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WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



Handled in small bunches and under fences the 

 "blacks'' do well, and the steers are highly prized for 

 their feeding qualities. 



There is a tendency in the Hereford blood, unless 

 often changed, for the cattle to lose size, become narrow- 

 in the hips, drawn up in the flanks, heavy in the necks 

 and shoulders and to develop staggy horns. The most 

 successful of the western cattlemen, after using Here- 



Type of Galloway Bull. 



ford bulls for six or eight years, have put the very 

 roughest big-boned Short-horns they could procure into 

 their herds for a couple of years in order to widen the 

 r.tttle out and check the tendency toward narrowness. 

 When the Hereford bulls are again used the calves 

 resulting from this cross are very superior feeding steers, 

 wide of hips, thin of neck and with well shaped heads 

 and horns. The clear white face of the Hereford is 



