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but inclines to the opinion that western range cat- 

 tle generally are "inclined to grow lighter where 

 Hereford bulls are used exclusively. ' ' 



James A. Lockhart. Another admirer of the 

 Hereford for the west is J. A. Lockhart of Colo- 

 rado, who used the Herefords first in New Mexico 

 from 1888 to 1892 and in Colorado since 1892. He 

 considers the Hereford the best bull to use on the 

 open range in an arid country where drouth and 

 short grass prevail, as in New Mexico and parts of 

 Colorado. Mr. Lockhart 's firm had 15,000 stock 

 cattle at one time in New Mexico. Only Texas and 

 New Mexico native cow herds were maintained, 

 carrying but little Shorthorn blood. 



Mr. Lockhart says that range cattle crossed re- 

 peatedly with Hereford bulls "gradually grow 

 smaller and with less vigorous constitutions, the 

 remedy being to cross with large-boned Shorthorn 

 bulls or other good cattle. " Like most of his brother 

 ranchmen, however, he expresses a decided pref- 

 erence for the Herefords, "because they are better 

 rustlers and stand grief (short grass, scarcity of 

 water and long distance traveling to obtain the 

 same) better than the Shorthorns." 



The C. B. Company. Mr. Julian M. Bassett, man- 

 ager of the C. B. Live Stock Co., operating in 

 Crosby Co., Tex., states that his people began using 

 Hereford bulls about 1900, their first purebreds be- 

 ing obtained from K. B. Armour. The cows at that 

 time were mixed Hereford and Shorthorn, and bulls 

 of both breeds have been used since. Mr. Bassett 



