Arizona republican., 1891-05-16
BEST BLOOD.
Is There Such Thing as the Best Breed
 of Beef Cattlo9

Is There Such Q ThinS eS tne uest uree0
 of Beef Cattlef
 A great many farmers in the states came to the conclusion when the range business was started that there was no use to raise and feed beef cattle any longer. But only 180, 900 western range cattle were on the Chicago market for 1S90-about 6 per cent. of the entire TO. ceipts. With receipts at Chicago of 8,5O0,OO0 cattle, not over 10 per cent could be classed as good to choice, say $50, ,OOO; this is probably an overestimate Of the entire receipts the western ranges furnish 1S0,000, Texas 100000, and the States 2,72O,OO0. The good to choice $50, GOO come from the states cattle; this will leave 2,375, ,000 that cannot be quoted good.
 Now the work of the breeders of pure bred beef breeds is to find way by which 2,375, GOO cattle that now class as scrubs-coarse, rough steers-can be raised to good and choice beef steefs, It must be remembered that this is only a fractional part of what is to be done, but this is enough to start with. know the breed that will work this change Colonel J. w. Judy and others know of another breed that will do it. T. w. Harvey and others know of anotlsr breed that will do it. And it is more than likely that either one of the breeds would do it if they could be put to work. The best of the produce of either one of these nl, h,o cold tp,vl lnIlo on1 100 pounds at the Union Stock Yards this winter, as bad as the markets have been, and the more Hereford, Short Horn and Scotch blood there is in these bullocks the easier it is to get on top.
 For four years past very little has been done to improve the cattle of the states or on the ranges. The Big Four have held the top and bottom very close together. A good portion of the time the bulk of the native steers have held between three and four dollars per 100 pounds, and now the number that get to five dollars and over is very small. It is coming, however, and my judgment is there will be a steady advance to six dollars and upward. As cattlemen real. ize this they will want to ''get there" and to do this they will want our bulls, and they cannot get there without them.
 For twenty years there has been warm competition between breeds, and twenty years ago there was general opinion there was but one breed that would produce the steers that would take the top place in the markets of the world, and that breed was supposed to be the Shorthorn, and so sure were the breeders of that breed that they occupied this place that they ignored all outside competition, and different families of this breed were brought forward in con- petition with each other.
 At about this time the Herefords came forward with their claims, and then the Scots came with their claims. They have now been before the public with competent judges to pass on their merits. They have also been on our best markets and judged by expert buyers, and each of the breeds has gone on to the show grounds and divided the honors with the other, and on the markets each has made top uSuItS. OO we ueeu uOt WTduSie among ourselves.
 The fine stock breeder has only to be- come familiar with the class of cattle coming on our markets to become con- vinced that the use of our pure bred beef breeds has become necessity, and it is only necessary for breeders to make known the merits of their breeds to se- cure fair hearing; and to this end we have not to go to history or to longtime ancestry to show what they can do, but we eau point to the markets of the last year to show the difference in values as between the product of scrub bulls and that of pure bred bulls of the beef breeds.
 Beyond this we shall be able to show that the product of the pure bred can go to market at 9 years old weighing 1,400 pounds as easily as the product of the scrub can go to HOO pounds at 8 years old, while the quality of the product of the pure bred is such that we can make them worth from six to seven dollars per 100 pounds, while the product of the scrub will be of a quality that will be worth but from$3 to $3.50. We can show further that the $100 bullock has not cost more than the forty dollar bullock. That is the position we occupy in rela- ton to the beef product of the country, Cor. Breeders Gazette.