Arizona republican., 1898-02-26
SOMETHING ABOUT HEREFORDS.
They Are Now the Fad and the Fash
 ion With Beef Raisers.
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within five years there will not be a single head of young native cattle in Arizona without white face," re gently remarked an enthusiastic Here. ford breeder of this territory to g Kansas City Star reporter. From pres ent indications this prophecy seems
 likely to come true not only in Arizona
 but in many of the cattle raising Estates. Herefords are now the fad and the fashion with beef rafsers and, as this breed has been thoroughly tested in all the necessary qualities, what is fashionable in this case is also profit able and useful. The American raised Hereford is now the equal of the Eng fish, animal. Whether he will con- tinae to be is the only point yet in doubt with the breeders of beef.
 The fact that the American born animal is usually only a generation or two from the English stock leaves this question to be settled sometime in the future At present all Hereford herds methis country are occasionally fresh ened up with new English born blood, and .eso the discussion continues to rage without chance of settlement for some years to come. In the meantime lew breeders of beef in the west are not buying Herefords and the white .-f.cHs are seen in every bunch of calves in varying degrees of purity of blood.
 The demand for pure bred Herefords has. built up in the west some of the most valuable herds of cattle in the world. In years past the range animal WIS typical of the western cattle busi- neaa, Then came the farm herd in foneed pastures. From this latter eource comes the bulk of the business 1t the Kansas City stock yards. The nnges furnish the big individual which come from the Kansas farmers that swell the total to what it is.
 In view of the keen interest now Hereford breed, it is interesting to note the. history of their origin. It has Been traced back for centuries and is 1Ar more pertinent and entertaining than Che history of human pedigrees
 Man is largely what environment and circumstances make him, while the Hereford of today is the result of years 0f care and skill in carrying out the doctrine of the survival of the fittest r Prof. Boyd Dawkins, the eminent scientist, author of Cave Hunting" |" Early Man in Briton," etc., says: "So fas as I know, in the Roman times in this country there were no small domestic cattle of the type of the Scotch and old Welsh, i. e., of the strain of Bos longifrons. The large cattle G. e., white with red faces Chillingham) were introduced about the time of the English conquest of Briton, and probably from the low countries and the region of the Elbe. They spread over the whole country on the eastern side and were found in Wales in the days of King John at Nlatest-and I think in the days of Howel Dha. Ultimately the dark Welsh cattle were pushed to the west, into the hilly districts, from which Both these breeds are Neolithic in point of age on the continent. The Hereford breed, in my belief, derives its white face from the larger or Bos primigenius stock; and as the large cattle if Holland are derived from this strain. it is very likely that the fresh blood introduced In England by Lord Scudamore many centuries after the original introduction would strong ly accentuate the white face. I have not gone into the question of the red cattle, because the red color is, ac- cordlng to SOrby, always present in dark hair where it is masked by the black pigment. Remove the latter