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tablished prices for all forms of commercial cattle and one 

 man can get as much for his stock as another, but pure- 

 bred cattle is another proposition and salesmanship on the 

 part of the owner enters very largely into the success of 

 the operation. A successful breeder of pure-bred cattle 

 must also be a man who reads and travels to some ex- 

 tent in order to keep himself well informed on pedigrees 

 and on the work of other breeders. A successful breeder 

 should also have working knowledge of the handling of 

 commercial cattle and should above all know the kind 

 of cattle which the trade demands. 



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On account of the value of the stock and the necessity 

 of keeping an exact record of each individual animal, it 

 is not practical to run pure-bred beef cattle on the open 

 range, although they may be run in well-fenced bunch- 

 grass pasture. Generally speaking, a ranch for the raising 

 of pure-bred cattle must afford much better feed than one 

 suitable for commercial beef. Breeders of pure-bred cattle 

 are of two kinds. The first is the constructive breeder 

 who aims to obtain the very best stock which the breed 

 affords and from this build up a herd which is even better, 

 if possible, tthan anything which has existed in the breed 

 heretofore. The surplus from such a herd will not be 

 sold to the beef-producer but rather to other breeders of 

 pure-bred cattle. The other is the man who does not 

 attempt to breed the very finest but rather to breed on a 

 larger scale and to furnish good bulls to the beef -producers 

 at prices which the latter can afford to pay. We find 

 the bulls produced by these two men similarly grouped. 

 The bulls suitable to head a herd of good pure-bred cows 



