. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 133 HISTOEY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE of their constitutions to do well, and lay on Hesh while growing. 1 send into llerefordshire and buy m lean, young stock of the best breed- ers, not trusting to fairs; I know how all are bred, "The ox 1 won the first prize with at the .Sinithfield Show last year {]\ 65) (and the best least of the class shown, ninety competitors) 1 so bought as a three-year-old (with many more) for £17 ($85), lean. He ran with the other steers, and was put up with them to fat,
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 133 HISTOEY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE of their constitutions to do well, and lay on Hesh while growing. 1 send into llerefordshire and buy m lean, young stock of the best breed- ers, not trusting to fairs; I know how all are bred, "The ox 1 won the first prize with at the .Sinithfield Show last year {]\ 65) (and the best least of the class shown, ninety competitors) 1 so bought as a three-year-old (with many more) for £17 ($85), lean. He ran with the other steers, and was put up with them to fat, and I never thought of sending him to the Smithtleld till two months before the show, as I never sent a beast there before. After the show I sold him to a London butcher to kill for £70 ($350). There is a wretched print of him in the London shops. The painter who did his picture for me is Mr. Davis, animal painter to the Queeu, and lives at Chelsea. He has made a very good col- ored engraving, and one of which I shall be very happy to procure for you, if you will have the goodness to write to me when you arrive next summer in England. "We breed some pretty good Leicester sheep in Warwickshire. My bailiff will be happy to show you anything I may have, if you are likely to be that way. I only breed sheepâwe con- sider nothing like the Leicester for long wool. and Southdowns for short. A Leicester tup has been known to let for the season for £1,000. My House in London is 7 Ciarlton Gardens. "Your obedient servant, "Warwick. "W. H. Sotham, ; "Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker: Since writing you, I learn from Mr. Thornton (the person who has charge of our stock) that the heifer Spot, by 'Sir George,' coming three years old, calved on the 18th of January, is now giving from five to six quarts of milk daily over what -her calf sucks; he is a fine bull, thriving very fast, is her first calf and lies loose in the stable with her; her feed has been
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