CHAPTER XXV. 

 THE "ROUND-UP." 



In the limited space now remaining it is im- 

 possible for us to take up in detail the winnings 

 of Hereford bullocks at the International show 

 since its establishment, and the achievements of 

 the western-bred white-faced calves in cornbelt 

 feedlots generally. A volume could be prepared 

 on this one phase of the Hereford trade. Indeed, 

 the value of well bred "white faces" in the 

 baby beef business constitutes their one highest 

 claim to the permanent consideration of the Ameri- 

 can public. They will get fat quickly if from well 

 bred stock, and their record in the pens at the big 

 Chicago show, as well las at the Kansas City, Den- 

 ver, Fort Worth, St. Joseph, So. Omaha, Sioux City 

 and So. St. Paul shows and markets, needs no de- 

 tailed exploitation in this connection. It is a part 

 of the current literature of the cattle business that 

 is at all times accessible to the readers of the live 

 stock press. 



"Tom" Sotham was probably one of the first to 

 exploit in a commercial way the transferring of 

 range-bred Hereford calves direct to cornbelt farms. 

 During the season of 1898 he purchased more than 

 2,000 calves in Texas to fill orders for customers in 



