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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01
Rancher Finds Brahmas
Winter Well In Montana
By RAY ONION, RoOimg Reporter

standard beef breeds. they have twice
as many hairs per square inch. Per
haps they could be accustomed to Mon
tana'S winters. The advantages that
might be obtained by introducing Brah-
ma blood in his herd seemed to make
the gamble of their wintering ability
plausible risk.
When Hawkins was driving up from
Texas with his truck-load of Brahmas.
woman at gas station noticed his
Montana license plates. She thought
he was crazy. taking these cattle up
north. She told him of all the Brahmas
that were lost in Texas during the pre-
vious winter. heavy rain first sat
urated the cattle, then it froze. But
Hawkins said the Herefords and Angus
had almost as bad a time of it as the
Brahmas. None of the Texas cattle
were accustomed to such sudden,
severe jolt from the weatherman.
Hawkins figured that the Brahmas
could be acclimated just like any other
animal.
Winter Well
Last year Hawkins Brahmas made
it through the winter with the casual
indifference of herd of Montana
range Herefords. They we're given no
special attention. On couple of days
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01
Appaloosa Breeders
Form Association

APPALOOSA BREEDERS Of the
state met recently in Bozeman to or
ganize the Montana Appaloosa Horse
Club. The club is affiliated with the Ma
tionaI Appaloosa Association.
Lew Ferguson, Helmsville, was elect
ed president; William Armstrong.
Simns. vice president, and Laura Bog
gio, Clyde Park, secretary-treasurer.
The officers will also serve as directors
along with Dan Morgan, Billings; Ho-
race Raty, Square Butte; G. G. Good
win, Missoula. and Mrs. Lola Parks.
Miles City
Plans are being made to hold a state
Appaloosa horse show this year in Bel
grade.
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01

the temperature got down to 40 below
zero. Several cows had their tails
frozen, but other than that. there were
no i'll effects.
While the Brahma has a higher dress
ing percentage than other cattle, the
carcass yields more brisket and stew
meat and a lower percentage of choice
cuts than the established beef breeds.
The objective of cross-breeding and
developing distinct breeds with Brahma
blood is to produce an animal that
possesses the choice cuts of the beef
breed and maintains the heat resist
ance, economy and rustling ability of
the Brahma.
Three new breeds have been devel-
oped that carry Brahma blood, and
they seem to incorporate the desirable
characteristics of both the beef and
Brahma blood lines: Santa Gertrudis.
Brahma-Shorthorn cross; Brangas,
Brahma-Angus cross, and Beefmaster,
Brahma with both Shorthorn and Here
ford blood. Some cattle breeders nave
found that cross with three-eighths
Brahma produces the most desirable
animal
To obtain hree-eighths cross, as in
the Santa Gertrudis for instance, a
Shorthorn bull is mated with Brahma
COW and a Brahma bull with a Short
horn COW, producing two half-bred
calves. These haIf-breds are then
mated to Shorthorns of different Flood
lines, making a quarter-bred calf The
quarter-bred is mated to the half-bred,
giving an animal of three-eighths Brah-
ma and five-eighths Shorthorn.
Trying Quarter-Bred
This, of course, is an expensive proc
ess and it would take years to build up
a herd of Santa Gertrudis starting from
scratch. Hawkins plans on experiment.
ing with quarter-bred cattle. Here in
Montana where we have a relatively
short pasture season and long winter
feeding, the heat resistance of the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01

