The Cattleman’s Pages of History W
E are in the 103rd year of The Cattleman magazine. We thought we would take a few minutes each month to look back in history to fi nd the interests of cattle
raisers at the time. We have reprinted the text of these news items as they appeared in the issue. Any comments from the editor appear in brackets.
August 191 t 1916
³ The caption for the August 1916 cover is, “Round-Up Days on the Matador Ranch. Photo copyrighted by Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Tex.”
³ In the “What the Cattlemen Are Doing” column that month, we read these 2 excerpts. “Chris Scharbauer of Midland, has sold his one-half interest in the Lone Star herd of Herefords, to Millard Eidson, for a consideration of $100,000.00. John Scharbauer retains his interest in the ranch. The Lone Star Herefords are recognized as one of the best herds in this section of the country. For a number of years they have sup- plied bulls to many ranchmen in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Mr. Eidson will have active charge of the ranch.
“Mr. Chris Scharbauer retains his interest in the Scharbauer Cattle Company, also
The Cattleman August 1916
the fi rm of Scharbauer and Norwood.” ³ Also in that column, “The three days of the short course under the direction of the A. & M. College of Texas, at Luling, July 24, 25 and 26, was well attended
and most interesting and successful. Prominent features of the program were talks on the underground silo, judging hogs, raising chickens, tick fever and jelly making demonstrations.”
August 1966 ³ In August 1966, Audie Rackley provided the cover of the magazine. “Outstanding cattle on good grass is always a pleasant sight for cattlemen to behold. These Herefords are shown on the Max and Shirley Watts’ Tic Tac Toe Ranch, Frost, Texas.”
³ In the article “Conservation Ranching, A Special Way of Life,” author Joe B. Norris begins with, “’Two of my main objectives are to never grow another mes- quite bean, and to never use over 50 percent of the forage produced annually.’ These goals have been set by Rob Brown who ranches in Throckmorton county in North Central Texas. Brown, a District Supervisor for the Miller-Brazos Soil and Water Conservation District, also states he intends for his grass to lengthen
the effectiveness of his brush control by competing with mesquite seedlings.” ³ In an article on the SMS Ranch Reunion, we read, “W.G. Swenson, long-time director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association was honored at a noon barbecue, June 30th at the Texas Cowboy Reunion Grounds in Stam- ford. The affair marked Swenson’s 50th anniversary with Swenson Land and Cattle Co., Inc., and the SMS Ranches.”
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