. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 396 HISTORY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE up at Bringewood, on the Downton Castle es- tate, which belonged to the late Mr. T. A. Knight, and was acknowledged to be one of the best judges of that breed in those times. This gentleman always kept fifteen picked Hereford cows for the use of the Castle—for milk sup- ply—and of their calves four of the best heifers were annually selected to keep up the herd, and the remaining calves, whether male or female, were sold to such of the tenants on the estate as desir
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 396 HISTORY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE up at Bringewood, on the Downton Castle es- tate, which belonged to the late Mr. T. A. Knight, and was acknowledged to be one of the best judges of that breed in those times. This gentleman always kept fifteen picked Hereford cows for the use of the Castle—for milk sup- ply—and of their calves four of the best heifers were annually selected to keep up the herd, and the remaining calves, whether male or female, were sold to such of the tenants on the estate as desired to have them at the uniform rate of. HESIOD (6481) 11675. Bred by P. Turner, Herefordshire, founder of the Hesiod line. $10 each, which was the butcher's price for calves. "Mr. Price's father was a dairyman and his farm was close beside the Castle, so that his sons, who had taken a great liking for the Hereford breed, knew pretty well to a day when there would be a calf for sale, and being always among the people who had to do with the breed- ing of the animals, they had already gotten a pretty fair notion of what constituted a per- fect Hereford. They knew the pedigree of each of the fifteen cows, and could give a good idea of what might be expected from each cow. - When the calves were a fortnight old, Mr. Knight decided whether they were to be kept for his own herd or whether they were to be sold and the Price boys generally came in ahead. It was not very long ere they got together a large herd of pure-bred Herefords of the 'Knight' strain, and they found the business so profitable that they gave up the dairy business and de- voted themselves to breeding pure Herefords, to which they have continued to give their almost undivided attention ever since, both at home and here, the Knight strain being the founda- tion of the herds in both places, and the purity of the strain is being maintained with scrup- ulous care by the family, notwithstanding the fact that many t
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