. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 190 HISTORY OF II E R K F 0 R D C A T T L P]. cause of his biiyini;-, as he tohl me subsequently, was to encourage L. F. AUen, and a few weeks after they were included in his sale. The Here- fords were the only ones for which lie received the cash. Mr. Erastus Corning, Jr., seeing Rarity among such a miserable lot of Short- horns of the "Allen display," which those who came there expected to see from the tiaming ad- verti-sement, bought her for $100. And Baron HeLonegdale, of Kingston,
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 190 HISTORY OF II E R K F 0 R D C A T T L P]. cause of his biiyini;-, as he tohl me subsequently, was to encourage L. F. AUen, and a few weeks after they were included in his sale. The Here- fords were the only ones for which lie received the cash. Mr. Erastus Corning, Jr., seeing Rarity among such a miserable lot of Short- horns of the "Allen display," which those who came there expected to see from the tiaming ad- verti-sement, bought her for $100. And Baron HeLonegdale, of Kingston, Canada, ])urchaaed the bull and heifer. I must deviate from my subject here to tell you that L. F. Allen was not only a very care- less breeder, but a most miserable feeder, to which I was witness. I did not see a S]>ring while I was at Black Rock but many of his cattle had to be lifted up by the tail in their weakness. I'his was the case the same spring he sent his Short- horns to Albany for sale, hence J. H. BURLEIGH, their miserable MECHANICSVILLE. lA. m l, (Forty years a Hereford breeder.) appearance. T h e best Shorthorns are an excellent breed, but it is just such novices as these, under the false pretense of breed- ers, who have destroyed their reputation. The clan of Bates men, of which I have before named, have been a direct curse to the Shorthorn breed. J. II. Sanders, and Judge T. C. Jones, who were supposed by many to be "somewhat sound," proved them- selves to have been almost insane. The latter does not know which horn of the dilemma to hang his hat upon, "Booth or ; Here it was where he got himself while recently in England. He is now in a quandary as to which side he had better take, and Sanders is in the same situation as to discover the best way to advise him. It is these novices I have described, and oth- ers of the same sort, that have injured the Shorthorns. The breed itself is a good one when in the hands of good and practical
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