The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-09-27

ming the records as they are reported
from week to week notice that a ma
jority OF the ten cows leading in milk
and butter production are parti-col-
orcd. OF the four cows that have
reigned succcssively as Jersey queens
in the United States-Eamely, Land
secr's Fancy, Eurotisama. Bisson's
Belle. and Signals Lily Flagg. with
their respective yearly butter records
Of 9o5 lbs. 49, Or; 9i5 lbs. or; 1,02S
lbs. 1875 o., and .O89lbs. = oz--three
Of them were broken in color, the only
solid color being Eurotisaua. So that
If there was any lurking prejudice
against that class of cows Is profta-
blc dairy workers n strdy OF private
and official tests heretofore made and
published. together with the work at
the fair, should dispel IL. Intelligent
breeders did not need this proof, but
most beginners in the business are
prone to favor solid colors under the
impression that they cover better and
purcr blood"
UThe ShOrt-liorns were favorites with
thousands of visitors. ''Of late years"
SAYS a writer on livestock topics, 1--WE
have all heard certain 'eroal<ers' be-
vailing the decadence Of the Short
Horn. Old showmen in reminiscent
moods lettering about the western
show-yards have been the chief offend
ers in this respect. Talk about great
lots OF cattle, they would say, you
should have seen the Short-Horn
shows in the days when Duncan, the
elder Reniek, Mcmillan, Spears, the
Shropshires, Piclxrell, Kissinger, the
Browns, Sodowslzy, Col BIZ King and
that crowd were in the ring! Those
were shows as frers showsl You don't
see any such nowadays This is of
course the old, old story of no pies so
good as the pies mother used to make:'
the almost melancholy spectacle of
the passing generation mourning for
the heyley of its youth and prime; to
whom the glories of other days viewed
down the long vista of years shine
more resplendent the farther they
are removed. II so happened,
however, that the chief justice
OF the tribunal before which the
Short-Horn breed was tried at the
Columbian expOsition-Hon- J. II.
Picl1reil-was one Of the very exhibi-
tors whose exploits in the show-yards
of twenty years ago are often quoted
by those who can see nothing good in
contemporary cattle shows. This be-
ing the case it IS interesting to note
that the exhibitor of old Baron Booth.
Of Lancaster, Sweepstakes. Breast
plate, etc. asserts without hesitation
that 10 such exhibition OF the old-time
favorites has ever before been made
on this continent. II certainly con-
tanned z majority Of all the best show
cattle Of the breed now owned in Can
ada and the states, although few
noted herds both in the Dominion and
the west were conspicuously absent.
Contrasting it with the greatest recent /
show abroad, the grand display Ihade
by the breed at last years English
Royal, it can only be said to equal, not
surpass. the Warwick show. Our COW
class was far stronger than the same
ring in England, but in aged bulls we
can scarcely claim so high an average,
although Young Abbottsburn would
probably beat any bull in Britain bar
ring New Years Gift"
Speaking Of the Hereford breed ex-
hibit the Breeders Gazette expresses
the opinion that the white faces"
never appeared to better advantage
than at jackson park. They were of
superb quality. The breed may have
sent more phenomenal individual an
s~-.1u into fl,a Ar-or..ar, c1,,-.- - l.. %.
previous competitions. In the case of !
bulls we certainly believe this to be
true. There was no Rudolph nor Die
tator at the Columbian. But for an
cient Briton the bull classes would
not have contained an outstanding
type of the Hereford male in his best |
estate In average strength, however. I
it IS not probable that better collec- |
tion of stock of this renowned beef
making breed has ever graced western
show grounds. And they were ad-
mired by the public. A Hereford in
high flesh and in such bloom as were
most OF those forward in this class
makes a very fetching" picture.
Draw up regiment of them in line
undergoing judicial examination and
they Ell the eye and satisfy the hand
of the butcher as few other cattle can
The show-yard Hereford travels ex-
eeptionally near to the ground. He is |
rarely high on his legs. He is usually |
wide IN his middle, and is more apt TO /
be nice in his shoulders than cattle of |
almost any other sort. The aged bulls !
and cows usually show a woadrous |
wealth Of aesh; the yearlings and two
year-old heifers are certain to be seen
in admirable bloom. ard the calves l
win be so ripe and full in their neck !
veins as to convince the most sl1eptical |
Of the early-maturing qualities of the |