A RANCHMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS 



Anxiety 4th was eagerly sought. I recall that once, 

 in talking with John Steward, I said: "John, what is 

 the best line of blood to breed Anxiety on?" He 

 replied, 'Anything." He was right. I recall that 

 in the first Armour sale he bought the bull Tempter 

 with two sires and one dam strong in Anxiety and 

 a The Grove 3d outcross. He used this bull for one 

 season, and sold him at a then big price, but when 

 the calves began to come he went back and rebought 

 him. Steward was to my notion the best breeder of 

 his time, and a wizard at "nicking." I am sure that 

 his early death only prevented him from becoming 

 America's greatest breeder. 



I began to tell of the accident which drifted me 

 into the cattle industry, but it is hazardous to drift 

 a little without drifting a lot. The ten years of my 

 association with registered Herefords are so full of 

 reminiscences of men and cattle that I cannot hope 

 to hold the patience of my readers longer than it 

 takes to do some skimming. 



Mr. Sanders' Hereford history is an orderly chron- 

 icle, and those who do not have it in their library 

 should waste no time getting copies. I shall offer 

 a few sidelights in which I had the personal touch, 

 and for that reason shall not refer to many of the 

 most noted factors in the evolution of the American 

 cattle industry. 



When Kirk Armour took on Herefords they were 

 sent to the Excelsior Springs, Mo., farm, now owned 



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