It appears this Hereford bull isn’t real thrilled about walking through the snow but I wouldn’t to be at the bottom of a hill if he was tobogganing.
Herefords derived their name from Herefordshire, or the county of Hereford, in the west of England. Benjamin Tomkins is given credit for developing the breed. A primary founder of the breed, Tomkins began in 1742 with a bull calf from the cow Silver and two cows, Pidgeon and Mottle. Herefords in the 1700’s and early 1800’s were much larger than they are today.
Henry Clay, Kentucky statesman, brought Herefords, one cow, one heifer and one bull, to the United States in 1817. Then, in 1840, William Sotham and Erastus Corning, of Albany New York, established the first recorded breeding herd in America with the purchase and importation of 22 head of Herefords from Herefordshire. Among other renowned early Hereford breeders were Charles Gudgell and Thomas A. Simpson of Missouri. Their big break came with the importation of Anxiety 4, a bull credited as being the “father of American Herefords.”
Now more than five million pedigree Hereford cattle exist in over 50 countries.
Bull in the Snow
Very interesting~
Well, I think I know that guy!
He is much happier in the summer time .