Out of fourteen premiums they took seven and
were entitled to thirteen. The Shorthorns took
on grade steers four premiums on three steers
under a committee of judges that were dis-
missed for cause and under another committee
the Herefords reversed these awards.
Shorthorns may have improved the common
cattle of the country, perhaps, as Mr. Nichols
said, $10 a head, or an addition of $400;000,000
to the cattle of the country. This was pretty
extensive figuring, and we promised to take the
Hereford and put him upon this Shorthorn
produce, and add $20 a head to the value, and
leave Mr. Nichols to estimate the result. This
is the point we made and continue to reiterate,
that beef can be made on Hereford cattle at 25
per cent less cost than on Shorthorn cattle.
Mr. A. S. Matthews, in his efforts to bolster
up the Shorthorns and depreciate the Here-
fords, gave an account in the “National Live
Stock Journal” of the Shorthorns at Smith-
field.
In 1879 the champion prize for the best beast
in the show was between a Hereford and a
Shorthorn under two years and six months old,
to which we have referred. The Hereford was
the equal in weight and gain per day, and was
worth more on the market, and still he was left
without the honor. For what reason? Because


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of Shorthorn infiuence in the management and
in the judges. The facts given as to the judges
in the show of the Illinois State Board, is as
applicable to the Smithfield, and from this rea-
son, we presume, the Hereford men have kept
trom the show.
Mr. Matthews then devoted considerable space
to show the greater weight of the Shorthorns.
