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| | Bains committed to land conservation, improving purebred Beefmaster herd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Although they had lived "in town" for many years, Lura said that as a child, she was reared on the ranch and was "her dad's shadow," while growing up, and never lost her love for the ranch and animals. |
 | | To assure they would eventually move to the country, the Bains purchased their first Beefmaster cattle in 1984, so they were established as cattle producers by the time they moved to the ranch near Luling, in Caldwell County. |
 | | According to information from Oklahoma State University, the "Beefmaster" breed was originally started on the Texas Lasater Ranch, when in 1908, Ed Laster purchased Brahman bulls to use on his commercial herd of Hereford and Shorthorn cattle. |
| www.countryworldnews.com /Editorial/SCTX/2004/sc0708beefmaster.htm (849 words) |
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