Brahma and its superior ability 20
utilize cheap feed is not as important
as it is in the Southwest.
AS every cattleman knows, the adj
vantages gained by cross breeding are
usually lost after the first generation.
After that the cattle begin to lose the
good qualities that were obtained in
the first cross. Breeders who have de-
veloped new types of cattle that carry
Brahma blood hope to maintain the de-
sirable qualities of cross breeding
through bulls and dams that have dem
onstrated the ability to produce calves
that do not have throw-back charac-
teristics.
Shorthorn Cross
Hawkins has experimental with both
Shorthorn and Hereford crosses and
finds that more uniformity is obtained
with the Shorthorn Hereford crosses
are notified, giving scrubby appear
ance to the cattle. Purebred Brahmas
may be various shades of steel gray,
black or red. The lighter shades of steel
gray seem to have the edge in populari-
ty in this country. Not all Brahmas
have long, dropping ears, but it's re-
garded by many Brahma men as de-
sirable characteristic.
Brahmas and Brahna crosses are
a common sight on the dry, parched
ranges Of the Southwest. Their toler-
ance to heat and their ability to range
far from water in search of food makes
them as much at home in Texas and
Arizona as in their native India Wheth-
err or not Brahma crosses can success
fully compete with the established beef
breeds of Montana is questionable to
date. Perhaps the beef industry here
could benefit from the infusion Of Brah-
ma blood, but it seems reasonable to
believe that Brahma crosses would
face some stiff competition from Here
fords, Angus and Shorthorns that have
served Montana cattlemen so well for
so many years.
But in the meantime Joe Hawkins is
having a whale of a time experiment
ing with the sad-eyed, foppy-eared
animals
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01

y.
His cattle had gotten out of the pasture
and would he please come over and
round them up and get them back
where they belonged.
Several days later, when Hawkins
was in town, the word had gotten
around and he took quite a rubbing from
his friends He had read several ar
ticles on Brahma cattle and of the
success that had been had with Brah-
man cross-breeds. He told the boys
that he might buy some Brahmas-
then they'd really have something to
talk about That remark didn't do
much to quiet his tormentors, Just
made matters worse. But Hawkins
eventually got the last word. In 1851
he drove to Texas and came back with
two Brahma bulls and four cows.
Brahma cattle down in Texas have
been popular Their numerous sweat
glands and the pronounced dewlap
gives them cooling system that makes
them quite adaptable to the desert con-
ditions of the Southwest. Why would
Hawkins want to raise Brahmas in
Montana?
SmalI-bOned animals
In the articles he had read on the
subject, Hawkins found out that, in
addition to being tailor-made for hot,
arid climates. the Brahna has some
desirable beef qualities. Being a small
boned animal, the Brahma has a high
er dressing percentage than other
breeds. They lack the thick layer Of
tallow found on other breeds. but the
meat is said to be marbled with fat to
a greater extent. The hump on its
back makes a choice roast.
Reports of feeding trials indicated
that Brahmas we're efficient, fast gain
ing animals. It's not uncommon for
Brahma cross-breds to average two
and sometimes three pounds of gain
per day from birth to eight months
under range conditions without supple
mental feeding.
Their span of life is said to be long
er, and cows have been known to give
birth to calves at an age of % years.
Cows are good mixers, so calves get
off to a better start and are usually
heavier at weaving time. Hawkins was
impressed with the results obtained by
crossing Brahmas with Angus, Short
horns and Herefords, the hybrid vigor
of these new breeds carrying the best
qualities of both blood lines.
Flick Off Flies
Other desirable characteristics of
Brahmas and cross-breds are their re-
sistance to pink eye, eye cancer and
other eye infections. A muscular mem
brane between the hide and flesh of the
animal makes it possible for it to dis
lodge insects as horse does, so flies
and ticks are not as bothersome to
the Brahma.
These articles told of their gentle,
docile nature, the Brahma's shy, in
quisitiveness, how they resist being
driven but are easily led. Just get in
front of them with a horse or pickup
and they'll follow you from the pasture
to the feedlot.
Hawkins read that, while the hair of
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-07-01

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The Sidney herald., 1955-10-06

Remember, to keep your home and job free from
fire: Don't smoke in bed-Dont use fammable clean
ing 1uids-Be careful of oil stoves-Dont let chill
dren play with maches-Dont overload your wiring
system-Dont let junk accumulate in attic and base
ment-Don't use ordinary extension cords on heat.
es and irons-Dont be care
less with cigarettes. Be fire. AM
aware. Don't give fire a place SlN
to start HT~\
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-06
too late now

