One of Cleveland's most famous vetoes was his veto of the Texas Seed Bill in 1887. A long and severe
drought had stricken areas of Texas. With no grass to graze, eighty-five percent of cattle in the western part of
the state died. Those cattle that remained were starving, often motherless calves. Many farmers were also close
to starvation and had eaten their seed corn to survive. Congress authorized a special appropriation to send seeds
to the drought-stricken farmers. The amount ($10,000, or approximately $223,000 in today's dollars) was small
and the need was great, but Cleveland vetoed the bill.