The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-01-15

scrub animal 20 the pure bred was
an important question The stock
man could not market his stock with
out long drives which caused shrink
age and heavy expense. But still the
Piainsmen were persistent and slow
" made progress towards the high
standard Of stock production. Then
the railroads came and the whole
question was solved. Today Lub-
book Is directly connected with the
leading stock markets which makes
il possible again for the stock man
to receive a higher percent OF profit.
In the early days when II took two
yearlings 10 get pair of COW boy
boots, today one yearling will get
these boots and "A substantial handful
Of change is returned, yet the boots
cost more than twice as much as they
did IN the early days.
Soon after the advent of the rail
road several prominent stockmen on
the Plains conceived the idea OF ship
ping in pure bred cattle. These
large herds were shipped 70 the
Plains country and distributed over
this section. One thriving little
city on the Plains. the city Of Here
ford. was named after large herd
of these cattle which were shipped
I in at that time The enormous mum
Der Of cattle on the Plains today are
all practically descendants from those
herds shipped in in an early day
The pedigree Of many Of these ami
mails has been brought down TO date.
hence the stockman who pays 1000
for a breeding animal knows by ira
dition Just what his ancestors meant
/ TO the stock industry on the plains.
There are many large stock farms
on the Plains near Lubbock where
nothing hut Herefords are produced
The Spade Ranch, operating in Lub-
/ book. Hockey. Cochran and Palmer
counties has more than 10000 head
of pure bred animals on Il al this
I time and at that the herd is mater
/ tally small compared to the herds
which are generally raised on this
ranch These are al beef cattle and
are in excellent condition. The
Slaughter Cattle Company. fifty
miles west Of Lubbock have thous
lands Of head Of pure bred Herefords
+ all range beef cattle George Boles
farm. four miles southeast Of Lub-
book. Is heavily stocked with hun
dreds of head Of registered Herefords
and the Mollie D. Alternately and
Sons ranch have several hundred
head of registered Herefords These
are but a few Of the many large
stock farms in this section stocked
with Herefords and are mentioned 20
show that Lubbock Is entirely sur
rounded with this class Of stock and
the entire Plains is' covered with
them.
Instead Of the ranches as m the
days gone by this county has adopt
ed stock farming AS an industry
That Is 10 say the stock raiser makes
a study Of his animals IN breeding
He has MS animals set off and apart
from his farm He raises his feed
and markets il on the hoof through
his stock In other words he virtual
~ makes one hand feed the other
and with the assistance Of the de-
partment Of agriculture has placed
the industry on the same business
basis with which the mercantile es-
Enlistment rs operated.
There are many reasons why a
portion Of the Plains country will
always be stock raising country.
First the high and dry altitude is
conductive to the good health and
development Of the animals Again
plenty Of good pure water is always
available for them II surface water
is not plentiful an inexhaustible sup
ply can be secured within forty feet
Of the surface. There are no disaas-
es common Ia animals and the
Plains country IS free from the tick.
The stock raising industry this
year IS not what il will be a year
from now or two years from now.
The two year period of adversely
which was visited on West Texas has
IN measure been a favorable thing
for the stock raising industry. while
on the other hand it has materially
q decreased the number Of cattle TO be
found IN this country The dry
weather made IL necessary for the
stock men 10 send thousands Of head
Of cattle 10 market and TO ship them
out Of the country because of feeding
conditions In every instance how
ever every stockman kept as many
I head as he could feed and in choosing
these animals he topped his herds.
The result is that the stock which Is
20 be found on the Plains today Is
the highest grades Of animals avail
able Many car loads Of pure bred
animals have been shipped IN this
year with the bountiful supply Of
feed but IL will be next year at least
before the stock raising industry
wsll have gained back the time lost
in its advancement by the dry per
I iod although wide strides have been
made during that time towards the
increasing of the standard Of the
I breeds. The principle marketing
points OF this country are 10 Worth.
recognized as the most extensive
stock market n the great Southwest
and the west and Kansas City which
+ Tor MANY years has been q market
ing center.
Tie dairfng industry. which Is an
/ industry going hand In hand with
stock raising has not been very eN-
|tensively developed in the Plains
country. which 90 the reader not Ia
lmiliar with the progress Of this coun-
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