Pleasant Grove Review | 1950-01-20 | Page 3 | Brahman Cattle may Vie with Many Domestic Kine

Brahman Cattle May Vie With Many Domestic Kine Cattle imported from India may some day compete with established beef cattle breeds in the markets of the midwest, according to many livestock experts. One Nebraska farmer, a hybrid corn pioneer, believes be-lieves Brahmans will be as popular as domestic breeds in the next few years. Corn belt farmers scattered thinly thin-ly from Nebraska to Ohio are experimenting ex-perimenting with Brahmans and crosses of Brahmans on regular : beef herds. Do Brahman beef calves weigh 80 to 100 pounds more by weaning age and dress out two to four per ' cent higher than the usual run of cattle? Do they make economical feedlot and pasture gains and endure en-dure heat and insects better than other cattle? These are some of the questions to which it is hoped answers an-swers will be found through the studies and experiments being i conducted.