The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-03
AMERICAS. FINE CATTLE
VALUE OF. SCIENCE IN BREEDING
PROVED HERE,
An Account of the Evolution of Cattle in
America by an Expert-Many Breeds
Combined in the So.Called Native Cat
tle-Worli of Improving the Herds,

no husbHIluf! OF tlle furcau OF Anima
w Industry, says in an Agricultural De
he partmcnt bulletin, just issued. tha
n. American breeders of cattle hay,
n. equalled if not eXcclled the results
Do reached on the other side of the
IS water. But" he adds. no suprem.
a. acy OF excellence, no victory in show
d ring or market. can efface the memory
Y. OF the debt America owes to those
S sturdy yeomen whose names adorn
e the best herd records Of England and
~ ScOtland'
S Mr.. Romneis pamphlet is devoted TO
g a study Of American breeds of beef
G cattle. lie begins at the very begin
- ming. going back to that voyage of
Columbus on whic,1 the first cottle
s known in the Western Hemisphere are
supposed to have been brought over
! Other Spanish explorers and armed
, invaders followed Columbuss exam
) pies, bringing not only cattle but horses
as we'll
liner" was an abundance of grass
ana water and as the SpaniardS meme
trated further into the interior of rbo
country their herds in growing num-
pers followed them. From these spraDn
the native cattle of the West Indies
ana MEXICO. the long horned steers of
eAaS ana the wild horses of tie
plains.
The next cattle inmi i@ration came |
with the Portuguese to Newrouudland |
| and Nova Scotia The French roo |
| introduced cattle into Arcadia ana Now
| France.
Thcse We're carried into The far in
Ieflof. ana as far back as 100 the
French missionaries in Illinois DOS
SeSSed considerable herds of cattle
horses ana swine
Virginia GOT her cattle from Enmlond
soon after the settlement of Jarros-
town. They multiplied in the Old DO.
mlhIon very rapidly. one contributlpo
c'iuS" h"lh% IN" fact that the law in
those early days made the killiuo of
cattle crime punishable with death
Inc fllgrim Fathers began the cat
II" business with three hnifers ana -
huIt, brought over from England in tho
snip Charity i'll 1G:.4 New Hampshiro
got her first cattle from Denmark
ne" orN from Holland. and Delaware
Iio"i sweden, at about the time the
CHARITY landed the three hoifers and
the bun
Inc hrst shipment 10 the CaroIjnas :
was from England in 1910 while Gnor.
&Ia was the last Of all the colonies, TO I
h&ure as n market for the English ey l
,r,br, = '''1'~ '"l'i''
%ot It's first start III that cattle business {
Nhich Il the year Of grace 1902 has
made II nn.eiLI, A.. I,.., '''''
,,,,,,,,,,.. '',' : ''lI '''' present
stocE ,,o+I,,.,,4 , ''N'' Inc :,
IIurn,,, ,.or, al, i''4 - VI c
crossed in c,,,,., 80 4;, 1n''i ]
idautitv ,y,, lo,+ AKA, '''". 'A'Ai y
our for.r,+bors. b,l ,,.1,,. ''''' ii
rs Tho n,tiv, o,+,, ,NA""H G.
States or tIi. .,.,I w. II
saws. >'-' 1i''' y
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,an best in,o-i,,o ...o,,, :, g. 4''-' W. le
NOV, ,,,,,- ala ,,,, i, ''' "'ol'~'' o1 HI
hat is even Vet the nvnsora of ,r,r,. II
,mnricar ,o,,r,,,. -; y. "'''hE III
Swedish Frnnch D,,t,I, a,,i I''.I VI
win o,,.Ia I,..I' t,i' 'ciI'' " hh&llSh' q
wandered vn.;ru-o,.I .,,, ''9 'neF
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pptativr narj,,,,. ~. '9 'i'''- II
lie. '''' - ''''"- IN
Lack Of cara NV f,,.,o,.. ,. w
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rovcmop+ brouo,I,+ oi.,,,. ~ III Sa
nimaI rhot =, ,.n,+,,,,,, =" y p' "i WI
cen ablo to o,sor,, '-''H io' VET ma
In th, vaors fr,,,, r-co Ell
,aS nm ,v.,i,oni,,o ,r;,.. 'i'eIe u"
the fermnnrfvo ,t,o,, ~ ''1 'ls u" no
,ttIo br.odir,r 1'4s7 o'o''AoA ou