The Dickinson press., 1905-04-08
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Joseph F. Green delivered.a splendid
address before the Texas Cattle Rails
ers association, held at Fort Worth a
few days ago, from which the following
extracts are taken:
1.-THE importance Of breeding our
cattle is becoming more apparent each
year. South America, Canada and
Australia are fast becoming large factors
in our foreign trade, and there is but
n way for US to meet this competition.
namely. by the improvement of u
cattle.
Cattle are improved by three different
methods-by handling. by feeding and
by breeding.
Most of the large herds on the range
are blended with such a mixture. of
breeding that 1t makes a poor founda.
tion upon which to build. These herds.
beginning with Spanish blood, have
since used grade Shorthorn bulls, fol.
lowed with grade Herefords; then with
grade Devons, and then back to some Of
the breeds already mentioned. The
greatest trouble with a grade bull, you
never know Of what the unknown part
Of his breeding constitutes. 1t may be
Jersey, Holstein. or from the mountains
of Arkansas, and he will often breed
back to some Of these inferior beef pro-
ducing processes.
Another difficulty in improving a large
herd on the range. it takes such a grea,
number Of males; instead of being Sc
lected carefully they are. brought in
large droves.
Range men have been slow to breed
Up their cattle because, they could raise
an animal with such little cost, and they
were 20 far from market. Instead o.
selling an inferior calf for veal, the,
would allow it to remain in the breeding
herd.
In England the farmers in each com
munity, often taking in an entire county
breed one kind ofeattle, and while man,
of their cattle are not registered, We
their opportunities are 10 great fo
selecting sires from their neiEhbors, j
has enabled them t. lead the world il
the improvement of cattle breeding
The farmere OF Jersey Island have taker
the same advantage by selecting cattl.
from their neighbors on the Island unit
they now have the best breed Of dair,
cattle in the world.
No benefits are received from eros
breeding except for the butcher, ane
that does not extend beyond the frs
cross.
All experimental breeding of animal
OF different breeds given in history Leaf
to the conclusion that breeding stool
from cross bred animals inherit tn
weaker defects of their ancestors in
stead Of their strong points.
The breeders Of pure bred cattle il
England, as we'll as the farmers Of III
country, never use \ cross bred ANNA
OF either sex for breeding purposes.
Germany prohibits our cattle fror
being imported into her country by Gel
tain quarantine regulations. Englan'
will not allow our, cattle to 80 be! on
her docks on account of the disease "
have had among u Cattle. Secretar
James Wilson, in commenting upon. tn
diseases Of cattle. has said: with
stock of the finest cattle in the worlt
with the large:t num- Of animals ths
any country has accumulated, with tn
fabulous amount Of wealth invested j
these animals, an amount unexample
in the history Of the world, that W
should adopt the strongest measures I
insure these animals and this wealt
from any dangers to which they may b
exposed"