. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 46 HISTOEY OF HEKEFOKD CATTLE bred were The Sheriffs (356) 383,—by Sov- ereign, a prize bull by Gloucester and sold to Mr. Mason at The Grove sale in 1836 for £60 ($300); Portrait (373) 194,—by Lottery (410) 185,—sold m .1836 to Mr. Rogers for £52 ($360); Grove (370) 247 sold at the same sale for £80 ($400), and Conservative (370) sold for £70 ($350). Mr. Thos. Jeffries is acknowledged to have been one of the most successful and skillful breeders of the Herefords. Beginning with the old Jeffries
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 46 HISTOEY OF HEKEFOKD CATTLE bred were The Sheriffs (356) 383,—by Sov- ereign, a prize bull by Gloucester and sold to Mr. Mason at The Grove sale in 1836 for £60 ($300); Portrait (373) 194,—by Lottery (410) 185,—sold m .1836 to Mr. Rogers for £52 ($360); Grove (370) 247 sold at the same sale for £80 ($400), and Conservative (370) sold for £70 ($350). Mr. Thos. Jeffries is acknowledged to have been one of the most successful and skillful breeders of the Herefords. Beginning with the old Jeffries blood, he seems to have perceived that the best course for him to pursue was to infuse a large proportion of Hewer blood. He had on hire Mr. John Hewer's grand bulls Sov- ereign (404) 231, Lottery (410) 185, Byron (440) 305, and Fitzfavorite (441) The cat- tle thus bred were of the very highest merit, being of large size, good form, splendid quality, and generally uniform in color markings. He did more than any other breeder to spread abroad the fame of the Hewer stock, and en- couraged by his success many of the best breed- ers of the day imitated his example and crossed their stock with the Hewer bulls. Indeed, it is not too much to say that it is largely owing to Mr. Hewer, Mr. Yeomans, and Mr. Thomas Jef- fries that the uniform color marking of the breed was established. It is not necessary here to go into much detail regarding the many im- pressive sires that were distributed over the country from The Grove herd. Cotmore (376) 150, bred by T. Jeffries, calved in 1836 (got by Hewer's Sovereign (404) 231, when he was fifteen years old), dam by Lottery (410) 185, was considered to have been one of the finest Hereford bulls ever seen. Be- sides gaining first prizes at Hereford as a two- year-old, three-year-old, and later in the aged class, he was the first prize winner at the Ox- ford Show of the R. A. S. E. in 1839. His live weight was 35 old English cwt. (o
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