1034 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



the middle west, paying $24 to $25 per head at that 

 time at the point of shipment, charging his cus- 

 tomers a commission of $1 a head for the service. 

 He also assisted "Dick" Walsh in an auction sale 

 of 400 JJ calves at Kansas City in November, 1898, 

 at which a $37 average was made. The results of 

 the feeding of these calves in good hands were so 

 satisfactory that a large trade of this sort developed, 

 which still stands as an important feature of the 

 business of cattle feeding in the older states. 



"Dan" Black of Lyndon, 0., by virtue of his vic- 

 tories with Texas-bred calves at the International, 

 contributed largely to the up-building of this trade. 

 John G. Imboden, C. C. Judy and others have also 

 been instrumental in bringing many feeders in direct 

 contact with the southwestern producers. Mr. Im- 

 boden feeds regularly himself, and his intelligence 

 and fairness are so generally recognized, and his ex- 

 perience as a butcher, exhibitor and judge at leading 

 shows of the past twenty-five years has been so ex- 

 tended, that we have asked him to say a word at this 

 point on this general subject. 



Range-bred Calves in the Feedlot. Mr. Imboden 

 says : 



"I have demonstrated the value of the range-bred 

 Hereford calf and yearling for the cornbelt feedlot 

 in a number of instances during the past twelve 

 years. About the year 1900 I purchased in southern 

 Texas at Beeville 50 Hereford steer calves. They 

 reached my place about Dec. 20, when the thermome- 

 ter was about 15 below zero. The change in alti- 

 tude and temperature from southern Texas near the 



