1068 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



prise in securing valuable material for this purpose 

 is deserving of all praise, and at our request he 

 furnishes the following statement as to his opera- 

 tions : 



"Look back a few years and remember the range 

 cattle shipped from Montana — cattle three to four 

 years old that had never even tasted hay uiitil they 

 were en route to the eastern market. Could you 

 beat them any place on earth, raised under similar 

 conditions? 



"My first effort in connection with the establish- 

 ment of a registered herd was to buy the best 

 foundation stock procurable. I visited most of the 

 dispersion sales for several years, buying only cows 

 that were outstanding, and all as near one type as 

 possible. First I would select from pedigrees, going 

 through the catalogs thoroughly and selecting only 

 cows whose breeding suited me. I then passed on 

 them as individuals. If the cow came up to my 

 standard I invariably bought her in the ring, if not, 

 no matter how cheap she went, I would not buy. 

 It was quality I had to have. Often I would only 

 find one cow that suited me at a sale, other times 

 two or three, and sometimes a carload. I had my 

 standard and the cows I bought must come up to it. 



"My greatest problem was the selection of herd 

 bulls. I was fortunate in my first selection — ^Beau 

 Carlos 248915, one of the greatest of the breed, sire 

 of the grand champion Joy and other winners. Up 

 to this time I have never sold but one of his heifers 

 and I have since tried to re-purchase her. The se- 

 lection of the balance of my herd. bulls caused me 

 considerable trouble. I traveled thousands of miles, 

 inspecting many animals. The right breeding I 

 wanted first, then conformation and type. This com- 

 bination was hard to find, but I finally succeeded, 



