CHAPTER VIII 
PURE-BRED CATTLE 
In previous chapters we have dealt exclusively with 
the production of commercial beef which, owing to the 
searcity and high price of pure-bred beef cows, is almost 
entirely produced from grade females, although the use 
of pure-bred bulls is general and should be universal. 
The man with pure-bred cows does not as a rule try to 
raise steers for beef but rather good bulls for the range 
trade. A few of the poorer bulls will be castrated and 
sold for beef. The discarded cows will also be slaughtered, 
while the surplus heifers will go to the founding of new 
herds of pure-bred cattle. The breeding of pure-bred 
cattle and the production of beef are, therefore, two 
separate and distinct lines of business yet closely linked 
together by two facts; the beef producer must look to 
the breeder for his bulls, and the breeder must look to the 
beef producer for a market for these bulls. 
THE MAN 
The breeding and handling of pure-bred beef cattle 
require a somewhat different type of man from the han- 
dling of commercial stock. He must first of all be a very 
keen judge of animals and he must be a good feeder and 
a good salesman. The latter point cannot be emphasized 
too strongly. There is an established market and es- 
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