1006 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



ries a good bag and is always a good handler. When 

 looking for a suitable mate, at once discard any bull 

 that has not got a good masculine head. I do not be- 

 lieve that an effeminate-looking bull, however good 

 he may be in his quality and carcass, can ever make 

 an impressive sire. Some few of them may get heif- 

 ers, but never in my experience have I known them to 

 get good bulls. A bull should carry himself majes- 

 tically, and 'look a bull all over.' " 



How the Harris Herd Is Handled. — The records of 

 latter-day Hereford breeding in the United States 

 present no instance of outstanding success more not- 

 able than that afforded by Overton Harris and his 

 sons with their Model establishment at Harris, Mo. 

 Asked for a brief resume of the methods employed 

 in the handling of their cattle, Mr. Harris says: 



"Our Hereford breeding herd since its establish- 

 ment twenty years ago has been handled in as prac- 

 tical and economical a manner as we have known 

 how to practice. Our pastures are more or less pro- 

 tected by timber, and many cows in our herd have 

 never seen the inside of a barn or shed. Located 

 in one of the best bluegrass regions of the world, 

 the summer ration of our herd is bluegrass — ^plenty 

 of it and nothing else. 



"During the early winter stalk fields and blue- 

 grass which has not been heavily grazed furnish an 

 abundance o* feed. Later, corn fodder, clover and 

 timothy hay are supplied as required to keep the 

 breeding herd in strong thrifty condition. In the 

 late winter and early spring months cows that are 

 heavy milkers, and we have many such in our herd, 

 are given a little extra feed — anything in the form 

 of com chop or cottonseed. We find that the rugged 

 hardy constitutions of the Herefords do not require 



