THE BEEF SUPPLY 



tageously raise beeves "on the side/' so to 

 speak. Ordinary milch cows, though very 

 good, unless so good that milk-stock calves 

 from them are certain to be worth raising, 

 are bred to beef males, the offspring not 

 seldom developing beef carcasses nearly as 

 perfect as if of pure Hereford or Angus 

 blood. 



After the steer Challenger had won the 

 beef sweepstakes at Chicago, certain re- 

 viewers, noting that he was of mixed race, 

 announced his victory as a "slap at pure 

 breds." In fact, it was the reverse; it was 

 a signal proof of the singular value and pre- 

 potency attaching to pure breds. But for his 

 Hereford and Shorthorn blood Challenger 

 would never have been heard of outside his 

 native pasture. We cannot expect that our 

 beef stock will ever be of perfectly pure 

 blood. What we can do, should do, and 

 shall do if we are wise, is to grade up our 

 herds, the higher the better, by employing 

 pure-blooded males, the best that we can 

 buy. 



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