. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 254 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE. G. H. GREEN, Of the firm of J. B. & G. H. Green, Marlow, Herefordshire. of Durham and in the north of Yorkshire had capabilities of great improvement, so as to ren- der them more valuable for dairy purposes, and at the same time that they would have greater capabilities for putting on flesh. With this view Messrs. Colling of Ketton and Mr. Bates of Kirklevington crossed their breed; the one, it is said, with a polled Galloway and the other with a Kylo, or West
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. 254 HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE. G. H. GREEN, Of the firm of J. B. & G. H. Green, Marlow, Herefordshire. of Durham and in the north of Yorkshire had capabilities of great improvement, so as to ren- der them more valuable for dairy purposes, and at the same time that they would have greater capabilities for putting on flesh. With this view Messrs. Colling of Ketton and Mr. Bates of Kirklevington crossed their breed; the one, it is said, with a polled Galloway and the other with a Kylo, or West Highlander (11 1 6 3 ) — and after several ju- dicious crosses succeeded in pro- ducing the pres- ent best establish- ed and illustrious families of the Shorthorn tribe. It would be clear that this breed must be consider- ed an artificial breed, and there would be a ten- dency to breed back to the older breed, which would take every opportunity of reasserting it- self ; and, undoubtedly, if left to a state of na- ture those points of the animal which might be called its natural characteristics would reap- pear, while the Shorthorn points would in pro- portion be lost. In these circumstances it was necessary to keep a constant watch with a view to eliminate any reappearance of the older breed displaying itself, either by a dark nose or a straight horn or other characteristics, and to keep for breeding purposes only those ani- mals which showed the permanent Shorthorn features, and for this purpose the Herd Book has been established as a register of those ani- mals which might be relied on by the breeder to maintain the character of the tribe. The bull in question in this action, professed to be a bull of five crosses, and to be thus eligible for entry in the Herd Book; and the learned counsel il- lustrated the difference there would be between the produce of such an animal and an animal such as that he should prove the bull really to be, viz., one got by a pedigree bull upon
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