Show RANGE experiments WITH HEREFORDS AND shorthorns SHOR THORNS in a recent issue ot of the breeder a 1 gazette the following article appeared As it la is an account of the only exten she emperia no n wi with thour i our two popular beef breeds of cattle we have harp learned of wo we republish it in the express the writer appears to be perfectly fair and impartial in his hie judgment and the extent of the experiment entitles entities the conclusions reached by the company to careful consideration consi consideration aeration Shor shorthorns thorns and Hero herfordt Herfor fords dj in the sandhills Sand hills kills in iak july 1913 the washtenaw enaw cattle ranching co started an experiment peri ment on KB its cherry co neb ranch to determine whether here fords or shorthorns Shor thorns thorne were better for the sandhill country four hundred bundred hereford cows and tho the same number of shorthorns Shor thorns were used all of these cattle were of about the same quality age and condition at the bi b ginning beginning and were handled and fed similarly for a period of 3 years the registered hereford and shorthorn bulls bulla were as nearly alike as possible the records for the 3 years give rise to deductions as aa follows the Here forda were harder to handle and cost more than the shorthorns Shor thorns thorna the hereford Ile reford calipa and year yearnings yearlings lings did better and sold bold higher than shorthorns Shor thorns of the same age there was practically no difference in the two year olds but the three year old shorthorns Shor Short thorns borne sold higher and did better thin than the of the same age the herefords Here forda fords seemed more easily afflicted with blackleg but other wise the loss losa was about equally divided the herefords Here fords were better rustlers lers than the Shor but had a beagler shrin shrinkage koge in all shipments the climate and locality make considerable sid erable difference and 3 years seems hardly time enough to make any definite decision the company is now making an investigation as aa to whether the breeding of yearling heifers heffers pays under the present con kitiona |