The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-21
TINE ABERDEEN PoLLED ANGUS.
Points of Superiority over Other
Breeds,..Whst They Have Done for
the Beef Cattle Of America.

} the POlled, or Aberdeen Angus cattle
! and believing that the Improvement o
\ the quality of the stock of this sector
> OF the state, to be of prime Importance
, we believe that brief account lof the
, history and development Of this popu
lar breed OF stock vii be appreciated
by our readers.
Less than thirty years ago Ander.
son and Findlay Of Lake Forest. Til.
noiS, made their first importation OF
Aberdeen Angus cattle into this count.
rY. That year the, were exhibited at
the Illinois State Fair, as curiosities,
there being no class for them and no
premiums offered for Angus cattle.
So popular have they become that in
less than thirty wears they have been
ditfuSed through the entire United
States, and are now recognized as the
leading breed of beef cattle in this
S'uIti lo|'libS wv heD III ltdtlp
Iererv inStarc" where they have been
brought int competition with other
Deeds.
ms Of Spring Creek Stock
! tum. Humboldt. Nebraska, a promi-
nent breeder of Angus cattle. says:
81 prefer the Aberdeen Angus cattle
for the following reasons:
First, because they are hornless,
point we'll taken, as breeders of
horned cattle prefer the hornless, else
they would not dehorn at an expense
of from 81 to So, shrinkage considered.
Second. They mature earlier than
most other breeds.
"Third. Very hardy, stand any
climate. hot or cold, wet or dry.
Fourth. Good rustlers; in time of
storm they are the last cattle to seek
shelter and the first out to seek food
when the storm is over.
Fifth. They cross we'll with other
breeds. They improve the beef quail.
tiles of ami breed you may cross them
with. 1t is the Angus grades that top
the markets of the world.
"SiXth. Because they fit the con.
ditiOns Of the beef market of today,
when beef is higher priced than tallOw.
They do not have surplus tallow that
the Short Horns and HerefOrds do, !
and what they do have is more evenly
distributed through the lean meat,
nicely marbled and not put on in
chunks and gObs.
Seventh. The grand champion of
the 1906 International slaughter was
an Angus, and four out of seven of
the, international grand champions
over all other beef breeds, have been
Angus. and of the grand champion
car lots, six out of seven have been
Angus.
Eighth. The highest priced single |
steer sold in Chicago in 1906, was an
Angus, fed by the Nebraska Univers-
ity: price $l5 per hundred and the
highest priced car load were Angus,
fed and sold by Funk Brothers, of
Bloomington, Illinois, at SIT per
hundredweight.
ninth. Because the Angus are the
best cattle on ranch or range. For
the truth of this statement we refer Won
to such prominent ranchmen as A. G.
Boyce, manager of the x. |. 7. ranch
of Texas, one of the largest cattle
ranches in the world. He says he has
branded 5000 Angus calves in one
year. and no breed excells them as
calf getters and range rustlers. Jno.
Kennedy, manager of the Deervill
ranch, of Menard county, Texas, SAYS
they will be fat when other kinds are
in very poor fix. Col. Chas. Good.
night OF Armstrong, Texas, says II
do not think any unprsjudiced cattle.
man will pretend to say that any 9th.
er race of cattle will put on flesh in
proportion to what they eat, like the
Angus"
Stockmen who are interested in this
breed OF stock will be pleased to learn
that MIR. A. r. McBurney, importer
and breeder of thoroughbred Aberdeen
Angus cattle, will offer a number of
as fine specimens of this breed of stock
as Can be found in the South, at your
own price, at his great stock sale to
be held at his ranch on the 9th inst.
Mr.. McBurney has fine herd that las
cost much time and money to build I'D
and will take pleasure 10 showing YOU
what the Angus cattle do in this sec.
ton.
In Case Of Fire.
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