Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897 . Apache Indians. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. 231 and 90 per cent—a sufficient indication of the enormous profits to bemade in the business. During the past few years breeders of stockhave vied with each other in introducing into their herds new and bet-ter blood than was wont to prevail in the early days of stock raising inthe Territory, and now the cattle of Arizona will not suffer by compar-ison with those of any other cattle-raising State or Territory in result is, of course, that tbe beef commands a high
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897 . Apache Indians. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. 231 and 90 per cent—a sufficient indication of the enormous profits to bemade in the business. During the past few years breeders of stockhave vied with each other in introducing into their herds new and bet-ter blood than was wont to prevail in the early days of stock raising inthe Territory, and now the cattle of Arizona will not suffer by compar-ison with those of any other cattle-raising State or Territory in result is, of course, that tbe beef commands a higher price in themarket, and the business of the producer becomes proportionately moreremunerative. The original cattle of the country were of Mexican stock,and the first improved blood used in the herds was of Shorthorn cross-bred animal was not only improved in color, but in form and inability to take on fat and hold it—a desirable quality in a steer whose endis the shambles. The greatest improvement has been brought about bythe importation of the Hereford bulls;
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