1038 A HISTORT OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



11^ months on feed and about 10 months on full 

 feed. The calves and yearlings have made about 

 the same average gains — ^from 600 to 700 pounds. 

 I feed principally com and cob meal and linseed or 

 cottonseed meal. I have fed and exhibited and won 

 first in class with Hereford calves bred in Wyoming 

 and Colorado. I think the heaviest load of Here- 

 ford yearling steers ever shown at the International 

 were Colorado-breds that I fed in 1907. These 

 steers had a foundation of Shorthorn in their breed- 

 ing and averaged 1,270 pounds. 



"I find the Wyoming- and Colorado-bred calf has 

 more bone and scale than the Texas-bred calf, but 

 the growth and development of the southern calf 

 coming to the higher altitude of the cornbelt is more 

 noticeable than those of the Wyoming or Colorado 

 calf coming to a lower altitude. I am now feeding 

 20 Matador yearlings for the International of 1914. 

 These steers were champion Hereford yearling 

 feeders at last International, their weight then be- 

 ing 818 pounds. They have been on full fed since 

 March 10; they averaged on May 1, 1,180 pounds. 



"The average feeder of course is not interested 

 in the production of show steers, but with the in- 

 creasing demand for lighter cuts of prime beef, the 

 prevailing high prices of all feeding cattle, and the 

 high average cost of all feed products that enter 

 into beef production, the successful feeder of the 

 future must consider early-maturity, economy of 

 gain and value of product, and where these are con- 

 sidered the Hereford calf or yearling, whether 

 range-bred or farm-raised, for the cornbelt feedlot 

 has no superior. 



"With the present-day demand for lighter cuts 

 of prime beef and the increased advance of the ini- 

 tial cost of all our feeding cattle, and a high aver- 



