The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-18

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ciaa points of superiority claimed III ,.
the Short thorn breed at the meeting
q Shorthorn breeders held III Kansas
| City. Feb. 9th and "a Superiority is
/ size size over all other beef breeds II one
Of tne pecuiiar merits Of the Short
| horns One OF the main purposes for
Wh nc pure beef herds Of beef cattle
are m 81 tained is to improve the size
Il and feeding quality Of the common
Scattle OF the country The average
native scrub is fine enough il bone and
/ Dooy 70 satisfy the most fastidious
/ PACK but he is most unprofltable
beast for the raiser or the feeder No
breed Will improve the size and feed
/ Ing quality Of the millions st native
/ scrubs r1'll SO quickly as the Shorthorn.
ana while improving size and feed
slng quality he will improve the milk
| lng quality q. of the scrub il an equal
degree. # 81 ID
from .Ele ny earliest experience when
i&held grade shorthorn heifer calf
| ~ ior, ny father at a local fail. in West
err lana ian forty years ago, to- the
present 's1 time, I have been close OBJ
| server g y under widely different condi-
lions OF the effect Of the improved
lsp lIe'stl!s ~ upon the native cattle. Dur
ln s'si q cons derable portion Of this time
nave nay been an extensive feeder Of beef
fc s. handling all kinds impartially
. unu er T the same conditions, and with
CUT W prejudice, except as created by nv
experience in the feed lot. / was old
enough to observe the rapid improve
m mem OF our cattle in Western Indiana
sDy the use Of registered and grade
Shnorthorn as. That Improvement CON
tllnued until we were sending steers Of
Inc highest class to Eastern markets
mat era Of Improvement reached its
maximum a. Ak nearly twenty years ago..
Dulrlng the same time L had an op-
portunity to observe the same process
IN Central Illinois.
no experienced range man, however,
can. doubt that the Shorthorn made
Tar greater improvement on the native
texas and Mexican cattle than could
nave been made by any other i'm
proved breed. Those qualities il
winch s;i1 y they were most deficient were
the ones in which the Shorthorn mar
t &c excelled all other breeds, SUI
5pe s size, width Of back, depth OF
IT'D fulness of ham and natural do
clllty, and the power to transmit them
n q marked degree Those desirable
QUANTITIES were all implanted to some
extent in our western herds before the
olner beef breeds were introduced.
me Shorthorn has been the pioneer
ana the great improver. There has
Deen marked deterioration in the
cattle esa',l~ OF all sections in proportion as
the Shorthorns have been supplantd by
other breeds. There is scarcely a cat.
Tie s raising Z is; section in the agricultural
sta states where the cattle are as good
as they were fifteen years ago. The
interior quality of the cattle that &c
TO our public markets is a matter Of
common observation. They show Ii a
motley ming1ing Of all strains. Who.
can doubt that ! if the raisers of cattle
mad faithfully adhered to the Short.
ho1rns, continuing to use the best siress
they We're able to procure, the results
would have been far better.
But the farmer as well as the range
man began to imagine he. wanted a
rustler, an animal that could sur
y1Ve the most possible hardship and
neglect. He did not then realize, as
he does now, that what he really need
ed was an animal that would give the
most liberal response in beef and milk
to the most liberal treatment, and that
the breeder was the one who should
40 the "rustling" if he was to expect
the best results. Tried by the rigid
law Of the survival. of the fittest,'
under range conditions, the pure, bred
Texas longhorn was immensely supe..
rlor to any breed ever imported It
must be apparent to every close OBJ.
server that the ability. to Withstand
neglect and adverse conditions is tc.
some extent impaired as we increase
the size OF our live stock Extreme
size, whether in horses, hogs, or cat
w - S4uAA ~ OCkLClr E4CC0 duu dLIcul1OA
to preserve the growth and thrift OF
the animal, in order that it may reach
the limit Of its development.
A Beef production, in the natural evo-
luton Of the business, must come more
and more under farm conditions, where
the farmer and feeder, and not the ami
nal, must do the rustling. AS popula-
ton increases, milk must play more
and more important part in the econ
>omics Of beef production. It3does not
require the gift Of prophesy to see
that the time is approaching when the
invaluable qualities combined in the
Shorthorn as in no other breed will,
from force of necessity, be more and
more in demand. Then will the noble
Shorthorn come to its own and take
its rightful place far in advance of all
breeds incomp arab1y the Great Im-S
proven. .5s ..s 55S. 5$S
One or Many Breeds.
The amateur poultry raiser frequent.
" makes the mistake Of trying to keeI
g good many breeds Of fowls. He