762 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



months of grief, the Herefords were about the only 

 ones left. This experience of course made a lasting 

 impression on me in favor of the Herefords and my 

 varied experience since has confirmed it. 



' 'During the year 1897 the H. S. Boice Cattle Co. 

 was organized and purchased the Beaty Bros, ranch 

 and cattle in southeastern Colorado and southwest- 

 ern Kansas. We continued -the ranch about ten 

 years, when the settlers came in on us and obliged 

 us to close out our cattle. These cattle were fairly 

 well improved. We eliminated all bulls from the 

 herd except the Herefords and soon raised all the 

 sires required from a fine little herd of select cows 

 in which we kept the best bulls that money would 

 buy. We were very particular in selecting the 

 heavy-boned, big-framed bulls for both the small 

 herd and the large one. When it was known that we 

 intended to use Hereford bulls continuously, without 

 crossing with the Shorthorn occasionally, it was 

 often remarked that our cattle would grow smaller 

 until we would be obliged to cross with the Short- 

 horn. But our experience did not justify the pre- 

 dictions. Our herd grew in numbers until we were 

 branding over 5,000 calves. It became very uniform 

 and attractive in quality and steadily grew heavier 

 in bone, frame and weight and our feeders sold on 

 the range at the top of the market year after year. 

 The fat cows likewise generally topped the market 

 at Kansas City in weight and price. 



"I was connected with the Capital Freehold Land 

 & Investment Co. (XIT outfit) as general manager 

 of their cattle interests in the Panhandle of Texas 

 for seven years, closing out the same in the fall of 

 1912. When I took charge they were branding about 

 20,000 calves, much the larger number of which were 

 from their Hereford herd. These cattle were of 

 good quality and had been graded up from the un- 



