792 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



non of this Montana property has been using Here- 

 ford bulls for the past ten years on the range cows, 

 and considers them the very best available for that 

 purpose. He is of the opinion that the Hereford 

 bulls have made their greatest success on the range 

 when the cow herds had previously been more or 

 less improved by the use of Shorthorn blood, and 

 agrees with the view that "continued use of the 

 Hereford tends to loss of size, particularly in the 

 hindquarters of the animal." To counteract this 

 he intended to change to Shorthorn bulls in the sea- 

 son of 1913 and use them for a few years, then re- 

 turning to the Hereford. He adds: 



"Our main reason for preferring the Herefords 

 is that they are the best rustlers and will make a 

 living and breed well in a poor rough mountain 

 range such as we have here." 



The Bell Ranch. Mr. C. M. O'Donel, manager of 

 the Bell Eanch owned by the Eed Eiver Valley Co., 

 in San Miguel Co., N. M., had his first experience 

 with the Herefords in the Texas Panhandle shortly 

 after Goodnight started at Palo Duro. He is an- 

 other one of those who while admiring the hardiness 

 of the Hereford still has a warm spot in his heart 

 for the Shorthorn. In response to a letter of in- 

 quiry f roni the author, Mr. 'Donel writes : 



<d While I have never bred purebred Herefords I 

 have used and seen them used on range cows exten- 

 sively for the last twenty-five years. For the past 

 nine years I have had from 300 to 500 white-faced 

 bulls at a time on this range. Comparing the Here- 

 ford with the Shorthorn bull for range purposes, its 

 advantages are: (1) undoubtedly superior thrift 



