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the leaders in the improvement of Southwest- 

 ern herds, says: 



When I came into the Panhandle of Texas it was an unsettled, 

 wild, being some 250 miles to the nearest settlement toward the 

 East and Southeast. Having no communication with the settled 

 portion of the State for a number of years I cannot advise you as 

 to the date when they commenced to breed Short-horns in these 

 districts, I came to the Panhandle in 1876 from Colorado, bringing 

 with me, among other cattle, about 130 high-grade and some pure- 

 bred Short-horns, or "Durhams," as we were accustomed to call 

 them. I had bought in Kentucky in 1869 114 head of pedigreed 

 Short-horn bulls as calves, and used them to great advantage. 

 Some years later I bought about 300 high-grade and pedigreed 

 Short-horns in Kansas and Missouri, and from this "plant" the 

 Panhandle of Texas was largely " blooded.' 



At a later date these cattle and their descendants were crossed 

 by Herefords, from which cross sprung some of the most noted of 

 existing Panhandle herds. In this altitude and climate the great- 

 est success is attained by this cross, and we will continue to so 

 breed cattle in this part of the country. 



Mr. Murdo Mackenzie, manager for the Mat- 

 ador Land and Cattle Co., one of the largest 

 "outfits" in the Panhandle country, confirms 

 Mr. Goodnight's testimony as to the partiality 

 of Southwestern ranchmen for a dip of Short- 

 horn blood. While other breeds have staunch 

 friends and will undoubtedly continue to be 

 largely used in the Western trade, Mr. Mac- 

 kenzie, in common with most other unpreju- 

 diced men, claims that the blood of the Short- 

 horn will ever remain a prime factor in main- 

 taining the size, of the Southwestern stock. 

 He states that on the occasion of a recent visit 

 to the great X I T range, the largest in the 

 world, the property of the Capitol Syndicate, he 



