. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. ;i-i ILlS'l'OliY 01-' liEREl'UKl) ('y\TTLE FART XI U. As many of the Herefords come, when calved, with s})ots on their faces, let me tell those con- cerned that it is no disparagement to the breed. 1 have seen some of the best with mottled faces. Tomkins was a prominent breeder of the best, and preferred the mottled face, and many are descended to his favorite mottled faced cow, which, at that day, was considered as good as any, and those that run back to the Tomkins sort in this respect are gen
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. ;i-i ILlS'l'OliY 01-' liEREl'UKl) ('y\TTLE FART XI U. As many of the Herefords come, when calved, with s})ots on their faces, let me tell those con- cerned that it is no disparagement to the breed. 1 have seen some of the best with mottled faces. Tomkins was a prominent breeder of the best, and preferred the mottled face, and many are descended to his favorite mottled faced cow, which, at that day, was considered as good as any, and those that run back to the Tomkins sort in this respect are generally good animals. The defeat the Bates Shorthorns have ex- perienced ut the Bath and West of England. - A BUNCH OF MISSOURI YEARLING HEIFERS. (Bred by T. F. B. Sothaiu.) show, by the Herefords, has had a tendency to check their breeders' vanity. 1 will here give extracts from the leading papers of England. The following is from the "Mark Lane Ex- press" of June 17th, 1878, on the Royal Show of that year: "We consider the Shorthorn cow class to be ii disgrace to that breed, and therefore to the l)ifteders. We are quite unable to discover the 'grandeur' and 'superb character,' and the 'mag- nificent character' of these old crocks, which some of the Shorthorn fanciers appear to have the faculty of discovering, and do not hesitate to record them as heing just a rough lot of cows- If their blood is of the bluest, their carcasses are of the ugliest, and are not worth anything beyond contractor's price when they come at last to the shambles. We can't help thinking that to a really unprejudiced mind there must be an evidence of a something outside agri- culture, and quite useless to the rent-paying farmer, in this Shorthorn 'fancy.' We are sen- sible of the improvement that has been effected already in the rank and file of our catth^ throughout the country by the use of this Short- horn blood. We do not wish to detract one iota from its legitimate merits, but simply t
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