. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 39 Cherry 360 by Wellington (507) 290, grandam Old Cherry 402 by Waxy (403) 356; Waxy (403) 356, calved m 1811, by Wellington (507) 290, dam Strawberry; Alpha the Second (457) 528, calved in 1814, by Young Wellington (505) 294, dam Silk 529, by Young Wellington (505) 294, grandam Silky 362, by Waxy (403) 356, great-grandam Silk 404 by Silver (540) 358. No doubt some of these pedigrees which we have copied from the Herd Book are erroneous, and mistakes have also crept i
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 39 Cherry 360 by Wellington (507) 290, grandam Old Cherry 402 by Waxy (403) 356; Waxy (403) 356, calved m 1811, by Wellington (507) 290, dam Strawberry; Alpha the Second (457) 528, calved in 1814, by Young Wellington (505) 294, dam Silk 529, by Young Wellington (505) 294, grandam Silky 362, by Waxy (403) 356, great-grandam Silk 404 by Silver (540) 358. No doubt some of these pedigrees which we have copied from the Herd Book are erroneous, and mistakes have also crept into the entries. MR. JOHN PRICE, 1776-1845. (Prom an old Uthograpti.) of several of Mr. John Hewer's cattle, arising partly from the evident desire of father and son to acknowledge no connection between their herds and other stocks. Both William and John Hewer were fond of giving animals the same name and not dis- tinguishing them by numbers, but merely stat- ing that they were old and young—an exceed- ingly confusing system of nomenclature. Mis- takes of identity therefore occurred, particularly in the pre-Herd Book days, when records were not carefully kept. There is little doubt, how- ever, that both father and son carried out a sys- tem of close breeding. In several of Mr. John Hewers catalogues the following note is made: "It may not be unworthy of remark that the celebrated and justly admired bull Old Sovereign (404) 231, (If 35), the sire of Cotmore (376) 150, the win- ner of the first premium for Herefords at the first meeting of the English Eoyal Agricultural Society, held at Oxford, July 17th, 1839, as well as the sire of Wormlow, the property of Sir H. Hoskins, Bart., Harewood and many others of equal merit, was bred by Mr. Hewer; his sire Favorite, grandsire Wellington, great- grandsire Old Wellington, dam Countess by Wellington, grandam Cherry by Waxy, great- grandam Old Cherry. Much has been said and written by most of the eminent breeders in the Kingdom ag
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