West Liberty History 1838-1938

Source: One Hundred Years of History
* Commemorating a Century of Progress in the West Liberty Community * WEST LIBERTY, IOWA
POLLED HEREFORDS

Although the Polled Herefords breed is rather young as compared with the other beef breeds of cattle, West Liberty has had her share of honors of the breed.

P. M. Schooley and Sons were pioneer promoters of the breed, having started about 1910 when the breed was only a few years old. Other local breeders were James Stafford and Meyer Bros. The product of the local herds have been sent to possibly 20 states beside exported to Canada, Austrailia, Argentine and New Zealand.

P. M. Schooley was at one time president of the National Polled Hereford Association and a few years later his son, Harry was elected to the same high office. James Stafford also served as director of the association for several years.

The local herds have produced some of the tops in the National Polled Herefords shows held in the past years.

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