. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE 213 neatest order, he would noi: aiiow inferior car- casses of beef, mutton or veal to enter it. It was a pattern to all such establishments in that metropolis. There was not a breeder or farmer of any note in England, when visiting the city, but took a pleasant survey of it before they left. I frequently talked to Mr. Giblett and his son about the Herefords. They always spoke of them in the highest terms, and as being the most profitable beasts for the butcher. I in-
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFORD CATTLE 213 neatest order, he would noi: aiiow inferior car- casses of beef, mutton or veal to enter it. It was a pattern to all such establishments in that metropolis. There was not a breeder or farmer of any note in England, when visiting the city, but took a pleasant survey of it before they left. I frequently talked to Mr. Giblett and his son about the Herefords. They always spoke of them in the highest terms, and as being the most profitable beasts for the butcher. I in- quired of several of the best butchers in sev- eral of the market towns in the country; all told me the same tale, but many of them said that they bought more Scots and Welsh cattle on account of the smallness of the joints, and because they could buy them cheaper than they could Herefords before they reached London. Go to Oxford and you find that all the first- class butchers say that they buy none but first- class Herefords to supply the colleges with beef, and here much of it is consumed. Go and ex- amine the extensive meadows rented by the principal butchers in that city, containing some of the best grazing land in the world; there you will see none but the best Hereford steers and oxen, all belonging to butchers, placed in the different lots, as a supply when wanted. It IS highly gratifying to the lover of good stock and well-fed beef to go and examine the carcasses behind these white-faces, every meadow containing from twenty to forty head. 1 remember Mr. A. B. Allen, when in England, then editor of the "American Agriculturist," being struck with this display of Herefords, could not refrain from writing a paragraph of high praise as he viewed them from the terrace of Christ Church College. This was the principal market to which the noted and most worthy supporter of Herefords, Mr. Westcar of Creslow, Buckinghamshire, sent his well-fed Herefords. Mr. Richard Rowl
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