The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-09-17
Hand Hereford Herd
Will Be Dispersed
In Sale October y
Outstanding Herd
Will Be Offered
AT West Soon

The dispersal sale of the herd
Of registered Polled Herefords
owned by L. ]. Hand and L. ].
Hand, Jr., West, Thursday Oc-
tober 30, will be Of special signi-
ficance to the beef cattle indus
try in Mississippi and the Mid
South because this sale will give
cattlemen an opportunity to buy
some Of the breeds best and
most popularity bred cattle.
The Hand herd was started
around 10 years ago with foun-
dalton stock obtained out of
some Of the most prominent Pol
led herds of the country and fea-
turing the bloodlines Of Trumode
Domino and Plato Aster, families
Of breeding that have been and
still are important factors in Pol
led Hereford Improvement and
progress. The herd today still
features these bloodlines to which
the blood Of Victor Domino was
recently added. Therefore, the
famous sires, Plato Domino 36tr
and Victor Domino 126th. were
the fountainheads from which
the bloodlines of this herd came.
Through the years. the Hand
herd has been managed and
handled along practical lines, the
cattle being given the right kind
OF care for maximum production
Only few instances have any of
the young cattle been conditioned
for the show ring and shown and
then not until years ago when
the junior partner showed some
calves most successfully, winning
hieh honors in some Of the states
leading shows.
This herd has always had a
strong demand for the surplus
animals offered for sale by its
owners who have realized SUBJ
stantial profits out Of their cat
tie every year they have been in
the business. The herd is being
sold now only because the own
e. are fared with situation that
s~or-r ~ maize Il advisable for
~ ~, ~ ID co. larry. thn iunic~
partner, is only Is years old and
has number Of years more of
school work ahead of him.
Larry Hard. Jr.. is a dved-in-
the-wool cattleman and an out
standing All Club member. and
dearly loves the business but he
and his father realize that he will
not be afforded the time to loot
after the herd as it should b.
while he is in school The SEN
ior partner has too manv other
duties to give the herd his atter
ton and employing a competent
manager is out of the question In
the first place. such men are hard
IN find and besides the wav the
herd is set up to be handled. the
owners would not be justified in
EMPLOYING an expensive manager
Average farm help. unskilled in
handling registered cattle, can
not be counted on to do the Job
RIGHT, as all good cattlemen know
Those are the reasons for selling
the herd now. but lust as soon as
larry has finished school he and
his father plan to get back in the
business again.
The sale will offer a total OF
81 sale lots. not counting around
IS baby calves that will sell al
the side of their mothers. There
are three proven herd sires and
five yearling bulls in the sale
The females include around 50
head of cows either with calves al
side Or bred, due to calve next
spring, some of the COWS with
calves at side have been rebred tc
the herd sires selling. Also 6
number of bred and open heifers
So in view of the good quality
of this herd, its dispersal win be
loss to the industry in one
sense: still it will afford othe,
breeders an opportunity to &C.
ouire breeding animals for en-
larging and improving their herds
The sale will be in West Thurs.
dav. October 90. STARTING at 1870
p,m. Lunch will be available al
1900 am. Colonel Hamilton
James. one Of the nations leadire
auctioneers will be in charge O
the auctioneerins of the sale. anc
F, w. Farlev. of the Polled Here.
ford World Magazine. is sale
ranager. Representatives O.
other LEADING livestock nublica
tons will be present and assis'
| with tho selling