. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. PTTSTOEY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 43 roots. The cows were wintered in the yards on straw—frequently tacked out on straw. The only difference he made was with his young bulls. As yearlings, he never liked to pamper them, but kept them in good growing condition, as he said they always lasted longer than ani- mals that were pampered when young. He had some rough sheds put up in the orchards with thatch for covering. The bulls ran out in the orchards, and had those sheds for shelter from sun and rain. The
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. PTTSTOEY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 43 roots. The cows were wintered in the yards on straw—frequently tacked out on straw. The only difference he made was with his young bulls. As yearlings, he never liked to pamper them, but kept them in good growing condition, as he said they always lasted longer than ani- mals that were pampered when young. He had some rough sheds put up in the orchards with thatch for covering. The bulls ran out in the orchards, and had those sheds for shelter from sun and rain. They had also an allowance of cotton cake and crushed oats daily. The only fault that he had was that he was often overstocked, and one or two of his bulls were sometimes poor in condition. "But that could not be altered,"' remarks our correspon- dent, "as we frequently had as many as twenty- five to thirty bulls let out all over the "POOLE HOUSE," UPTON-UPON-SEVERN, JOHN PRICE. HOME OF The consequence was that some of them came home in a shocking plight, and it took some time to get them in condition again, although I must give most of our customers credit for sending them home in good condition—indeed, some of them took a pride in sending them home in better condition than they received ; Consequent on his frequent removals and owing to other circumstances, Mr. Hewer had many sales of stock. The first of these was in 1839 at Hampton Lodge, when an average of £58 ($390) was obtained. The highest price was £346 10s ($1,733) for the four-vear-old cow Lady Byron 318, got by Chance (355) 389, dam Fatfrumps 376. The purchaser was Mr. Williams, Bristol, who also bought the cow Ked Eose 393, bv Chance (355) 389, dam Eosehud 388, for £105 ($535), and the bulls Baron (418) 3860, for £130 ($600), Dangerous (419) 1699, for £353 ($1,360), and Lot (364) 846, for £367 15s ($1,340). Mr. Lumsden, Auchry, Aberdeen- shire, purchased the bull M
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