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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. 
LOCATION 
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, than 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 
