Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
HORNS AND COLOR IN CATTL]

Among other of their obervations
furnished by leading packers to Secre-
tary Coburn of the Kansas Board Of
Agriculture and compiled by him in
his quarterly report, devoted to Reef
Production, are these:
Armour Packing Company.-Horn-
less cattle are preferred, bacause there
are less bruises on them, and the gen.
eral result from slaughtering and dis
posing of them is better. 1t is difficult
to establish any actual difference at
price. They have the preference at
even figures, which probably means
that they are bringing more. AS pack
ers, we certainly prefer them.
Swift & Cove do not consider
hornless cattle worth more than those
of the same quality and fatness, with
horns, except in rare cases where ship
pers would pay five cents to ten cents
more per hundred pounds for hornless
cattle.
Cudahy Packing Company.-While
the horns on steer are not usually
worth within four cents pound of his
price, We still do not think a buyer
ordinarily takes that fact into consider
alton, and it is not probable that he
would pay any more for hornless
steers, other things being equal, than
he would for those with horns.
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Co..
Cattle of an equal quality, whether with
or without horns, will realize the same
price.
Armour. in color Of any
breed might influence the price, as 1t
undoubtedly catches the eye, present.
ing a smoothness and evenness, as
opposed to mixed lots.
Swift.-We do not consider that a
lot Of cattle of uniform color or breed
(other than Holstein or Jersey would
bring any more than cattle Of various
colors and breeds equally as good;
for instance, 9. prime load of half
Shorthorns and half Angus would
bring much, as any equally choice lot
all Shorthorn Or all Angus.
Cudahy.-The fact that lot of cat
tie are uniform in color or in breed
does not enhance their value in the
eyes of the practical buyer. A bunch,
however, all of one color, might strike
buyer as being pretty and fool
him into giving higher price than
they were actually worth on the mav-
ket.
Hammond.-Color makes no differ
ence as to the value of cattle for use
in this country. For export, black
Polled cattle, reds, roans and those
having the Eereford white faces are
most sought.
Schwarzschild--A bunch of steers |
well fed and Of equal quality, but of |
various colors, will bring as much as
If they We're all of one color and breed;
yet those Of one color, for instance, red,
may be preferable to some buyers.
White and yellow are Objectionable to
some.
Armour.-The damage to hides that
could be avoided if cattle had no horns
is probably slight. In most cases the
damage would only occur to the beef
by causing bruises, and would not real
ly injure or penetrate the hide. Horn
however, are the subject of
complaint from tanners, and cause
them to discriminate
Swift-A very small percentage of
damage done to market value of hides
would be avoided if cattle had no
horns.
Cudahy.-On Texas cattle, about one
nalf the hides are damaged by horns
TO the extent Of about 60 cents per
hide. The hioes of native cattle are
not damaged in our judgment over
jle-tenth of one per cent. by horns.
Hammond.-If cattle had no horns
It would change the market value OF
he hides very nearly 81 each.