Morris tribune., 1903-09-26
NEW BREED OF CATTLE.
Plans of a Kansas Ranchman
to Perfect One.
FATHER BEGAN MANY YEARS AGO

Continuing His PARENTS Expert
ments, John Marriage Thinks He
Will Accomplish His Object-Pres-
ent Generation of Animals, He Be-
1eves, Will BE Parents of the Fu-
ture Herd.
A new breed of cattle, cattle that
shall be wholly American, is what a
Kansas man is bringing to perfection
out on the plains of KioWa county,
says a Kansas City dispatch to the
New York Herald. This herd is slow
~ being developed by John Marriage,
ranchman and breeder of Eagle Can
yon ranch. near Mullinville. The story
Of its development is the story of the
rise of Marriage from a country boy
to wealthy ranchman.
Marriage is native of England.
About thirty five years ago his father
was secretary Of company which
sold milk in London, and he lived with
his family at Chelmsford. Later he
came to America, settling near Iowa
Falls, La.
When this pioneer, unused to farm
ing, had built cabin and paid for his
land he found that he had just suffi-
cient means to buy two or three cheap
cows and a team. Instead Of doing
this he spent his last dollar for one
pure bred Devonshire COW and one
good horse.
He remembered that the cows which
had produced the milk noted in Lon
don for it's purity and strength were
the products of many crossings and,
while they were not registered, were
superior for the purpose to the regis
tered breeds from which they sprang.
He sought to produce similar animal
had produced an animal that had char
acteristics as distinct as had the Here
ford. Jersey Angus or Holstein. He
would sell the bull calves. but retained
all the heifers, and thus he had the
parent herd of Marriage cattle. This
is the strain the young man brought to
his Kansas ranch.
The Marriage cattle are deep red,
hornless, as stocky in build as Aber-
deem Angus as good mixers as Jer-
seys. hardy and prolific breeders. Many
two-year-old heifers calved last spring
and summer or will calve during the
fall. The calves grow rapidly, and
both male and female mature speedily.
This is the formula, according to MIR.
Marriage by which they are produced:
The foundation cow was the pure bred
Devonshire. bought by his father th1r-
ty-five years ago. Bred to pedigreed
Holstein- Friesian bull weighing 2,4OO
pounds. the product was red cow, an
excellent mixer, named Cherry. She,
by a red brindled Aberdeen-A Angus bull,
produced pair of brindly roam heifers.
and to red Cruikshank brought sew
eral dark red, hornless cattle, which
proved useful beef and butter makers
and very hardy.
The present herd began twenty one
years ago with the choice Of three of
these. named Faith, Hope and Char
ity. These were mated with an i'm
ported SuHolkSh1re Dull weighing Z,ooU
pounds and in turn Norfolk polled
bull was used
This crossing produced the present
Marriage CATTLE. which, however, are
to be further, perfected by crossing
with a double standard poll. Durham
bull, now calf. It's name is Anak,
and it is from the two largest cattle Of
any breed in the world Duke Of Rose
Pomona IL, weight 5000 pounds, and
Acacia Gwynne, weight $500.
This bull will be the parent Of the
future herd. and with the resulting
crossing Mr.. Marriage will regard his
breed as perfected and will apply for
charter from the government giving
them recognition as standard breed.