. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 4?3 hams; proving very conclusively that they are the thriftiest and best cattle for Texas. What Texas ranchmen want is a blooded bull that will take his place by the side of the Texan and wrestle through the winter in good flesh, and consequently be in good condition for ren- dering valuable services early in the spring, which want can be supplied by no other as satisfactorily as by the Herefords. Parties wishing to purchase fine males with a view of improving their h
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 4?3 hams; proving very conclusively that they are the thriftiest and best cattle for Texas. What Texas ranchmen want is a blooded bull that will take his place by the side of the Texan and wrestle through the winter in good flesh, and consequently be in good condition for ren- dering valuable services early in the spring, which want can be supplied by no other as satisfactorily as by the Herefords. Parties wishing to purchase fine males with a view of improving their herds cannot do better than to correspond or call on the proprietors of this ranch. Geo. Leigh. It is only necessary to add that starting in with these excellent and representative stocks of both breeds, the Herefords won the prefer- ence of their owners and the Hereford sup- planted the Shorthorn on the Reynolds ranches and are still (1898) doing so. T. L. M. AN englishman's TESTIMONY. We give below an extract from a letter of George T. Turner, Knockhalt, England, to the "National Live Stock Journal" : "The Carlisle meeting of the Royal Agricul- tural Society was once again very unfortunate on the score of weather, but the north country people, who do not mind rain, because they are used to it, came in goodly numbers and 'did' the show as thoroughly as though the sun had been shining all the time. They came on pur- pose, and the mere rain and mud could not hin- der them from seeing all there was to be seen. In spite of good attendance, however, there was a 'loss to the society of about 950 pounds ster- ling. .There is a grim sort of satisfaction to be derived from the fact of fewer hundreds being lost by the society this year than there were thousands last year. The show was on rather a smaller scale than usual, but- it was' very select. Nearly all the stock was good, and the Carlisle meeting does not rank second to any former show held in connection with the soc
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