The Republican journal., 1917-04-26
HEREFORD CATTLE, MULEFOOT
HOGS.

This is the title of beautifully illustrated
booklet from the Cahll Farms. Kalamazoo,
Mich, Of which Ralph Emery, formerly of
are owned and operated: Big Creek Farm,
Hays, Kansas. the home of the Herefords:
The Cahill Farm, Portage, Mich, the home of
the Mulefoot. and Hardscrabble Farm. Ke-.
dali, Mich, experimental This is what is said
of the Herefords:
Hereford is the county seat of Hereford.
shire, England. situated approximately one
hundred and fifty miles from London; and in
this district, three hundred years or more ago
the first cattle were bred which now bear the
name of Hereford. Passing. for lack of space.
the history OF the Herefords in England, we
find it automatically stated that in the wear
1876, Honorable Henry Clay of Lexington.
hentucky' brought to this country COW, a
young bull and heifer of the Hereford breed
and that nine years later Admiral Coffin of the
Royal English Navy presented to the Massa.
chusetts Society for the Promotion of Apri.
culture, Hereford heifer and bull, The bull
known as Sir Isaac. became the property of
Isaac o. Bates of Northampton, and lived to
the advanced age of twenty years.
NEARLY seventy years ago, Captain Phineas
Pendleton of Searsport, Maine, imported two
Hereford calves; the bull calf was named Kim.
roe, and the heifer calf, Kitty. Captain PEN
dleton was warm friend, and distantly con-
nected to our manager, MIR. Ralph Emery, who,
In his boyhood days, distinctly remembers see
Ing many "white faces" grazing in Waldo
county. Maine. Captain Pendleton came from
good stock himself, hence it was but natural
that, as cattle raiser, none but the very best
stock in any way appealed to him.
"The bull Kimroe and the heifer Kitty were
the foundation stock of the Oldest herd of
Herefords in the United States TODAY. owned
by the Underwoods of Maine. Kimroe was
great breeder; from him has been produced
those wonderful bulls. Perfection and Perfec.
ton Fairfsx. Since Kimroe's time, however,
there has been notable improvement in the
Hereford breed, and on our Big Creek Farm At
Hays. Kansas. we now have the blood of the
world-famed Beau Brummell. Beaumont Co.
lumbus. Garfield. March On 9th, Perfection and
other bulls equally notable and valuable to the
Hereford breed"
The illustrations include a very fine half
tone OF Capt Pendleton, groups of Herefords
and calves. portion of the buildings and
equipment of the farm, "The King of the
Herefords," direct descendant of Capt. Pen.
dleton's bull Kimroe; The King direct des-
cendant of Perfection Fairfax. and Linwood
Fairfax. The booklet says:
LinNwood Fairfax, No 527, 7s6, the head of orr
herd on Big Creek Farm, was sired by Howard
Fairfax, his mother being Olivia by Challenger
Bird. Like his grandfather, Perfection Fairfax.
he is wonderfully smooth bull of great scale:
straight lines top and bottom, and fine quality.
He comes directly down the line from Captain
Pendletons bull Kimroe, through the S; 5000
''Dale" and the 10000 Perfection" His grand
father. Perfection Fairfax. is known among
stock men as the mot for sale at any price"
bull, and SO we believe we have proven to you
that We have good and sufficient reasons for
adopting the slogan: "None Better, Few as
Good"
We now come to the Cahill Farm, the Home
Of the Mulefoot. which enjoys the reputation
Of producing and herding some of the finest
hogs in the country. They are hardy, healthy,
disease resisting, big breeders, easy feeders
and good natured. The Mulefoot hog has been
traced back in its ancestry 1000 years, and
for all practical purposes that would seem to
be about far enough. There are numerous it,
lustrations, including one Of the hogs bath,
made of concrete. OF the third farm it is
said:
Hardscrabble Farm. located at Kendall,
Michigan, about eighteen miles northwest of
Kalamazoo. consisted originally of about the
poorest, the most thoroughly non-productive
sandy soil to be found in the entire State of
Michigan. Four years ago we started on a
plan to rejuvenate this soil. and we accom-.
plished it through the use Of green manures-
We turned under each year such leguma