Hereford breed

The Hereford breed of cattle was slaughtered in the vicinity of Hereford, County of Herefordshire, England, almost 300 years there as a product of necessity. Thrifty, which the British were farmers see the need for beef for the expansion of the market for food produced by the British industrial revolution. For success in the growing needs, these first days, cattle breeders, which effectively convert or grasses in beef, and then another. Benjamin Tomkins is credited as one of the main founders of the Hereford breed. He began 1742 with a bull, calf from the cow Silver and two cows, Pidgeon and the marbling, inherited from her father has. Hereford came in the U.S. in 1817, when Henry Clay Kentucky State has for the first time a bull and two females.

Beefmaster race through the systematic reproduction of Hereford, short horn cattle and Brahman. His goal was the development of cattle, the more productive than other breeds and produce and earn money during an economically difficult time in harsh environments.