It's too late now for fire prevention. Rush the kids
out of the house-a quick phone call to the fire
department lucky to be alive!
Face one fact squarely: fire is possible in your
home now. Only constant vigilance will prevent it.
Nine out of ten of all fires are directly traceable to
human error or neglect. Fire prevention is more than
a set of rules. Each person must become fre-aware
SO that he or she can anticipate what things may
cause fire and avoid them.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Project B Set
For New Start

Of1icials have decided to sound
out prospective investors in
Southwest Washington's Area B
redevelopment project before
setting up definite ground rules
for carrying it out.
To this extent, at least, the
District Redevelopment Land
Agency is starting from scratch
on the 76-acre pilot project,
from which Norfolk builder
Ralph e. Bush has withdrawn
because of unsatisfactory
financing.
Mr.. Bush was selected to do
the rebuilding job in 1858. when
the RIA chose his land-pur-
chase prices and building ideas
over a number of other tenta-
tive proposals submitted. No
contract was signed but one was
10 pe negotlaCed.
Talks Invited
In its search for a replace
ment, however, the RIA has in
dicated it won't follow its for
mer pattern of asking for ex-
tensive price-and-plan proposals
Immediately.
Instead, the RIA board yes
terday ordered Director John r.
Searles, jr., to invite, through
advertisement. interested build
ers to come in and talk about
their ideas.
The board members also told
MIR. Searles to invite specifically
others who submitted proposals
In 1853. Mr.. Searles told the
board seven groups already have
expressed interest.
Once the ideas are in, the RIA
will decide whether the 76-acre
project should be handled by
one builder or many, or whether
builders should be asked to sub
nit plans or bid on a plan to be
drawn up and approved.
Legal Hurdles Cleared
The matter of procedures,
however, is the only sense in
which Area B is starting from
scratch. Since 1858, big legal
hurdles have been jumped, more
than 80 per cent of the land has
been acquired and more than
half of it already is cleared.
Mr.. Searles said he expects
these factors to move the project
quickly toward construction and
to bring substantial offers for
purchase of the cleared land.
On other subjects. the RIA
board:
/. Authorized a maximum $2,-
500 fee for a consultant study |
on whether the wholesale pro-
duce area east OF FourCeenCn
street S.W. should be included
for redevelopment, and whether
the market facilities could be re-
located elsewhere.
2. Heard report that new
permanent housing has been
found for 677 of the 1.004 fam
lilies in Area B properties ac-
quired by RIA. Another At
families have been placed in
temporary housing, and AZ have
disappeared" to unknown des-
tinations.
3. Was told that new Justice |
Department eminent domain
actions will be filed soon to give
RIA title to virtually 100 per
cent of the Area B land.
Evening star., 1955-05-04
Eisenhower's Son
Moved to BeIvoir

Mai. John Eisenhower. the
Presidents son, has been ordered
to Fort Belvoir in nearby Vir-
ginia, where he will be an in
structor in the Engineers
School.
Mai. Eisenhower, a 1941 West
Point graduate, whose basic
Army branch is infantry. is now
at the Army Command and
General Staff School at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans. He will
graduate in late July and report
to Fort Belvoir in August.
The new assignment appeared
on a routine Army listing of
officers orders.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
How much will
your heart take?

A noted heart specialist lays down
some simple rules-and tells the
real truth about smoking, drink
ing, eating and exercise. Be sure
to read the A. M. A.-approved
article, How To Guard Your
Heart, next Sundays Good
Health feature. For entertain
ment read "His Wife Called Wolf,
Bennett Cerf's Seeing Stars, and
a closeup of cover girl Gia Scala
otherwise known as Hollywood's
hottest property part of the
good reading the whole family
will enjoy in Americas most pop
ular Sunday magazine, with your
Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
SYLVESTER

