Show RAM HERESY. An exchange I rlnta the following which Indicates one man at least Is on the wrong road In rattle breeding The Chorthorn Hereford tross Is prox 'ng such a success In producing the grade tjpe of beef steels under range conditions thst a number of Western men are figuring on taking up this line of breeding as n business proposition A well known rangeman rained Ax 8 rugate of Helle Four he South Da koia sold all his whltcfaced hulls not long ago and Intends to cross his Mere ford ro with Bhorthorn bulla In this he hopes to get good milch cow a and large beef cattle It would be Just as reasonable tn cross a Clsdesdale with a JVrcheron and expect a trotting colt Exen though the Shorthorn usel ma be of the mllrhln strain still the preponderance preponder-ance of beef characteristics In both the Hereford and the Shorthorn would completely oxershadow the mllrhlng tendencies In the offspring HUH further there woull he no icrtaln ourse to nirsue after the lint cross since the offspring wou.11 be neither one thlmc nor nnoiher The prnhatillit) Is that Mr rugate will abandon Ills plan xer soon aftei the first sear |