Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-01

that u 10 rather q poor plate f0l
preachers; bat Hsver ysi have
heard = man who VAS entitled q
tho reputation Of having thres
gr1ihs Of common seHss that would
DOT admit that il was a good eOaR-
try for ths rearing Of stock, II
seems 10 nae however, that men who
eRgags N this occupation in ihis
s0nnlry aim rather at the number
than the kind 0f stock they wish 70
throw into tie markets, This Is an
impedimeht 10 the improvement Of
them. Men have such nnmbers on
hand that they eAhho, manage them
with an eye 10 thsir improvement,
They will probably assemble their
herds once q year, mark and brand
such as require it, select out al that
can be sold, aud let tho residue run
broadcast over tho country ill tho
next year without besl0Wihg any
attention on them whatever, And
even IL they do pretend 10 bestow
any attention on them il will be by
employing somo man 20 take charge
Of ihem, 10 drive them 10 the frOn'
tier aud TO keep them there; stipala-
ting 20 give him a portion, of those
reared by him, for his services.
Such employers, ifnot in possession
Of more integrity than generally
falls 10 tho lot Of man, soon increase
their own herds while those ofthcir
employers grow hner by degrees
and beautifully less" Whereas, IL
sreh owners would diminish tho
numbers Of their stock TO one fourth,
take charge OF them in person, and
give them just half the atton ton be.
slowed in other States, they would
gradually improve their stock,
make moro money by tho operation
and finally get clear OF certain
odium that not frequently attaches
itselfto stock raisers 10 this country
namely, n propensity Of marking
and branding each others yearlingsi
a thing which occurs more frequent
IL because more arc really ignorant
in regard 10 their own stock, than
of an intention to defraud.
That every species Of stock can
be materially improved by tho fos-
tering hand of man is not IN open
question. But IL takes time to do
this thing and can only bc effected
gradually.
Much tho best and quickest way
of cffecting this desirable object is
for those intending to embark in
tho occupation to at .onco introduce
better breeds, and get clear Of mus
tang ponies, Spanish cattle, razor
back land pike hogs and coarse
wool sheep.
1t is passing strange that gentle
mon whose circumstances are such
that thoy might crafty every desire
in this regard, are contented to
ride scrub chargers whose great
ancestors, to say the least, were
probably wild mustangs roaming
in freedom through Indian hunting
grounds. We have sporting char
acters among us, but they too are
contentcd TO spend their lives run.
ming mimic races with the same kind
of scrubs. Sometimes, as an extra
trial of the strength and bottom of
their animals, they extend their
course to mile, but in such instan-
ccs they generally find, that if the
animal reaches the goal at all, IL
will be at hand gallop. 1t is
singular that those sporting men
do not at once avail themselves OF
the opportunity of importing into
the country that noblo animal the
horse ofpure blood, that finest spcci,
men of the handiwork Of the Crca-
tor AMONG the quadrupcd tribes,
that magnificent courser which can
make his twelve miles in three heats,
if necessary with the fcctncss ol
tho antelope, and, in the end, come
homo to tho goal without boine
blown. Tho old patriarch repre-.
sents him as having his neck clothed
with thunder, as snuffing the battle
from afar, and rs pawitig in tho val
leys and rejoicing in his strength.
Greater benefits than these would
occur to the country if those enjoy
ed in the rearing Of Spanish cattle
would supplant them with that
splendid brute, the short. horned
Durham; an animal thdt excels oil
its kind in the production Of beef
tallow and milk. 1t is an anima
, that would feed much better, would
get much fatter, is more gentle
more prolific, and would be just al
, healthy as our native Spanish cat
tie, Nor is this all, but with sucf
beef driven from here we coult
compete successfully with the stocl
, raisers of Illinois, Missouri, Ken
, lucky or any of those States in thu
markets of New Orleans, st Lodi
or chicago. There is no doub
, about this being true. 1t is to th'
, quality of the beef that they objec
+ and not to the point from whenc'
it is driven. If we were 10 max
: this change in our beef ,Eo woUl'
; find, fufthcr, that we wou'd SCOT
silence the hue and cry and legis,a
: tion of the States against our ioS
sage through their territories VII
|, our stock. They say they are Span
ish stock and that they generat
, disease among their cattle, whici
, spreads and destroys like the blight
ing pestilence among the pale host
, of Sennacherib. Notwithstanding
( Gentlemen, you can materially i'm
= prove your present stock by car
, and attention, yet whenever 20
I enter either the ring or the marke
: with a scrub to compete for priz
: against an animal of pure blood 20
+ had Just as well consider yourselte
: Ioo4ar ~ tha cfart for yOur defeat