. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 2G2 HIS T 0 K Y OF H E R E F 0 ED CATTLE only ordinary care up to a few months previous to the Fat Stock Show of 1880, should take sweepstakes over the pampered thoroughbreds and grade Shorthorns of the blue grass regions for the best steer one year old and under two. At this time ''Kansas" was 696 days old and weighed 1,580 lbs., his average gain per day. WILLIAM TTJDGE. Adforton, Herefordshire. being lbs. (See "National Live Stock Journal," December, 1880.) Trusting this wi
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 2G2 HIS T 0 K Y OF H E R E F 0 ED CATTLE only ordinary care up to a few months previous to the Fat Stock Show of 1880, should take sweepstakes over the pampered thoroughbreds and grade Shorthorns of the blue grass regions for the best steer one year old and under two. At this time ''Kansas" was 696 days old and weighed 1,580 lbs., his average gain per day. WILLIAM TTJDGE. Adforton, Herefordshire. being lbs. (See "National Live Stock Journal," December, 1880.) Trusting this will be sufHeient explanation to set at rest this cry of fraud against the steer "Kansas," one^of the five premium grade Here- ford steers, we will leave the charge against the steer "A¥iH" for other parties to ex'plain why he did not make more than 724 days in age from Xovember 10, 1879, to November 7, 1881. Walter M. Morgan & Son. We were awarded and still have in our pos- session the gold medal offered by the "Farmer's Eeview," of Chicago, 111., for the best yearling in the Fat Stock S^how at Chicago, 1880. We won it with the Hereford yearling steer "Kan- ; The following remarks were called forth from Mr. W. W. Corbett, editor of the "Farm- er's Eeview," bv that occasion: "Mr. Milh-r: I do not know how long the dream of be- coming a farmer and stock breeder had haunt- ed your iTiind before you entered upon the career; I do not know how long you had made a study of the characteristics of the different breeds of cattle, and of principles upon which successful breeding and feeding depend, but I do know, that it is not very many years ago that I saw you almost daily in the streets of Chicago, elbowing your way through the crowds with the same determined look upon your face that you wear to-day, but the silver that now tints your hair was then hidden away in your pocket, if you had it at all. You were then piroseciitin
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