The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-03
The Hereford Again.

EDITOR TINES In your issue OF
Oct. 9th, read an article by Short
horn breeder, of Neosho county, clam
ing what belongs TO two breeds of
cattle, both milk and beef So he
must have a cross, and is asking for
another
This last cross would be good one.
but the more Hereford blood he gets
| in the better. All Shorthorn men
like that cross.
He also refers to purchasing Short
horn COWS as nurse COWS. l have
owned Shorthorn cows, but not those
good ones. l water my calves at the
river. The water doesn't look milky,
and if the Neosho river is shaded
with one of those Shorthorn cows, she
has failed in her milk since last
spring. My calves do not show it,.
They are raised with their mothcr-I
can prove it-and 1 have never used a
nurse COW, or needed one.
AS to his last cross-that corn-crib
cross-I have never seen white-face
or Hereford mao that needed one. If
he had said a corn-stalk cross or
roughness, he would hit the Hereford
cattle.
This fight between the Shorthorn
and Hereford was made when cattle
were low and cattle men saw that
they would have to take the breed
they could raise the most beef from
with the least feed. Finding they
could raise two Hereford steers with
about what they could one Shorthorn,
the Herefords took the lead; and as
to taking the market, we all know
they have done that at Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City and at home.
When you have a grade white face
calf you can get from $500 to $500
more than for Shorthorn. That is
what a Hereford man calls taking
the market" Look at the bull T. f.
b. Southam sold to Col. Slaughter, of
Texas, for SIS, 100000, also his Miss Ar
mour Rose that sold last Wednesday
for $500. Take the average of Short
horn and Hereford sales at Kansas
CITY and other places ard see where
they are.
Your correspondent referred to the
Hereford as being Of nervous dispo-
sition. | think it is the Shorthorn
men, where they stand, that are get
ting nervous. This howl the Short
horn men are making was settled
years ago when cattle were low, as l
stated above There is no fight for
the Hereford to make. This is not
said in a controversial spirit, nor do l
wish tn hurt the feelings of any Short
horn breeder, but / think the Short
horn breeders should hunt up these
old papers when cattle were low, and
not crowd something on the Hereford
cattle that they have gained once.
He refers to his old reliable red and
white and its intermingling roam or
red and white animal of the COW kind
appearing in very inferior form. 1t
is but down as a scrub. But if an an
i'm al really possesses ShorthOrn blood,
the same colors being combined with
good individuality, the Shorthorn
breed is properly credited with the
good qualities but remember In most
cases animals possessing these colors,
whether good or bad, do own more or
less of the Shorthorn blood. Now,
owing to the condition mentioned,
the Shorthorn breed are freed from
fathering lots Of so-called scrubs which
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The Hereford has monopoly of the
combined white face and red body,
and in one sense this Is fortunate, for
so strong is the Hereford blood that
animals possessing One-eighth OF it
have been known to be marked like
pure breeds, even reducing the Here
ford blood to one-eighth or to one-six-
teenth and yet producing the Here
ford colors and markings. And now
there are Shorthorn men everywhere
announcing their belief that the
straight cross between the Shorthorn
and Hereford is a better beef animal
than either pure breed. l find that
men who started in with this belief
have found that the more Hereford
blood they got into their cattle the
thriftier their cattle got, the more
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better they liked them.
Now, brother Hereford men, let's
watch, aud not let them put our white
face on that large-bone mich cow
Mr.. Rush boasts OF that large bone.
That is nice. But who ever saw
pound of steak cut out of a bonei
Take the Herefords where they have
been cared for, and the Shorthorn:
the same, and weigh them. The Her
: chords will weigh as many pounds oil
more, or they have done it. That !:
why all the butchers claim they car
cut more stake from Hereford thar
: any other beef breed-they are not al
2 bone, We Hereford men will take
| the steak: you may have the bone
I, g. w. So, IL the milk breeds do moi
obi ect, you may take the milk anC
bone, and we Hereford men will taxi
: the beef, which justly belongs to US
r Thanking our friendly editor foI
space and wishing you all che best o
luck and success, remain
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