802 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



states that the average weight of the cattle is about 

 100 pounds more at four years old now than was the 

 case twelve years ago. The company closed out its 

 cow herd last year, but in the light of the experience 

 of the management it is believed that if good Here- 

 ford bulls are bought, and close breeding avoided, 

 the cattle will not deteriorate in size. Mr. Bassett 

 corroborates the testimony of others that Hereford 

 bulls are better rustlers and easier kept. 



"Look for Bone, All You Can Get. " Such is the 

 laconic and eminently sound advice of James Cal- 

 lan of Menard Co., Tex., in the selection of Here- 

 fords for use on the range. In giving us his experi- 

 ence he employs the language quoted in the course 

 of an admonition as follows: 



" Avoid cheap bulls. Disregard showring de- 

 cisions. Look for bone, all you can get, and then it 

 T* 71 '!. be fine enough in the offspring raised under 

 range conditions. " 



The Callan company has a property valued (in- 

 cluding cattle) at around $750,000. The two ranches 

 comprise 60,000 acres of live-oak country, and the 

 remainder is open. The company runs a main herd 

 of 3,000 head and bought its first registered Here- 

 ford bulls in 1895. These were largely of Tom 

 Clark breeding. The Callan she stock at that date 

 carried both Hereford and Shorthorn blood, the lat- 

 ter predominating. White-faced bulls have been 

 used ever since and the Shorthorns have been 

 "cleaned up" entirely, the result being "more uni- 

 formity of type and color and thriftier animals. " 



Mr. Callan reports weights as 20 per cent heavier 



