. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 170 HJSTOJiY OF HEKEFOKD CATTLE 1st, when shi: became dry. 1 kept her on a good bite of grass, on a light sandy soil, as long as the grass lasted, then put her up to feed. She was economically fed (and nol "xliiffcd") until the last of March, when I started to Bos- ton with her. Tills was the extent of her feeding. 1 will now for a finality, propose to meet Mr. Clay's "challenge" in a fair way; I have two heifer calves, "Prudence," calved Augnjst 29, 185G; "Woo
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 170 HJSTOJiY OF HEKEFOKD CATTLE 1st, when shi: became dry. 1 kept her on a good bite of grass, on a light sandy soil, as long as the grass lasted, then put her up to feed. She was economically fed (and nol "xliiffcd") until the last of March, when I started to Bos- ton with her. Tills was the extent of her feeding. 1 will now for a finality, propose to meet Mr. Clay's "challenge" in a fair way; I have two heifer calves, "Prudence," calved Augnjst 29, 185G; "Woodlark," calved September 'M), iHr,G. These are all I have left this season. They ran with their dams as long as any grass; when the cows came to winter quarters, they were allowed. '^124 HEREFORD. SHORTHORN. (The of Hereford and Shorthoro roasts compared. Actual 7Jhotograpb of from Hereford aod .Sbort- horn bullocks dressed at Chicago Fat Stock Show. 1879. showed Hereford 3.'i 1-3 per cent thicker than the Short- horn.) to suck their dams once a day; about the 20th of December they were taken away, and now live on oat chaff and cut cornstalks, miixed with about a pint of oatmeal each per day, mixed with their chaff, one common sized rutabaga per day, cut up between them regular, and are in growing store order, as I do not believe in forcing calves; as spring and warm weather approaches I shall increase the roots, and keep to about the same quantity of oatmeal. These calves shall be turned to grass in the spring, until next fall, when I will bring them with me to Kentucky, at the National Show, place them in any honest Kentucky grazier's hands, against anv two heifer calves now owned by CJassius M. (.'lay, or Brutus J. Clay, of a similar age; if tln'V have not any exactly the same-age, a few months difference must be allowed for accordingly. 1'he four calves shall be weighed when delivered to the receiver, the feed to be weighed the whole year, and at the
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