. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 344 HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE Tully, Huntington, Hereford; fed by Mr. West- car, Aylesbury, Bucks. (See illustration.; The English Journal, "Agriculture, the Ten- ant Farmer's Journal," says of the ox as fol- lows: "In 1799, the Smithlield Club was founded. From the Herefords this winner came, and a noble ox he was, as we find an authentic record that in height he stood 6 feet ? inches, his girth having been 10 feet 4 inches while his weight was <!47 stone, or nearly 31 cwt. [
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 344 HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE Tully, Huntington, Hereford; fed by Mr. West- car, Aylesbury, Bucks. (See illustration.; The English Journal, "Agriculture, the Ten- ant Farmer's Journal," says of the ox as fol- lows: "In 1799, the Smithlield Club was founded. From the Herefords this winner came, and a noble ox he was, as we find an authentic record that in height he stood 6 feet ? inches, his girth having been 10 feet 4 inches while his weight was <!47 stone, or nearly 31 cwt. [3,450 pounds, American weight—T. ] This reads far above the figures that serve to note propor- tions at the present time, but as to this it is well to mention that this ox had attained the age of seven years, consequently his full growth had been obtained. There is a striking difference between the Hereford ox of 1799 and 1884, al- though both belong to the same pure breed, but an interval of eighty-five years separated them. During that somewhat long period much waa done to improve the type and DOWNTON CASTLE, HEREFORDSHIRE. (Photo of 1902.) The ox of 1799 had worked three or four years as was the custom in those days, whereas the present show specimens for the greater part are spared all efforts in seeking their food, and they never work. It is not our desire to underrate the oxen of olden time. As working animals they might have been immensely superior to such as we now possess, and no doubt they were. But for show purposes work is decidedly against the ox, inasmuch as it bares the shoulders, and thins the neck, both of which are serious defects in the opinion of the best judges of stock. If we make this allowance for our champion, and a little also for the hollow-back labor frequently occasioned, we find him a great, fine ox, and can picture him to have been almost a team of him- self, although according to our modem standard of symmetry he might be
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