Bounds cattle dwindled to a cow and a bull owned by the Diamonds. They used an extensive breeding program to capture as much of the Bounds genetics they could. The Diamond herd represents some of the only higher percentage Bounds cattle left today.
These were originally cattle run in the De Soto National Forest by brothers Leo and Claude Ladnier. In the early 2000’s the last two full Ladnier cows died, leaving behind less than a dozen 50% calves. Those calves are all that was left to contribute to what...
Thornhill cattle were of a particular family in Marion, Mississippi. Kept into the 1950’s, and numbering upwards of 500, Mr and Mrs. Thornhill referred to these cattle as ‘English cattle’. Eventually this strain got down to just one cow. The...
This strain started out as a mix of several older strains. Jack Bayliss married into the Carter family and from there build up his own herd in Petal, Mississippi. In the early days Jack brought in Thornhill and Carter, but his favorite was Griffen. You could see a lot...
