Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-24
NEW BREED OF CATTLE
Plans of a Kansas Ranchman to Perfect One.
FATHER BEGAN MANY YEARS AGO

Continuing His Parents Experi-
 ments, John Marriage Thinks He
 Will Accomplish His Ob5ect-Pres-
 ent Generation of Animals, He Re-
 ieves, Will Be Parents of the Eu-
 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 ly being developed by John Marriage, ranchman and breeder of Eagle Can- yon ranch, near Mullinvflle. The story of it's development is the story of the rise of Marriage from a country boy to a wealthy ranchman.
 Marriage is a 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, Ia. t%.s
 When this pioneer unused to farm HIS, A6Ao OullL d d11o paul tOl 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 its 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 a similar animal by many crossings In twelve years he 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 stoclzy in build as Aber- deen-Angus, as good milkers as Jer- seys, hardy and prolific breeders. Many
  and summer or will calye during the fall. The. calves grow rapidly, and both male and female mature speedily.
 This is the formula, according to MT Marriaga. by which they are produced: The foundation COW was the pure bred Devonshire, bought by his father thir- ty-fiye years ago. Bred to a pedigreed -Friesian bull weighing 2,40O pounds, the product was a red COW, an excellent milker, named Cherry. She, by a red brindled Aberdeen-Angus bull. produced pair of brindly roan heifers, and to a red Cruikshank brought sev- eraI 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~m mated with an i'm ported Suffolkshire bull weighing 2,350 pounds, and in turn a Norfolk boiled. bull was used.
 This crossing produced the present Marriage cattle, which, however, arc to be further perfected by crossing with a double standard poll Durham bull, now calf. Its name is Anak, and it is from the two largest cattle of any breed in the world-Duke of Rose Pomona IT., weight 5000 pounds and Acacia Gwynne, weight 2,50O.
 This bull will be the parent of the future herd, and with the resulting crossing MT. Marriage will regard his breed as perfected and will apply for charter from the government giving them recognition as a standard breed