—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 22. 1974
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of such unpronouncable breeds as Limousin, Maine-
Anjou and Simmental. What next? Water buffalo?
Cattle from Tibet? Purple steers?
Try Texas Longhorn, according to a story in the
June issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Today’s
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Longhorns are descended from Spanish cattle
'brought to these shores by Christopher Columbus
himself on his Second voyage in 1493. The critters
flourished in the often inhospitable lands of the
Southwest. While their Scottish and English brethren
were being reared on lush green pastures and grain,
the Longhorns were learning to survive by browsing
even the sorriest of hardscrabble terrain.
The breed flourished during the early years of this
country’s cattle industry, and it's estimated that
upwards of 10 million Texas Longhorns were driven
up the north trails between 1866 and 1890. From that
high point, the breed shrank until it was facing ex
tinction squarely in the face. An act of Congress in
1927, and a $3OOO appropriation, managed to keep
the breed and • just as importantly - it’s gene pool
alive.
The beef industry is showing new interest in the
Texas Longhorn’s performance. One South Dakota
weight-gain comparison pitted the Longhorns against
other breeds. The two Longhorn bulls tested showed
an average daily gam of 3.3 pounds in the 112-day
test. This compared with 3.3 pounds for the tested
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Red Angus, 3.4 for Beefmaster, 3.8 for Charolais and
so oh.
<. Walter.Scott* a Texas Longhorn .breeder and
past-president of the breed society, claims the breed
is hardy, with excellent resistance to diseases as well
as external and internal parasites. He says they're
easy calvers, and that they could teach other breeds’a
thing or two about foraging.
And they’re not jilst a breed, for southern climes,
either, since one of the foremost breeders is a
Canadian.