The sun., 1902-05-23
AMERICAS SPLENDID CATTLE.
vtLtE or AIENCE ~ RRELD-
ING PROvFD HERI.'
An Account ef the o., oiutien d tatiir in
America %, an Expert Wan, ure~ds
Coml,in~i is the so-t allied >stNrCsttir
Work of Improving the Hertis.


dustry. SAYS in an Agricultural Drpar,men,
bulletin. jus, issued. that American breeders
81 cattle have equallcd II not escelled IN.
results reached on the other side 81 the
water But he adds. no supremacy
of excellence. no victory in show ring OF
market. can eTace the memory of the debt
America owes to tho>. sturdy yeomen
who's. names adorn the herd records II
England and Scotland
Alr Rommel's pamphlc, is devoted 30
n study Of American breeds Of beef cattle.
He begins AT the very beginning. going
back to that voyage Of Columbus ON which
the fret cattle known in the western h-nis-
phere are supposed to have been brought
ovcr. Other Spanish explorers and armed
invaders followed Columbus's example.
bringing not only cattle but horses a. well
There was an abundance Of grass and
water. and a. the Spaniards penetr rated
urther into the interior OF the country
their herds IN growing numbers followed
them From these sprang the native
cattle Of the West Indies and Mexico, the
long horned steers of Texas and the Wild
horses Of the plains.
Tho next cattle immigration came with
the Portuguese to Newfoundland and
Nova S'otia The French. too, introduced
cattle into Acadia and New France.
The-e we're carried into the far interior
and a. far hack "a 1850 IN" French MISSION
aries In Illinois possessed considerable
herds 81 cattle, horses and swine.
Virginia got her cattl. from England
soon after the settlement 81 jamestown.
They multiplied in tho Old Dominion very
rapidly. one contributing Cau-s, heing
the fact that tho law in those early days
made tho killing 81 cattle a crime punish
able with death
The Pilgrim Fathers hogan the ca,'l-
business With three heifer- and hull.
brought over from England in the ship
Charity m I6?i New HAMPSHIRE got her
first cattle from Denmark. New York from
Holland. and Delaware from sweden. a.
about ~ time N" Charity landed the
three heifcr- and the hull
H." ii.t shipment 20 the Carolinas was
from England IN 1870 while Georgia was
the last - all the colonies 70 hgur~ as a
market for tho tnglish "XIor trade IN
br~rding ca''l"
Thus u va- that tho United States 80,
it, first start IN that cattle business which
in the wear e gfa'" l!Hr2 has made u pos
sihl' To- hay" all h" present nImp,IS about
the Meat Trust IN" stock gathered from
various part, - fururc were all - hoye-
l"ssly iui"r-nfo~s"d ~ C"tir~" - time that
then id"n'rv Wa lust. with the result
ihs N'!r t.t"tlt beers had What were known
a. %. - ra'l.. ra'tl" uf the Jrr.d Star.-
Cf 'i'- .to.k VIZ Brmin"l ~av-
What ~" rHtI'" stock was ike can
lost ifuaC.r, from IN" stories If mon now
old ari from tie -,.rIh stock that l. oven
-; he cy'-rr" e many iW"rl,au Pastures
Bloc e spanish. swedish. trruch m.tch
and iugush with tna, hc u dash of buffalo
a. thcv wandered westward gave tins
stock cosmopolitan character that vas
repre- "r,lti'". p"fhaT-. hui hardly profit
ATE
Iscs of care hy farmers with no Rake.
vel - point N" way 20 improvement
hrc, :hi ~ "w = 'NT" "f animal that q
century ha~ nv h.-'r all" '" absorb
w. -" v"''- iftU ia" 20 1897 hero was
~ awaacrlrg lisr Vss m" era II the
for'"n'iyc ~tag" q Anglu-SaNnn cattle
hrsNdtrc
n was ,r lsGp that Rotor Rak.w.ll hegan
'ho operations OhiCh i"ft - lasting an i'm.
pre-. Up,u 'f" "a;tic-hp-.ilng bus!n".-
lIc was -" Hr-t man - piH'- sn systematic
iuhs"clnr ArDuud 'is nRnre tho-e of all
..ira' inprrvgr- 't uy" stock gtuup them.
