The Monte Vista journal., 1919-01-18

the best bred Shorthorn cattle, In the
U. .. The proprietor recently bought
.. the 0aiiespie dispersion sale. Mus
kogss. Okla. the wonderful nv~-ycar-
old bulls Maxwatens Commander.
sired BY Avondais. and grand Cham
pion bull Of his breed. At the Inter-
national. In the years 1915 and 1917.
Mr.. Lookabaugh states ho paid 9io.-
10000 for the bull and that. before
the sale was over. he refused the
neat bid Of ess.ooo.o0 for the same
animal.
There are several other breeders
OF the registered shorthorn In Blaine
County, mostly smaller mon In tho
businsSs. One Of these. . barber In
Watonga. had bis mind made up to
start . dairy. but about . year ago
he changed his mind and bought
several females for $4,000. To
date he has sold Sioso.oo worth Of
wsaning calves and has one loft.
which 10 easily worth the price he il
asking for II. 3l26.00. You. could
not now talk him into the dairy bus
insss.
Another man. . banker Of the
same town. bought two Of the best
Shortborn cows. with calf to show
bulls Of rsnown. One calf he sold
for $4,000 At weaving time. the
other I believe for 10000. The
calves easily paid for the cows and
this. inside Of one year.
And . farmer told me he had more
than. paid out for his initial invest
msnt Of 32.so0.00 inside Of two
years. and he has several more head
than he started with. What these
men have done. others can do and
are doing.
In . country which has been breed
ing pedigreed live stock for . NUM-
bsr Of ysars you should be able to
ind some mighty good animals: also
you will and some mighty poor ones.
The reason 10 this: A farmer hears
Of the big prices being paid for ped
igrssd animals. He buys some foun-
dation stock at . good figure. II he
II the right kind of . man he will.
through feed and Eeod care and the
insertion of new blood occasionally.
not only maintain the quality Of his
herd but improve It. On the other
hand. he may not be At to handle
stock Of any kind; but he has al
ready made his purchase. After
spending his money he sits back and
expects the papers to do tho rest;
he thinks the pedigrees should take
care of the feed. You can 60 right
down into Blaine County or into al
most any other county and convince
yourself Of this fact. OF course on
the same amount Of feed. whether
little or in sufiicient amounts, the
pure breds will come out ahead OF
the scrub: otherwise. there would be
nothing in the pure-bred business
But the right combination Is feed.
care and pure blood; and this will
spell success. Care and feed COM
bined in the handling of grades is a
hne thing. but in this you are limited
practically to a beef market. II you
are raising pure-breds and have
papers to show It Is such. you have
. much higher priced market in the
form Of breeding stock.
All those who are interested In
pure-bred Shorthorn cattle are en-
titled to receive, free of charge, the
''shorthorn in America. q magazine
published quarterly by the American
Shorthorn Breeders Association. I
have tried to send in the names of
interested persons. but may have
missed q few. II you would like to
have this paper and are not now re-
ceiving 1t, let me know at once.
The National Duroc-Jersey Record
Association have sent me the fol-
lowing letter: "It will doubtless be
Of interest to you to know that from
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