The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-05

come a continuation Of the spirited con-
test between the advocates and cham
pions Of the different breeds of cattle
that have been introduced iuto the
country, chiefly from England, that is
now fairly inaugurated, we have con-
cluded that it would be well to go pack
in cattle history, to the time when the
common natives, or scrub cattle as we
call them, were introduced, and bring
the o!d-time breeds of cattle, both in
America and England, under a brief
kind of review, aud incidentally we may
refer to the old time cattle produced In
other European countries.
1t was about the year 1909 that cattle
began to be imported from England to
America to supply ths-colonies. In
1911 "A hundred cattle were landed In
Virginia. All the earliest importations
came to Virginia. In 1924 the first
cattle received in New England were
brought TO Plymouth, and betweenth the
year named and 1888 several hundred
cattle were imported to New England
from England, Holland and Denmark,
and these iuipOrtations were the found
alton of our native, or scrub cattle, aud
AS this countries referred to sent us in
the years referred to as good cattle as
they had at the time, we shall at once
see that all our fine blood cattle, Short
horns, Herefords, Devons, Polled An
gus, etc, as we know them to-day, have
all come into existence by a long and
patient curse of breeding, interbreed-
ing, crossing of breed, etc.
An able writer, speaking on this
point, says: 1--WE are to pear in mind,
also, that the stock of the mother coun-
try, and of the various other countries
from which the supplies of The colonists
were drawn, was not at that time i'm
proved, as we find In the present day
1t WAS long before the Interest in the
Improvement Of stock had been awaken
ed, and 1t is a historical fact that the
OK Of that time was small and ill-shap
ed, quite inferior to the OK of our time"
We are thus led back to the time
when farmers and breeders in England
began the work of breeding up from
just about su ia common or scrub cattle
AS we now have In such large numl.is
in our country ;and from iust such stock
AS our common LreedS If ca tile all th,
ine breeds of cattle referred to have
come by long ami patient effort on the
part of the old time English farmers
and breeders. These effuIts ' ere direct.
ed towards the production of new and
improved breeds of cattle for bee9, aud
also for dairy purposes. The trium
plant success that has attended these ef
forts are certainly calculated to teacl,
us that we might be iu With our scrui
breeds Of cattle, and by long patient ef.
fort produce new and distluGt breed.
that might be equal to the most popular
breeds that we are now importing from
England.
We have lately been hearing a good
deal of talk about an Improvement IN
cattle breeding by crossing the Here
lords with the short horns, and some oi
the sheep breeders are doing the SAINT
thing with some of the imported and
thoroughbred sheep of different breeds.
We have thus gone over this old
ground in bovine history for the pur-
pose of saying that there Is no good
ground for the earnest, even bitter feel
ing that seems to be working up among
the champions Of the different
breeds of hne bloUded cattle that ar,
being introduced and distributed iu al
parts OF the country. Any one OF the
four principal breeds of blooded cattl,
now before the country is an immense
Improvement over the old scrub breeds.
and taking all together it is hardly
possible to keep up with the deman,
for cattle of these breeds, which ar,
wanted for breeding purposes, and W ,
say let all of them come AS fast as IL l.
possible to bring them forward by i'm
portation or by pro iucing them In the
country. Each of the different breed.
referred to have always had their cham
pions in the old country, and they will
always have their special champions in
our country. We are glad to see 1t j.,
so, because it is for the best interests OF
the whole country that this condition
'hould exist; for certainly the improve
nent upon our old scrub stock will b,
much more rapid through the whole OF
the four breeds than it could possibly
he through any one of them. -Drorer'
Journal,