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shook his head, knowing the disaster that would fol- 

 low in turning out purebred cattle to rustle for them- 

 selves. But since then he has often stated that it was 

 too bad that all our cattle were not purebred Here- 

 fords. 



"We are now able to turn into our main herd 150 

 choice bulls a year from our purebred herd. The 

 three herds to which I have referred, in Colorado, 

 Texas and Arizona, reached the highest standard in 

 quality for range cattle in the several localities by 

 the same method careful elimination and selection. 

 In following this method the very best bulls, regard- 

 less of price, should be obtained for the purebred 

 herds. Everything undesirable in quality should be 

 culled out every year and the young bulls turned 

 into the main herd should be most liberally culled, 

 leaving only the big-boned, big-framed, loose-hided, 

 rangy fellows even though some of them may seem a 

 little coarse. The main or large herd should also be 

 constantly culled. By the way, I think most of the 

 breeders of our finest herds of purebred cattle are 

 not as particular as they should be in culling out 

 from their herds the poorer quality and undesirable 

 animals. 7 ' 



