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Show BLOODED CATTLE FOR BEEF. The Pocatello Advance tills of the great difference between pure breds and scrubs f r beef as follows. V S. Sparks, the American Falls cattleman, Wednesday evening brought up from his big ranch, four miles above that place, some of the uneat beef cattle ever killed for the Pocatello market. Theic were six head brought up by Mr. Sparks and John Traisr for the Reus & Co. meat market, two of them rere common range cattle and the other fcur Here puro bred Herefords from Mr. Spsrks's large herd The Ilirefords were cows which wero barren, hence useless except for beef. An Advance if porter had the pleasure of seeing them at the slaughter-house of Kerns & Co , and the four were beauties Thu cattle brought in show the difference between the ordinary breed and the thoroughbred stock Mr 8park states that the six head have been kept on the same pasture nnd have received Identically the same treatment for the past two vears. but the difference In their weight nnd price tint they brought wns rnlhr startling Tho four Hertfords weighed nnpectfully 1110, 1260. 1330 nnd 1375 pounds The two con mon stock were weighed together and nverarcd 1003 pounds each All of them bad been dilven from American Falls nnd had been without food for twentj-four hours Tho big cattle would undoubtedly lose more by this than the common Hock It la not only In weight that the common stock lose over the blooded animals, for the former brought n quarter of a cent less prlco per pound thnn tho latter. The Herefords brought In tho market an aierago of 1C0 each while the common grades brought leas than 10 each. The difference wns nearly 112 per bond They were all grass fed until three weeks ngo they were fed on alfalfa hay, but no grnln lrom this It would seem clear that It Is decidedly more profitable to raise the blooded stock, for as Mr. Sparks stated, they require no more attention or feed than the common gindes and not only sell moro readily but bring better j rlttH both In weight and price, Mr. Sparks has n ranch consisting of 4000 ncres nnd Is making a specialty of the Hereford breed. He has now on his ranch K0 head, all of pure breed and of thu finest strains |