-.'lN.~ and il,m 'n" l''~-"ns b" taught hv
"ylmpi' every ur..Nl"T tn thu nav learns
the uIIIl lu.''l'al- e hl- craft
"" va a I.vc-t"r-hir" man, given little
10 'llSluE. and not a. all 'o writing ahou
h'- rnr'hod- great d"al that he learned
Us ,trcfgl experiment he Kept To- himself
H.. ann Wg- 'n s.S'tir" cattle that would
flt'ra pu the smallest amount Of food. and
~, great -lI,,,"~ e h,- Az wa revealed
oniv ~ what hc did and not bv what he
u.ld 1nvi,.dv To- b. rhl- -~-crf Mr. Rom
m"l Gc-rrlics a. inhr"ding Ia the hands
uf q master. th" -grr-t way known 10 80
,ur. an IWpr. .y"nrrt e stock
'Duf e tho dirE ag,', - Ignorance and
'hC erruh savS Nr Rnmm"l. 'hv leaps
and hy h'tnd-. J-ing what material he
ad a. hand and n'uliug a ~ his will,
'hc tMgil-l tar'n'r dyyrl.I"d the modern
breeds ut cattle. urudu0rg roud.r meat
whr",. tough ant lUa'ncry thr'' had i--n
lp.t, r,. paylLg the rent With hi cattle and
- sheep and 20 nm" cvn'r,butiug very
argiy Q" 'n' g~uW'h ~ agri"'!ltur" IA the
N-W Word
Tic l'rr-pyen.nt IN America began
almost simliia'.s. .gslN with that IN Eng
lard No su..or had tie Revolutionary
Var ,l'-"t rrgn .wpurtatiou- of Improved
stock i"ca'. i.i- va k"p, up untll the
War ,f 81? r"fuyNrarlv Cn's'kssl II.
VI RHww'l ave 'lat the year 1917 will
alvaNs lt rn"HlurINl" o. Amer icau cattle
history I 'rt' wear, i"lHvug the short
horn uuis.r'dlIHu- . lNI2. came the he-
gir'Iug Of il" Devon sd Hereford i'm
pni'ai ipr-. iur,'h"' With -'lll another
arrival 81 ~hu''hpr'.-
Growth Wa -lnw up 10 1897. when there
CANE n" "vod 1rryity, especially ia short
hur.-. turyu i"- VOTE tYim-d and the
psir' 80 'rIr.t .-- FIr ~hprthoru brepl
rH'Ialv I--lru"t tie foremost Position.
& "a ~ Hl. D. ." year lSNo was the only
bssri 'f p'uur' U"
IL" ,NIl. -.. II the caf'le business
wa raUpl p'rfN" pis'uirc of the lIinn
PaCinC Rdilf.ld o. wa mainly carried
~ iu 10" I.U 4 'h" country east - the
Missouri Rive.
IhoU Dgu" no" discovery - the great
opp,r'uii gee uurr,-i uv the far Western
plai f'r srt.ug TIE growth la the /
cattle ral-I. < industry was tue. abnormal
o. 'hn "lfl. '... hti"- -1y- Mr. Rommel |
pyr.-br.-I .a'tl. tv the thousands we're /
brought 'r.u England - supplement- the |
American lHrI~ i breeding bul- for the /
rang, ar 'l' I'ar-~' that the Hereford |
Rnd Angus hF-sls ever came 10 having a |
boom IN 'hs country was NJ the time
-Ar"r fHr CH'l1Js~.'. which wH- bound 20 |
follow. IA" oa''l" l,Is'n" = now on what
IL tip,isifi 10 10 = substantial and healthy |
fouuiarion puai''v - b"'ug br.si into !
the rsng,' h"r,l~ bv IN" extending usa of |
ptrre-hr"i sr.-. and ths with tho ,e,tsr !
methods - hr ugrg 'hc rang" steer TO a |
high plane - "Nc.ll' l'uCa Roth on the |
range ami uE ~" small farm improvement |
hss gon" hand m hand with increase 81 !
numb"rS !