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Title: History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds
Identifier: cu31924081040077 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, T. L. (Timothy Lathrop), 1817-1900; Sotham, Wm. H. (William H. )
Subjects: Hereford cattle
Publisher: Chillicothe, Mo. : T. F. B. Sotham
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 219 enter." The sailors, with tools in hand, could not keep straight countenances, and Mr. Hewer began to suspect, and with one of his most hearty laughs the Captain said, "So-ho, Mr. Hewer, you are floating now." "Sold," said William. "I'll pay the fine," so he handed out a half sovereign to the mate to treat the sailors. Mr. Dickens invited all to dine with him the next day, which we did, and had a very merry time. AH through the trip, not one of us ex- ceeded what Englishmen call "market merry," which is just enough to become pleasant to each other. When the cattle came in Mr. Hewer came to the vessel to see them loaded, and as the bull Major was dangling in the air m a sling, be- tween heaven and the decks, a tear came into his eye. When he was landed in the steerage he went down and caressed his old favorite for the last time, and so with all the others. He al- ways disliked to see any of his favorites go away. The vessel was hauled out into the river, Mr. Hewer returned home, and the Captain and. myself took train to Portsmouth. Here the Cap- tain was informed that Mr. Dickens could not leave until the next packet, so we were deprived of his company. * * * The old gentlemati (Mr. Sotham) has gone to his rest, but not until he saw the triumph of the Herefords, and the breeding of Shorthorns started safely on the road to improvement, by rational breeding for practical results. The Scotch, which but recently was rated plebeian by Shorthorn breeders, and therefore utterly un- fashionable, bids fair to revolutionize Short- horn breeding, and is destined to do the breed great good, if the breeders do not overdo it and replace the "Bates mania" with a "craze for Scotch." Mr. Sotham would rejoice to see the present state of the Hereford breed of cattle. Coming into their own has not addled the brains of Hereford breeders; they remain aloof from fads and fashion m pedigrees ; they insist ever upon a superior individual with a good pedigree, and for such animals as embody a large degree of perfection in this desired combination, splen- did prices are readily paid. Like the veteran champion and father of the breed, all influential Hereford breeders ever bear in mind that the end of every Hereford is the block, and they deprecate any Hereford that would fail to give a good account of itself in the butchers" hands. Mr. W. H. Sotham was a half century ahead of his time: he made every sacrifice for the Hereford breed, because he knew their true value. His work must-be deemed successful, for he blazed tne path that is essential to pioneer work in every important movement. He laid the foundation upon which the Hereford struc- ture rests (II 112) and he laid that foundation so soundly that, built up upon the same prin- ciple of truth and merit, it will endure so long as beef cattle are bred.
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OUT FOR AN AIRING. (Scene at Shadeland Farm, Lafayette, Ind.)

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