. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. H-ISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 31 Mentioning some of the exceptions tiiat might fairly be taken to Mr. Price's system of breeding, he said one of the most prominent was a great disregard of tlie milking proper- ties; and from his late practice of breeding from near affinities, this fault might be sup- posed to have been more permanently fixed in certain families. That it would not be desir- able in a breed such as the Hereford to make too many sacriiices to the milking quality, he thought would be
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. H-ISTOEY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE 31 Mentioning some of the exceptions tiiat might fairly be taken to Mr. Price's system of breeding, he said one of the most prominent was a great disregard of tlie milking proper- ties; and from his late practice of breeding from near affinities, this fault might be sup- posed to have been more permanently fixed in certain families. That it would not be desir- able in a breed such as the Hereford to make too many sacriiices to the milking quality, he thought would be generally allowed; but there might be, he was convinced, a sufficient dispo- sition to give a fair quantity of milk and the ing devoted to more important qualities; and as the family in which these were most concen- trated was deficient in horns, he left them un- improved, thinking he might m the pursuit of a non-essential run the risk of losing a valuable property; still Mr. Welles believed tlie posses- sion of good horns to be quite compatible with every other valuable requisite, and it was cer- tainly a considerable advantage to the appear- ance of the animal. These observations prove that a prejudice had arisen in the county against Price's cattle, which, on the evidence of even a favorable wit-. THOMAS TOMKINS GALLIERS (1S02). SEATED IN AN ANCIENT CHAIR BEFORE TYPICAL OLD HEREFORD- SHIRE WAIN (WAGON) HOUSE. cow- be equally good for any purpose required of her. There were, however, many cows that from want of proper care of the udder after calving, and during the time that the grass was lux- uriant, were rendered more or less incapable of a supply of milk afterwards, and he thought much inattention on that head was often the case in the stock he alluded to. Another ob- jection that might be raised against Mr. Price's stock was the shortness and rather mean ap- pearance of the horns, in many of his cows, not characteristic of Herefords in general, which had mainly risen from
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