. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 12-2 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE his eulogistic description of the Hereford ox for labor, did not write of a quiet, sleep-loving animal, which would become a lump of fat at two years old. Mr. Clay, in referring to the same point, said nothing of animals possessing the size and broad loin of the Durham, and one years earlier maturity. He spoke of a race 'resembling the New England cattle.' ''But after all, I am not quite convinced that the Herefords have been converted into Dur- hams. If Messrs. W
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 12-2 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE his eulogistic description of the Hereford ox for labor, did not write of a quiet, sleep-loving animal, which would become a lump of fat at two years old. Mr. Clay, in referring to the same point, said nothing of animals possessing the size and broad loin of the Durham, and one years earlier maturity. He spoke of a race 'resembling the New England cattle.' ''But after all, I am not quite convinced that the Herefords have been converted into Dur- hams. If Messrs. Walker, Hewer, and other breeders in Gloucestershire, had possessed such animals six years since, it is astonishing that they should have escaped the notice of WILLIAM MILLER (UNCLE WILLIE), STORM LAKE, lA. (One of the Millers at. Markham who bred Mr. Sotham's kind of Shorthorns.) ATT—if they have been created, so to speak, since, it is a little short of miraculous. On the bleak highlands of Gloucester no breed has been cultivated with any very marked success. In the vale of Berkeley (a name so cherished by all- lovers of good cheese) the prevailing breed is a compound of nearly everything, the old Glou- cester, Hereford, Devon, Durham, Leicester, Suffolk, Dun, North Wilts, etc. Mr. Youatt says expressly: 'There are (in the vale of Berkeley) no Herefords for the pail, a few Devons, some Suffolks, a few North Wilts, and the rest Gloucesters, with various crosses.' And not a word does he say of a race of Herefords in this county equaling the Devons in size and form, 'tilling the pail as high as most of them," of one years earlier maturity, etc., etc. "Now, who shall decide when doctors disa- gree ? Mk. Youatt has certainly given as much attention to the comparison of the English breeds as any other individual—is thought in England to be about as well qualified to arrive at a correct decision as any other individual, and, above all, had no personal interest i
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