. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 42 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE prized very highly, the Lofty strain from which descended Governor (464) 87, one of the best sires of his day; he was ticked very much. Mr. Bowen, who bred mostly from Hewer stock, had several ticked-faced ones in his herd descended from Governor, of which he thought a great deal. They were heavily fleshed of nice quality, and with great aptitude to fatten; and, as I told you before, my father went in for great scale, with symmetry, weight and quality. There were on
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 42 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE prized very highly, the Lofty strain from which descended Governor (464) 87, one of the best sires of his day; he was ticked very much. Mr. Bowen, who bred mostly from Hewer stock, had several ticked-faced ones in his herd descended from Governor, of which he thought a great deal. They were heavily fleshed of nice quality, and with great aptitude to fatten; and, as I told you before, my father went in for great scale, with symmetry, weight and quality. There were one or tvro tick faces at his last sale, but they earlj' wore out from continually crossing with the white faces, although now and then one would crop up. "Lofty 147, I may add, was also the dam of Wonder (420) , used by the late Lord Ber- wick in his herd, also of a steer, winner of a first prize at the Rutland Show at Oakham in 1837, and first at Smithfield. Her produce real- ized £1,289 ($6,). I remember her very well; she was a favorite with me when a ; The late Mr. E. Bowen, Crofton, wrote: "My first remembrance of the tick-faces in Mr. Hew- ers herd was in I have heard him say that there was a pjarticular strain that had these face markings, Old Lofty 147, and the Lady Byron 218 (jj 36A) famihes. In Gov- ernor (464) 87 the ticks were more blended than in any others. My Old Lady Wiseman 7723, by Cardinal Wiseman (1168) 2688, dam a Governor cow, was also ticked-faced; out of fifteen calves produced by her, there was only one ticked-faced. That was her last, named Leah, now in my possession. She is strongly marked with the ticks but she has produced me four calves, all of white-faces, so that I think with a continual crossing with white-faces the ticks will ; Mr. Forester, Sherlowe, remarks: "Mr. Hew- er's stock were all what is commonly called red with white faces. But this description is sub- ject to a variety of
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