The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-05-28
SHORTHORN CATTLE AND THE
FARMER,

SHORTHORN CATTLE AND THE
FARMER.
(By Senator Henry Lowe of Roosevelt
County,
You may ask the reason for the
preference for Shorthorn cattle to 9TH
breeds. There are many reasons why
they should be preferred by the farm
err.
First of all, the Shorthorn comes
from milking ancestry. A cow that
does not give milk enough to raise a
good calf, or pay her way in the dairy
barn is not a desirable investment for
anyone.
In the year 1900, Thomas Bates of
Northumberland, England, who was
n of the o~riginators of the breed,
laid his foundation for a herd of cat
tie and in his initial purchase was a
COW named "Young Duchess" Short
horn history tells US that at a little
over three years of age, she weighed
within six pounds of 100 stone which
is equivalent to 1896 pounds. She
produced OF grass alone ID quarts of
milk twice a day. Each quart was
set up and churned separately, yield
ing one and one-half ounces of butter
or AZ ounces of butter each day.
The Bates cattle were very popu-
lar in their day and were eagerly ac-
cepted by constructive breeders on
both sides of the Atlantic as the ideal
cattle for both beef and milk.
Along about 1880 came Amos
Cruickshank, the most constructive
breeder in the annals of u cattle
history. He was born in the county
of Aberdeen, Scotland, and through
out the greater part of his life was
engaged in the thick of the fight for
leadership in the work of evolving a
type of cattle suited to the exacting
requirements of his native heath. He
had for competition a class of farm
ers probably unmatched any place in
the world in respect to the intelli-
gence and skill with which they man
age their lands and livestock.
Amos ~Cruickshank selected as his
breed of cattle the Shorthorns. To him,
beauty and color were but skin deep
and in themselves paid no rent. The
only qualification he would recognize
was the ability of the beast to turn
| straw, turnips and cake into pounds,
shillings and pence at profit.
Amos ~Cruickshank died May 9th,
1895, after having devoted his entire
useful life and means to the produc-
ton Of the greatest herd of cattle the
world has aver seen. In commenting
on his death, T. F. Jameson, in the
London Livestock Journal, said,
"There was only one Amos Cruick-
shank, and he is gone"
Thus, Bates and Cruickshank have
given to the American breeder and
farmer, a breed of cattle that stand
unexcelled. In u show rings at the
leading fairs and stock exhibits, they
are the most popular breed with the
visitors and in the feed lot they have
no equals. They have the ability to
respond to the feed and they have
the handling quality that is so much to
be desired by the experienced and pro-
gressive feeder of today. Their quiet
ness in both barn and pasture is an
other strong argument in their favor.
The great cry of the world today is
for more production Of foodstuffs. Our
cattle industry is a large and import
ant factor in that product. It is an
equally large and important factor in
the development of thousands of farms
in this northwest country of ours. Ev-
cry day we see and hear of u young
men leaving the farms for other oc-
equations in our congested industrial
centers. We need and must have the
| young men on our farms and u
young men need our farms. Many of
l JUL SlCdt oCotCoIiSi "ho Il SoNNy
guiding our ship of state through the
stormy seas of politics and intrigue
are products of the farm. There is
| not a cleaner nor a more honorable
| profession than that Of a farmer. l
| am sure that it is worth the most
serious consideration of any farmer
wherever he may be to give more
thought to the best methods of keeping
| his boy contented on the farm.
We know that the contentment of
the average farm boy is affected con-
siderably by surroundings and envir-
| onment. Good livestock will instill in
| your boy a pride in his work and an
ambition to perform. To be sure that
| you do not make a mistake in the
kind of livestock you provide, my ad-
vice is to buy him a good registered
Shorthorn.