780 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



ly "Anxiety-bred. ' ' The result in the herd was most 

 pronounced, and the improvement in quality, feeding 

 capabilities, style and size most marked. 



"From long experience, " says Mr. Tod, "we 

 have found that in a range country the Shorthorns 

 have not the constitution nor the rustling qualities 

 that we get in the Herefords. We had not only a 

 better calf crop with the Herefords, but they stood 

 the winter with less feed in better condition than the 

 Shorthorns, and they are undoubtedly better grazers. 

 Now that baby beef is so much in demand we have 

 found that there is no breed of cattle that equals the 

 Hereford in capability of becoming prime fat as 

 yearlings, but it of course must be clearly under- 

 stood that we feed in a manner in the rough. None 

 of our cattle are stabled, nor have we sheds. The 

 only shelter we have is the timber. These are the 

 conditions we have to contend with, and we have 

 found the Hereford equal to them. ' ' 



While the herd in New Mexico was maintained 

 from 1,000 to 1,200 head were branded annually, and 

 about 3,000 steers, a year were fed in Kansas. The 

 greater number of these were purchased in the Pan- 

 handle and in southern Colorado. The range in New 

 Mexico contained about 60,000 acres of fenced land. 

 No young cattle were sold, everything disposed of 

 being fed off in Kansas, and marketed chiefly in Kan- 

 sas City, with occasional shipments to Chicago and 

 St. Joseph. 



The New Mexico ranch was located in the northern 

 part of the state and the quality of the grama and 



