White Face: In October Alfred Donne showed the Academy of Sciences a portrait of a woman with her face powdered white. It could hardly have been successful, for in April 1840, Jean Baptiste Francois Soleil wrote in his instruction manual that "hopes that had been held for obtaining portraits have not yet been realized ... I know that up to now no portrait has been produced with the eyes open and the attitude and face natural.
Hereford cattle are very commonly referred to as "white-faced" cattle. Their white faces and their red body color have become distinctive trademarks. The superior meat qualities of Hereford cattle over the meat of early Longhorns and of other nondescript cattle coming to the market so impressed cattle buyers that the mere presence of the white face on cattle was taken as an indication of higher value.
They reduced the extreme size of the breed and improved their symmetry, thickness, and smoothness. Cows now weigh about 1,500 pounds (680 kg) and bulls about 1,900 pounds (860 kg). Breeders also fixed the white-face characteristic along with white on the top of the neck, breast, underline, lower legs, and lower part of the tail.
Herefords are raised in large numbers in Britain, North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. They are also raised to some extent in the USSR.
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