Continued From Page Bis
realize this puts us in a position
to give the Social Register a
good fight. AS Gus the Swede
said yesterday: If we can get a
few of them to rebel and come
over to our side, it may lead to
a mass desertion'
Red Buttons, who started out
in a plane for Paris, looked out
the window, saw a propeller
feathered, and then nervously
sweated out an emergency land
ing in Gander, Newfoundland.
where the passengers and crew
stayed overnight in a "hotel."
Writes Red: "It consisted of six
or seven barracks from World
War II. I opened the door and
almost walked through the win
dow. Next time I go to Europe
I'll take a train. The room was
SO bad I didn't even feel like
stealing towels. Now know
why there's no housing shortage
in New foundland."
x Il
With the Catskill Circuit in
full swing. the stories of char
acters in the far foothills keep
drifting to town. One concerns
tDave Levinson, who runs Tam
arack Lodge and is an amiable
gent except about rates at Tama-
rack. Over the week end a couple
stood at the desk and argued
stubbornly that Dave shouldn't
charge more than $40 day for
food and lodging. Finally, Lev
inson offered a deal. He'd give
them room for $40 if they'd
make their own bed. They
agreed. Dave tossed them a
prop hammock, a box Of nails
and told them he'd furnish lum-
ber for the uprights.
1 X X
! Our two boppers are driving
along the highway at a goodly
speed and the one sitting next to
the driver opens the door for a
minute Then he slams the door.
The driver has his eyes glued on
the road.
"Who came in?" he asks over
his shoulder.
Evening star., 1955-07-09
WOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM
Needed: The inclination

IL am. one day recently. Linda
Christian arrived in London to
see her children three hours
later. Linda left the next day
and Ty returned to England two
days after. Incidently. the first
thing Linda did when she ar
rived in London was look at ex-
pensive motor cars with the idea
of buying one.
Judy Garland. slimmed down
for her tour, looks wonderful.
She's on stage for the whole
show starting two minutes after
the curtain rises. Il want it to
be the best I ever did," Judy told
me. Which means it'll be great.
Jack Benny phoned at 8 Mon
day night and said, "Can you
guess what I'm doing?" I could.
because I was doing the same
thing-eating dinner in bed.
We're both bushed from toe
much TV. "But don't you like to
work hard?" ! asked Jack. Eyes,
but not this hard" said he.
II Il + 4
Grace Kelly asked Metro to
forward to her in New York the
riding clothes Helen Rose de-
signed. for her for Green Fire" q"
Grace rides every day in Central
Park. practicing for her next
picture. "The Swan"
Dorothy cambridge Cancelled q
Evening star., 1955-07-09

Eddie Fisher, now motoring to
Hollywood from New York, will
stay here a month. he says.
Debbie Reynolds. however, viii
be working through the end Of
July in THE Tender Trap" So.
lif Eddie really wants to marry
the girl-and the question still
is, does he?-he'n have all Of
three weeks for the ceremony
and honeymoon before report
ing to Atlanta for the start Of
his next seasons teleyision show.
Lili Damita, former wife of
Enrol Flynn, writes from Palm
Beach, Fla, that, contrary to re-
port, Enrol has not paid penny
for the support Of his son, Sean.
for several years." and she would
appreciate my mentioning this.
However, another ex-Mrs.
Flynn, Nora Haymes-or, rather.
her lawyer = assures me that
Enrol is up to date in his pay
ments for their two daughters.
Ethel Norman. taking on the
Toast of the Town" TV show
July II, writes me that she
has no plans for a Broadway
show, although I spend part Of
my life saying No to some very
fine offers" Kay Kendall.
|reportedly the gleam in Rex
Harrison's eye. is sporting a black
eye, but she claims it's the result
of not having moved fast enough
in a fight scene in her latest
movie, Simon and Laura"
4 r 4 4
Gloria Swanson is sporting a
little-boy haircut. Her hair is
trimmed by her son-in-law's
barber in Paris. Douglas
Fairbanks has decided not to
accept Elsa MaAwells invite to
cruise to Greece. He's concen-
! trating on films for British COM
mercial TV, as he hopes to dom
Innate the British television
scene. s. Reports from Pakistan
have Ava Gardner giving her
"best performance" in "Bhowani
Junction.
/ Vic Mature, to be funny"
donned a red flannel nightgown
'Ijust before the arrival of q Wis
itor to his Savoy Hotel room.
To make the joke complete Vic
stood on a window ledge until
the caller had entered the room
and then, garbed in the red
nightie, stepped in from the
window. It might well have been
that the guest would have fallen
out the window. And Robert
Mitchum is surprising even the
French with his breakfast
black coffee and champagne.
Tyrone Power left for Rome at
Evening star., 1955-07-09

