. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 20, 1915] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE FARM lack â¢>'â to»« Sot. », [ttllOO! not in* i Sllrf I SI* it Iotas glint W j iHiH eesp HEREFORDS THE UTILITY BREED An example of. the prepotency of the Hereford, and not an exceptional one by any means, is related by W. E. Campbell, one of the pioneer cattlemen of Kansas. He says: "One of mv first Hereford purchases was the bull Prince Royal 1794. I used him on a herd of grade cows, and six little $12 southern Texas cows whose colors represented every hue of the rainbow. None of these Texac
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, November 20, 1915] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE FARM lack â¢>'â to»« Sot. », [ttllOO! not in* i Sllrf I SI* it Iotas glint W j iHiH eesp HEREFORDS THE UTILITY BREED An example of. the prepotency of the Hereford, and not an exceptional one by any means, is related by W. E. Campbell, one of the pioneer cattlemen of Kansas. He says: "One of mv first Hereford purchases was the bull Prince Royal 1794. I used him on a herd of grade cows, and six little $12 southern Texas cows whose colors represented every hue of the rainbow. None of these Texac cows exceeded 700 pounds in weight. The following spring I had a magnificent â¢roup of whitefaced calves, to which the six little Texans contributed five steers and one heifer. From these I selected the heifer and three steers to feed for exhibition. Unfortunately an accident caused the death of the best steer. "These half breeds were quite suc- cessfully shown as yearlings in com- pany with my pure bred Herefords at the leading western fairs and after- wards at the Chicago fat stock show, where they attracted much attention and were greatly admired. Although there were no classes for such an ex- hibit they were highly complimented by the judges and managers of that °reat show. The heifer was christened Texas Jane, and the steers Texas Bill and Texas Jack in honor of their ma- ternal ancestry. Texas Jane tipped the beam at 1260 pounds in her year- ling form and was sold to A. A. Crane & Son for $150. These gentlemen kept this heifer on exhibition at the Kansas City stock yards for three years and she did much in calling the attention of ranchmen to the Herefords as su- perior range animals. Texas Bill weighed 1682 pounds in his two year old form and was sold on a special order at 8c per pound to be served on the banquet table at the ice car- nival of the twin citiesâMinneapolis and St. Paul. "Texas Jack weighed 1920 pounds a" a three vear old,
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