Show ii FARM AND GARDEN Points of Tnterest to Large and k Small Cultivators TEE NEW METHOD OF FARMING Hereford CattleA Slatted Potato Box Points From Men of Wide ExperienceThe Prize Bull Figaro The Hereford breed has always been held in high estimation as a grazing animal ani-mal by British stockmen and has a foremost fore-most place among the English beef breeds The present popularity in England Eng-land of the Hereford cattle is due in part at least to the improvements brought about in this breed by the Royal Agricultural Agri-cultural society This organization of late years has by virtue of prizes offered and the high sale prices accruing from these brought about some magnificent displays of Herefords notably in 1884 While the Herefords have been known in this country for the last half century it is only of late years that they have been recognized among the foremost of beef breeds in the United Mates and been bred pure A great LS fetus was given to the Herefords in 1883 by the winning of the Sweepstake premium for Jt the best dressedcarcass at the Chicago fat stock show by a Hereford steer At the present time prize cattle from the best English herds are grazing on American Ameri-can pastures In fact so well known have the Herefords Here-fords become to our active breeders and leading stockmen that we give only a brief mention of their general characteristics character-istics for the benefit of amateurs First come the massive form and great weight of beef produced the comparativo ease with which the cattle are supported and the readiness with which they fatten in FIGARO response to liberal feeding Their whitefaces white-faces are a conspicuous feature and along with their bright red bodies marked with white beneath and sup po ted by short legs present a combination combina-tion worthy of admiration The subject of the illustration originally origin-ally photographed for The Mark Lane l Express is the fine bull Figaro that 4 found his way to the front of the late Windsor Royal show in a class of some thirty yearlings with general consent He is described as a deep massive well fleshed animal His destination is Australia Aus-tralia |