“The heaviest steer shown at Smithfield in
1871 weighed 2,360 Ibs.; in 1872, 2,626 Ibs. ;
in 1873, 2,538 lbs. The heaviest steer showed
at Birmingham in 1873 weighed 2,536 lbs.”

And again, from the “National Live Stock
Journal” for August, 1876, pp. 349-50:

“Yo the Editor of the ‘Journal’: Referring
to your remarks on figures given you on Here-


fords in the July number, IJ had been led to.
suppose that the results at the Smithfield show
were the most authoritative of any in existence,
and I had supposed that you had been living in
hopes of seeing just such a show and list in this
country.
