ANGUS BREEDING A DEMANDING VENTURE IKE JACKSON'S FATHER BROUGHT LAND AND CATTLE TOGETHER 43 YEARS AGO.(LOCAL)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: March 5, 1997 | Copyright information

Byline: JEFFREY S. HAMPTON CORRESPONDENT

WEEKSVILLE -- Ike Jackson's Weeksville farm and the cattle he breeds both go back more than 100 years.

In 1873, the Angushire breed of cattle arrived in the United States from Ireland. They later bred with Texas longhorn and became Black Angus cattle, famous for producing juicy beef, full of flavor.

Six years later Israel P. Davis, Jackson's great-grandfather, bought farmland in Weeksville and for decades rai...

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