. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 467 Between the years of 1834 and 1840, covering the time when the Royal Agricultural Society of England and New York State Agricultural Society established their fairs, the report of the Smithfield Club shows that the Herefords took thirty-five premiums, amounting to 465 pounds sterling ($3,325) ; the Shorthorns took fifteen premiums, amounting to 230 pounds sterling ($1,150). In 1839 Mr. W. H. Sotham brought an im- portation of Herefords to Albany, N. Y., and nearly
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 467 Between the years of 1834 and 1840, covering the time when the Royal Agricultural Society of England and New York State Agricultural Society established their fairs, the report of the Smithfield Club shows that the Herefords took thirty-five premiums, amounting to 465 pounds sterling ($3,325) ; the Shorthorns took fifteen premiums, amounting to 230 pounds sterling ($1,150). In 1839 Mr. W. H. Sotham brought an im- portation of Herefords to Albany, N. Y., and nearly every Shorthorn breeder in New York State quoted Youatt against him, and the en- tire Shorthorn interest of that state fought Mr. Sotham from the start, .compelling him to ex- hibit with discrimination against him and un- der Shorthorn judges. Mr. Sotham had a fight at that time, with justice and merit with him, but was overpowered by numbers and beaten by such men as H. S. Randall, Lewis F. Allen, Ambrose Stevens, backed by such men as E. P. Prentice, C. M. Bement, Stephen Van Rensse- laer, George Vail, J. M. Sherwood, and others, and these used the New York State Agricul- tural Society to aid in this defeat. If my success with the Herefords had de- pended upon the introduction of them among the Shorthorn men, who were aided by the Illi- nois State Agricultural Society, I would have likely found the same result that Mr. Sotham did. I, however, took my field among the breed- ers of the plains, and their acceptance of the Herefords secured the success of the enterprise. The Smithfield continued to show all breeds in competition up to and including 1851, when the Shorthorn men took the management of the society, "covertly and by storm," changed the showing from the old plan of showing all breeds in competition to class showing. From 1840 to 1851, the Herefords had taken sixty- five premiums, amounting to 920 pounds ster- ling ($4,600), the Shorthorns had taken thirty- s
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