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first shipment over that line in 1882, consisting of 

 400 four-year-old steers, was made from that point. 

 As the railroad facilities at that time were not very 

 good the cattle were a long time on the road, but 

 with a heavy shrink they weighed 1,585 pounds in 

 Chicago, and brought 'the top price at that time for 

 range cattle $5.85. He shipped 700 three-year-old 

 steers that same year which weighed in Chicago 

 1,365 pounds and which also sold at $5.85. So it is 

 clear that the herd at that time was a good one. 

 Herefords Good Travelers. Mr. Kohrs says: 

 "I prefer the Herefords on the range because 

 they are great rustlers. They are better on their 

 feet than the Shorthorns and as the grass has grown 

 scarcer and water more inaccessible the cattle have 

 to travel farther than formerly, and we find that 

 the Herefords keep in better condition than the 

 Shorthorns and go through the winter better be- 

 cause they will always hunt for grass when there is 

 any to be had." 



A number of years ago Mr. Kohrs bought the 

 purebred Hereford herd of the Childs estate. This 

 was a good lot derived largely from the stock of 

 Adams Earl. The pedigrees were not obtained on 

 account of a dispute between the herdsman and the 

 administrator, so the cattle have been bred as a 

 non-pedigree herd, although registered bulls have 

 been constantly maintained in service.* " Since we 



* Associated for many years in the management of the Pioneer 

 Cattle Co. has been Mr. Kohrs' son-in-law, Hon. John M. Board- 

 man of Helena, the present general manager of the CK ranch. 

 The author feels certain that western cattlemen in general will 

 be particularly interested in the portrait of Mr. Kohrs appearing 

 elsewhere in this volume. It is a recent one, taken with his 

 grandson, who will probably follow in the footsteps of his fathers. 

 Mr. Kohrs recently celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday at 

 Deer Lodge. 



