St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-01-06

upon ihc sclliilS pllCc VI StoSh' h'ci
drover will tell you that blood is as i'm.
portant in the beef market as in the dai.
nv. Instances are not wanting in proof
of this point.
About 6 weeks since l took 2 two
year-olds to market, one Durham, the
other native; both raised and led by
the same man and upon the same kind o
food. The Durham was sold as soon as
offered in market for SOP. The native
went through both Cambridge and Bri
Ton market without a purchaser, was KEEP
over one week al cost of 81, and theI
lid for S32 The Durham was larger
and latter, and sold for four cents pei
pound more than the native. Last year
| took 3 two-year-olds to market owned
and fed by one man and Jared alike ono
81 Durham. which sold for s cents pei
,ound, netting over $50; the other two
we're natives, sod for cents per pound,
lt-'in1 $50 each. The owner Zone OF
ne best farmers of WATERBURY, claimed
| that the Durham ate less, was more quiet
aud coniented, and actually cost less than
the natives. Such instances are seen ev-
~ ,:eck in market 10y dealers.
An animal to attain good size and
-Iape should have strong frame, but
nu coarse and rawny. An animal of
the right build and blood will grow much
inrccr, become tatter and sell for "A much
higher price in market than an inferior
une. In my opinion no breed of cattle
now raised in Vermont can equal the
Durhams for beef. Their large size, the
,-t-c with which thew take on flesh, the
fac quality of the beef, confirm me in
he opinion that the same money invest
81 i'll youl stock of that blood VIII bring
Il L.rger profit than any ether breed now
kept in tins country.
My second point, the fitting stock for
marke:, is of equal Importance with the
breed or blood.
L am positive that our farmers as a
whole lose al least one third the profit
icy might make by a more judiciou-
mode of feeding. But few OF our best
farmers seem to unde. stand this part OF
the matter. None intend to send p0O,
peci to market, yet they seldom send cat
tie so well lated as to bring the creates
Profit. Tie very best stock that goes
tIOm this section only sells fDr good beef,
not for JttpCy or erty'd, and oil course only
brings good price. Fancy and extra
hect sells as much higher by the pound
than good, as good sells higher than poor
beef.
Dealers near the market understand
This, and are on hand and buy good we'll
taIted cattle, as our farmers call them,
''''' n 'iiN ulllIl my "iN A'i' VI
fancy beef, making Il much larger profit
Oh thcir feeding than our farmers do.
often "'ttiug three times as much for ev-
90 bn-Iei Il 9ra'n they feed as cur farm
cr- d III getiin4 them up to where they
III 'hcm. Here i the place where The
n.ain !rvti i made, an there i, 10 rea-
-ou why cur FARMERS shon!d not make l..
i.y Il ding two VI three hurdrcd pound,
.r J.. WI t;uted animal, you a ii several
'.'nt~ Per pound 10 ihe who.e weight.
Thousand, ot d liars az tust ' 4rly Lv
-';du- n,i lea! -.ork to market No
:umcr can afford . lei such stock My
...!iJ. To- "Ur il" incr, = 10 rdiS. Durhams
.vr bet and n. or send one to mark ct
until II j. fi!-i-,la>> beel.
WILLIAM ADAMS
Tie subject tor his afternoon, the 9th,
j.. " lia! are thc most profitable crops
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