The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-15
OKLAHOMA LAD IS
FINE ST0CkMAN
Curtis Floyd Of Ada Has
Many Old-timers Out
done With Herd.
A BULL IS HIS PRIDE
Banker Gave Now Famous
Youngstcr start Which
Made Him Prominent.

srt-rs 10 TIE Word
ipN Tcb - Curtis lI"Nd.
had Of this place. just boo h'H I-'h
year has already done moro In rae.
ne Registered stock than many m"n
DO ip lifetime Ilc has been raiH
ing caiiIo about three yob... }'i has
csusblinhcd reputation fhai many ~
tho greatest breeders Of tho south
veH envy. NuskpEce blue Ribbon.
an Aberdeen Angus hUll reared by
curtis. y,aH tho boy club champion
Aberdeen Angus hIil ~ tho okla
homa state fair a. oklahoma City
i4ist fall and also at th" state tt'r
fair al Muskogec Ilc gold this bull
tor $500 thereby cleaning up a
Handsome profit aud having the
bulrs mother ~ nest cgR,
During tho summer and winter of
1916 the southern port Of oklahoma
suffered a severe drought lfwod ana
pasture were high. MANY farmers In
this district were compelled 10 re
duco the Rizo Of their herdg and
snne Of them closed out their stock
and uutt Hard times. however, did
not dHmpcu the spirit of this cnttu-
aiaHtlc young breeder. re believed In
stock and believed In his Hbility to
put over any kind Of a project with
his pet breed. Not only did he tattcn
his own surplus stock. but he bought
few additional high grade animals
that were being sold and fnttencd
them with tho rest Tie bought ali
his feed ana mndc u clear profit Of
S32b IN 75 days Moreover ho paid
500 for rent on "a pasture that had
rented for only SIS two years before
~ the time h" was doing this he was
attending high school and getting
ready for college
At the present time he - q stu
dent In the Agricultural aud Me
chanical college ~ saltwater and no
says that his cattle made II possible
for him TO go To college. HIS father
is a school man, being the county
superintendent of schools for this
county, pontotoc. lie is taking tho
animal husbandry oourao and says
he expects TO he the greatest breeder
Of Aberdeen Angus registered stuff
In the southwest
While speaking OF the sale of his
great bull. Curtis said: II would
liked to have kept him I got him
with his mother when he WIS
Young calf He took aiuk and I had
to care for him moro than usual
several people who nw him said he
would die, but just wouldn't have II
that way ! nearly lived with him
while he was sick. and cared for him
day and night; that's why liked him
80 we'll"
"But It may not be 80 bad" he
added. II have sold him to a man
that doesn't live far from my home.
and I can SEQ him once In "A while "
He sold tho bun for $500. while
the spring before he paid only s33O
for him and his mother both. In tell
ing how he got started in the cattle
business, he said.
'in the winter of 1915. while
studying agriculture at tho high
school. first read about Aberdeen
Angus cattle, | wondered why | had
never seen any OF them. They were
continually In my mind and finally
began to hunt for them
'As "A result found some during
that sprlng that had Just been
shipped from Texas into our county
They came up to my expectations
and | wanted some of them. Being
only II years of age, and with no
money, I felt that | had a poor
chance of getting any First | had
to convince my father to let mc tr,
such thing aud second. | had To-
get tho money to pay FOR them. I
tried several schemes OF getting the
money hut was unsuccessful FINALLY
a banker consented 20 help mo. I
owe this banker and my father many
thanks for so successful a. start.
SO in May, 1917, | drove ~ grade
heifens and registered hull tu my
fathers pasture, that only brought
MIN SIS profit the year before. Tho
pastures bringing 10 little was one
reason for his letting mc buv tn,
cattle, ! think. Ny first herd looked
good to me, for they were all my
own. MY bun was the first registered
animal 7 had"