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regaining some of the ground it was forced to yield 

 during the days of the overcrowding of the ranges 

 and the appalling losses following severe winters. 

 A good Shorthorn cross undoubtedly tends to re- 

 store bone, scale and stretch to herds that have lost 

 in weight, but it is a somewhat costly remedy and 

 many owners of big herds of "white faces" hesi- 

 tate about incurring the expense and taking the 

 chance of disturbing an established course. These 

 men are finding that by the exercise of care and 

 judgment, more particularly in the matter of bone 

 and scale, they can maintain a high standard of 

 merit through the use of good Hereford bulls of the 

 right stamp without admixture of other blood. 



The Open Range Gone. — The open range is now 

 virtually a thing of the past. The fencing of the 

 land and the water has put the big outfits out of 

 business save in cases where they absolutely con- 

 trol large and well watered tracts by purchase or 

 lease. The dry-farmers and the home-seekers have 

 ushered in another era in the evolution of the west, 

 and other types of cattle will now undoubtedly be- 

 come more numerous in that region than they have 

 been in its recent past. At the same time there can 

 be little danger of the Hereford ever losing popu- 

 larity in any land where the conversion of grass into 

 beef is an important business. 