Carmody's article
in the. AmuSe-
ment Section Of
The Sunday Star.
In this same Sec
ton: the handy
Pull-Out Program
of TV programs
for the entire
week.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

noek Of supper-club bookings to
accept the chairmanship Of q
big campaign TO construct q new
headquarters building for the
Urban League in New York. She
begins "The King and !" In Oc-
tober, at 20th-Fox.
Orson welles tells this on him.
self. In his bachelor days he was
trying to impress a young New
York girl with his card tricks.
Sitting in Central Park. he asked
her to pick out a card and she
picked the one he wanted her
to-the seven of hearts. Where
do you want to find it" asked
Orson. "In my pocket. in your
pocket or in the sky?" Naturally,
she answered, as supposed to.
I'm the sky" Orson then pointed
to the sky. where she saw a
perfect seven of hearts being
formed. 1T cost me SIS for q
Iskywriter. But the girl was i'm
pressed"
released BY NANA)
Evening star., 1955-07-09
News Of YOUR Section Of
the metropolitan area

Each Sunday, the Editorial Section of The
Star brings you highlights of the week in Vir-
ginia, by Alex Preston; In Maryland, by Gene
Goodwin and Hector Mclean sums up events
of particular interest or residents of the Dis
trict. For a splendid summary of the weeks
news all over the world read Washington's only
Review of the Week, another regular feature
of the Editorial Section.
Evening star., 1955-07-09

Tyrone Power left for Rome at
Evening star., 1955-07-09
Silver Spring
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Dance in Georgetown
Benefits St. Joseph's

When a fellow wants a
friend or needs his socks
inended, it's a, simple matter
at ST.. Joseph's Home for Boys.
The Holy Gross Sisters.
who run the home for young
sters from to IA of all de-
nominations are pastmasters
on things like bedtime stories,
baseball talk and parakeets.
But the home needs other
friends. too, If the boys at st.
Joseph's are going to get equip
ment In their recreation room
and have q place to play on
rainy days and after it gets too
late to climb the apple trees In
the yard.
Neutrality-suspicious. who see
eye to eye with the boys on
this matter are staging an
open house and garden" on
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May IL. The benefit party
will be held at the George
town residence of Mr.. and
Mrs, Gregory Smith, 3o33 N
street NV, from 5 until 8
pm. There will be dancing
in the double drawing room
and refreshments and games
set up in the terraced garden.
As o result Of the event the
sisters hope they can put q
punching bag, q Switchboard
set and some exercise equip
ment In the recreation room
and they add with q smile,
"soundprooflng for the cell
ing"
One Of these days the nuns
hope to be able to do some
thing about q swimming hole
for the boys. They have q pool
at the home but no money to
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install the necessary filter
system.
The fellows already have
their own carpenter shop
where they make things for
themselves like shoe racks or
knick-knack shelves.
Each OF the boys has a daily
job to do, maybe dish 'wiping,
busting or hopping and every
one makes his own bed.
Among those who are work
ing hard to make the benefit
a success are co-chairman Mr..
and Mrs. William Mccormick
and many others like the Spe-
cial Counsel to the President
and Mrs. Bernard M. Stanley,
Swedish Second Secretary
Count Carl @. Gielke, Pana-
manian Counselor Senorita
Anita Ramirez Duque and Dip
lomatic daughters, the Misses
Cynthia and Molly Makins,
Maria Teresa Castro and San
dra Cowen. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-01

NEWEST DINNER PARTY
TOPIC has the Democrats
wreathed In smiles. It seems
that George Z. Allen. friend
Of =. d. n. and II. 8. Truman
and closer friend Of Dwight
. Continued On Page D-l, Col. 3