THE TRUE HEREFORD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 27

THE TRUE HEREFORD

AN AMERICAN VIEW A correspondent of the American Hereford Journal discusses in a recent issue the essentials of a good Hereford as seen through American eyes. He favours a rich cherry red, with not too much white on the neck and legs and none on the back as the most desirable from the practical standpoint of maintaining an attractive uniformity in the matter of colour. Of late years, he says, a tendency to tolerate increasing amounts of white on the hack, neck, legs and flanks has been growing. “We should discriminate more severely against excessive light or dark colours. These suggestions may seem to emphasise too strongly socalled fancy points, but such is not the case. The quality of the coat of hair is also an important factor in standardising Hereford cattle, for it is an index to the quality and texture of flesh. If the coat is coarse or wiry or harsh it indicates flesh of fine quality and texture, which is so desirable. It is essential that the kind of a coat of hair an individual has should be one of the important considerations in the selection of breeding Herefords.”