1036 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



gulf to Illinois did not unfavorably affect them. 

 They made a satisfactory growth and gains from 

 the beginning, and at the International the next 

 year 15 head were first ia class from the southern 

 district. I have fed other Hereford calves from 

 southern Texas, and they invariably did well. 



"In 1906 I exhibited at the International 15 

 Hereford yearling steers averaging 1,174 pounds 

 at $8.90 per cwt. They were first in their class 

 from the southern district, and champion Hereford 

 yearlings of the show. These steers were bred by 

 Boog-Seott Bros. They were the top out of 50 

 calves that averaged 375 pounds Dec. 15, 1905. 



"In November, 1904, '05, '06 and '07, 1 sold at my 

 place several thousand southern calves and year- 

 lings. They came covered with the Texas fever 

 ticks, were put in the barn with native cattle, and 

 when sold were shipped as far east as New York, 

 and south to Virginia. I never heard of a case of 

 Texas fever that developed from exposure to these 

 tick-infested calves and yearlings that left Texas 

 for the north after Nov. 1. They invariably fed 

 well. 



"For a number of years I fed Hereford calves 

 and yearlings from the noted '6666' herd, bred and 

 owned by Mr. S. B. Burnett. These yearling and 

 two-year-old steers have been exhibited at the Chi- 

 cago International, and have made quite a record. 

 A number of times the two-year-olds were the 

 champion Herefords of the show, and at the Inter- 

 national of 1913 the '6666' Hereford yearlings that 

 I fed were the champion Hereford yearlings of the 

 show. They averaged 1,100 pounds and sold at 

 $10.45. 



"All the Herefords I have sold I have handled in 

 very much the same way; I have had them about 



