. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. f,2» 9. YEARLING'S TEETH AT 18 MONTHS. wish now to call your attention to the fact that not only was the steer 'Champion of Iowa' entered at a fraudulent age, but that I have ascertained that the steers 'Tom Brown' and 'Gfinnell,' so called, and numbered in the cata- logue published by your society 111 and 113, were butchered by Messrs. Eastland & Duddles- ton, of Chicago, and that the teeth of these two steers, which are now in my pos- session, show 'Tom Brown' to have been at least five ye
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. f,2» 9. YEARLING'S TEETH AT 18 MONTHS. wish now to call your attention to the fact that not only was the steer 'Champion of Iowa' entered at a fraudulent age, but that I have ascertained that the steers 'Tom Brown' and 'Gfinnell,' so called, and numbered in the cata- logue published by your society 111 and 113, were butchered by Messrs. Eastland & Duddles- ton, of Chicago, and that the teeth of these two steers, which are now in my pos- session, show 'Tom Brown' to have been at least five years old, the steer 'Grinneir to have been at least four years old, by the usual standard au- thorities, instead of two and three years old, as shown in the catalogue, and these ages may be established by comparison with living animals of today. I also call your atten- tion to the entries of Messrs. H. & I. Groff. of Elmira, Can., for animals Xos. 15, 17, 18, as 002 days old, 1,265 and 1,305 days; the first entered as two-year-old, the others as three-year-olds. "These animals were slaughtered by Mr. John Ford, and from him I purchased the heads, from which I took the teeth which I presented to you today. These teeth, by the usual standard authorities, would show them to be from five to six years old, and by compar- ing them with living animals of today these conclusions would be' sustained. "Believing that your board, with the exhibits you are making, should go forth to the world with truthful results, and that it is your desire to protect the exhibitors who comply honestly with your rules, and that you will not seek to avoid the responsibilities, by the technical form in which the information may reach you, I have appeared before you with the witnesses, to-wit, the teeth of the bullocks. And I charge these exhibitors, to-wit: Mr. D. M. Moninger and Messrs. H. & I. -Groff, with the entering of the cattle under false and fraudulent ages, for the purpose of dec
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