. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 308 HISTORY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE. FIG. 14. TEETH AT 4 YEARS. show; and still with the same hope, action was deferred by the Hereford Society, and with the same hope I brought the proof as exhibited by the teeth of these five animals to Messrs. Scott and Reynolds individually and before going before the board. I had no doubt that when the matter was fully presented to the board they would take the facts as the basis upon which to start an investigation to determine whether the frauds had been com-
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 308 HISTORY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE. FIG. 14. TEETH AT 4 YEARS. show; and still with the same hope, action was deferred by the Hereford Society, and with the same hope I brought the proof as exhibited by the teeth of these five animals to Messrs. Scott and Reynolds individually and before going before the board. I had no doubt that when the matter was fully presented to the board they would take the facts as the basis upon which to start an investigation to determine whether the frauds had been com- mitted or not. I confess to some surprise that the committee named should have made a report that would carry the impression that if I wished to bring this matter to a test it should come in shape of a protest as the cattle were brought into the ring for exhibition. It is true that I had the right to make a protest as suggest- ed by the committee, but it was not at all obligatory upon me to do it. It is true that the board have a rule that requires of the judges if they think an exhibitor by. false entry or otherwise has attempted to commit a fraud, shall report it to the superintendent of the cattle department, and he shall report it to the board, and they may expel such exhibitor from exhibiting for two years, but this would not be supposed to confine the board in taking cog- nizance of fraud to these two processes. "I prepared engravings of the teeth, which are recognized by long-established authorities as indicating very closely the age of cattle, at dif- ferent periods of their existence, and with these engravings the views of Prof. Youatt's History of British Cattle, which was published in 1834. He says at page 279, in reference to the rings on the horns indicating the age: 'These rings, proving the first growth of the horns at the base, have been considered as forming a crite- rion by which to determine the age of the ox. At three years old the first one is usually
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