Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-20
HUGE PRICES REALIZED
FOR PURE HEREFORDS

Prof. Ril'N q. Johnson of the Uri-
N"rsity Of CALIFORNIA; From the grimy,
smoke laden atmosphcrc,of The Welsh
rliy Of Cardiff to The clear. pure alr u
HE English rural town of Hereford is
most delightful change. And ;he
FNpanSc of country lying between is
some of The most beautiful To he seen
in England IA region of broad green
valleys and gently slOpinT hills and
iourShmG Woodlands. of neat homes
and carefully kept hUmesteads. Of
fruitful orchards and of prosperous
looking locks and herds grazing con
tentcdlN in fields of plenty. Long be
fore the border line between Mon
m"ulhShire and Ierefordshire is
reached ones attention has already
been drawn away TO the white faced
caIlle NOW appearing in increasing
numbers among the grazing herds on
either side. and after the line is crossed
cattle of any other description are
rarely met With.
We Were in the hcmc Of ihe Here
ford> and every farmer hereahoutS
who Lays claim to any prctensionS a.
2 livestock farmer has his herd of fam
Gus Hereford cattle. From this very
district Were obtained most Of the fine
stock Of ihi> great breed in America,
and from il are >liIl going into the
great cattle country. Argentina. pcdi-
greed animals at the rate of several
scores per year. and at fancy prices.
for the Argentine buyers seem actually
{" forged The value Of money when they
SET eyes "p o fine animal. only a few
days ara herd of l6i animals of This
breed. many of them mere calves. re
-tIi t,, .,f
ouo. or >an average Of more than $500
each. On" March bull calf. the son
of EHchanire>s II and whose pedigree
Traces back through Enchanlre>s. En-
rrald III. Emerald. Ruby. Agate. Pearl.
sapphire. Jewel II. Brilliant. Gem and
Jewel. the eleventh generation. was
purchased 10y buyer from BuenoS
Nyrr> at too guinea> $50. Another
bull calf lalr January descended
through l2 generations from Beuty
dam. Rrherra. was knocked down
tn a New Zealand purchaser 1T St315.
Mariner 2Si6S another member If
thr herd. descended from DamSel lll
generations through The Damscls.
Lovely. Delights. LuNelyS and BPauti-
ful. brought $3.50. But these prices
pale almost into meigniticancc when
placed alongside those which Were re
allied i'm the earlier days. when Pro
y
and Lord Wilton for the record price
Of sl9.9j0. The animals of This herd
We're all beauties and | had the pleas
ure of looking most of them over seV-
craI weeks before the sale.
The herd mentioned j. said TO have
heen the finest and most popular herd
Of HE breed in Great Britain. and WAS
owned by y. p. Turner of the Leen.
Pemblid@e. Ierefordshire. Turner. a
member of the Council of Hereford
Herd Book society. the Royal AgricuI-
lurai society and the Smilhfield club
j. The son. the grandson and the great
grandson Of breeders of Hereford cat
tie. and has served in the capacity of
Judge Of champion and grade cattle
at the international exhibit in Chicago.
The original herd Of which the ami
mails just sold are. in the main. de-
>cendant~. was established in 1880 by
Turner, great grandfather. Grove III
WAS sold in 1888 hy Turner's father
for export to the United STATES for
$3.50. II may be noted in passing
Thai tire highest prices Were not re
allied in the SAKE from animals which
had been most conspicuous in the show
ring. Several fine bulls Of The herd
had been under contract for export last
spring. but the breaking out of the
foot and mouth disease. ana the re
>lIllani closing of foreign ports before
the animals could he shipped. had
made il necessary to cancel the con-
tract.
In spite of The fact that the closing
of HE ports has worked severe hard
ship on cattle breeders in the United
Kingdom. almost paralyZing the export
trade. yet some buYin" on the part of
foreigners has been going on right
along recently in anticipation of the
early removal of the restrictions. One
of the most noted of these sales was
The purchase in mid September by
President Ricardo Jimine of Costa Rica
uf prize bull and heifer, and it is
expected that this. the first Of his
purchases. will give great impetus to
ihe export trade in pedigreed Herefords
with that country. 1t may be noted
I'D this connection that King George
was one Of the buyers at Turner's sale,
purchasing two heifer calves-Made
line. a March calf. and Gladys, Jan
4ary calf. at S63G and si04 respective
~ This incident is the more note
worthy because the kings herd up to
line present has been composed wholly
of ~hurh0rn> reference TO which will
he made later.
While the bulk of The export trade
in peIi-rced Hereford cattle has hith-
rrio gone 10 South America, it is prob
able that very powerful impetus has
hppU given iu The trade in another di-