford begged hard to be allowed to say one word more on this subject, and our reso- lution gave way. It must not be supposed, how- ever, that we have reopened our columns for a continuance of the controversy.—Ed. Q.) We also give the "Queenslander's" report of a Charters Towers Show. It will be noticed that this Hereford question has become fully as in- teresting in Australia as in America, and the discussion is likely in the end to bring that breed which has the greater merit to the front. "Unlike the National Shows, the cattle are here
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