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erywhere throughout the Northern range. In 

 the course of a recent letter to the author Mr. 

 Wibaux says: 



I will simply say this, that the Short-horn is the only bull to 

 use in a free-grazing country. I bought my first one in Kentucky 

 in 1883 and have been using them ever since. Whenever I have 

 branched out with other breeds 1, have been sorry for it, as the 

 increase would then be reduced in size or of bad color. Our oldest 

 herds in Montana, and the best we ever had, were bred from the 

 Short-horn. 



Mr. Wibaux ranks as one of the "cattle 

 kings'' of the West and while his testimony 

 may sound rather radical it serves to demon- 

 strate that notwithstanding the admitted value 

 and popularity of other breeds in connection 

 with Western ranching the Short-horn has a 

 permanent hold in that trade as well as among 

 the farmers, feeders and dairymen of the older 

 States. 



Dairy capacity. From the earliest periods 

 the breed has produced cows of splendid capac- 

 ity at the pail. One of the first of the English 

 breeders to pay special attention to the dairy 

 quality of his herd was Jonas Whitaker, whose 

 cows were celebrated throughout all England 

 for their splendid udders and heavy flow of 

 milk, Bates was always proud of his butter 

 records. Indeed, in the early days there was 

 scarcely a herd of note that did not possess cows 

 of exceptional capacity in this direction. Even 

 at Killerby and Warlaby, where beef was the 

 prime consideration, deep-milking cows were 



