SIXTH ANNUAL TEAR BOOK — PART VIII. 58i> 



When ]\Ir. Stockier speaks of breeding one's own cattle, he 

 knows well enough that the pure breeds have got to be bred and 

 shown by the same man. The managers are compelling us to- 

 do this. I would much rather go to my friend, Mr. Westbrook, 

 and buy a two-year-old colt of him that he raised, and, after I 

 got it, if I found something I didn't understand about it. I could' 

 go back to him and he could tell me about it. The same way 

 with my friend, Mr. Robison. I would rather go to him and 

 pick out a horse or colt that he has bred than have him import 

 one from a long way off. If I were going to get a nice piece of 

 beef, I would go to my friend Stodder ; he is one of the best 

 beef-breeders in this state. 



Parker Parrish : I always turn my cattle out at night from 

 the time we start out. I have been feeding oil-meal, but I think 

 it is doubtful. But I believe our show herd drop their calves 

 just as regularly and as safely as any cows we have. 



O. O. Wolf : Do you wet their coats ? 



Parker Parrish : About three weeks before starting out tO' 

 show we wet their coats. 



O. O. Wolf : It occurred to me that possibly the moist 

 atmosphere had something to do with the growth of hair, because 

 we find all of the cattle in Great Britain have a large growth of 

 hair. 



INDIVIDUALITY IN THE HERD. 



G. W. Bekky, Emporia, Kan., at the Kansas Improved-Stock Breeders'" 

 annual meeting, January 9-11, 1905. 



The character of any pure-bred herd depends precisely upon the quali- 

 ty of each and every animal kept for breeding purposes. 



The head of the herd should be an outstanding individual. He- 

 should resemble the ideal in form and size, be of standard color, and 



