CHAPTER XI 



BRAHMIN CATTLE; CULLING A RANGE HERD 



WE have never used any Brahmin blood, but It 

 has a wide use in Texas as far north as the 

 Texas & Pacific Railroad. I do not know of any 

 Brahmin cattle in the Panhandle or in central-west 

 Texas, except steers, brought from south Texas for 

 development. Here it may be interesting to record 

 that a few years ago a large northwestern steer 

 buyer gave instructions to eliminate anything show- 

 ing the Brahmin cross, but before he did so some 

 had gone through. Several years later, when these 

 few had matured, and gone grass-fat to market, he 

 changed his instructions, taking everything with the 

 Brahmin cross on a par with the general offering, 

 because he saw that the samples had made fine 

 weights, and were extra fat, nor were they discrimi- 

 nated against in the market. 



The history of the Brahmins may be briefly given 

 as that of the humped "sacred" cattle of India, im- 

 ported by the late "Shanghai" Pierce. The develop- 

 ment of their use was made under the direction of 

 A. P. Borden on the Pierce estate, near Corpus 

 Christ! in Texas. Very few purebreds were brought 

 over. The process of amalgamation has been mainly 



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