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cattle will follow the cows to the top of high moun- 

 tains, while Shorthorn bulls will remain near the 

 water where feed is usually poor and of course give 

 less service than the Herefords that go out in the 

 mountains with the cattle. I would not think of 

 changing the Herefords for any other breed of cat- 

 tle. So much for the Hereford as a range animal. 



"My observation of this breed of cattle is that 

 you can make them into good beef at any age from 

 six months to a four-year-old. There is no animal 

 superior to the Hereford for making baby beef; in 

 fact, as I said before, it is possible to put him in 

 prime condition at any age up to the time he is fully 

 grown, and this is a strong point in favor of the 

 Hereford, because an animal out of which one can 

 create baby beef at from a year to eighteen months 

 old is the popular type. The farmer can make 

 choice baby beef of a Hereford at from twelve to 

 eighteen months, thereby saving from one to two 

 years ' time, whereas the more you feed a Shorthorn 

 the more he grows, and does not seem to take on fat 

 in proportion to the Hereford of the same age. I 

 can, however, cite instances where one cross of a 

 Shorthorn on a Hereford herd has increased their 

 size for range purposes and probably did not de- 

 crease their vitality. " 



George H. Webster, Jr. The Uracca Banch, near 

 Cimarron, N. M., is a property of some 80,000 acres 

 of semi-mountainous land divided into summer 

 ranges with an average altitude of 7,000 to 9,000 

 feet and winter ranges averaging 6,000 feet above 

 sea level. It is mostly in blue grama grass. Steers 

 only are run on this ranch at the present time. 



Mr. Webster prefers the Herefords because of 

 their superior constitutions and rustling power, 



