The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-09-07
Feed and Fatten Good Stock.

| Pork is down! down -four cents
pound. live weight, and owners ar,
also down-in the mouth. Yet the,
have no reason to complain. Woo
was down last year, and the under Ii,
of wool inen lost elasticity-in fact
collapsed. This season they are again
happy-those who did not render thci1
mutton into suct for soap grease. Nc
commodity can always remain at the
top of the market. Prices must rise and
fall, fuctuate with the demand, or scare.
ity of any commodity.
Pork at four cents still represents a
price equal to forty cents a bushel for
corn. To those who both breed an d
fatten an improved breed of swine, 40
cents for corn is probably better than
can be obtained except at distributing
points. 1t is buying stock at. large
prices to feed that ruins SO many. We
have heretofore shown that the feeder
might realize profit by breeding as well,
and it is not necessary to go over the
ground again. There is no better time
to breed animals than when they can
be bought low. They may be ready
for sale just when they are on the top
| of the market.
The breeding of cattle, especially,
has been allowed to languish OF late
years, and the introduction of Texas
cattle and devastating Spanisl, fever
have followed. Are VIC keeping up our
stock of cattle? Most assurcdlv not.
The stock market steadily shows de-
crease in the quality of beef CATTLE
Our market reports too often read as
follows: "First quality of steers, that
is, well bred animals averaging 400,
merely nominal, would bring 8 to 81
cents, but none or only few are offer
ing
Farmers have been depicting their
stocks by selling the best animals to
feeders, because the large prices which
the war and subsequent scarcity induc-
ed were a bait that they could not re
fuse. After the exhaustion Of the for
mcr great cattle breeding districts,
buyers ranSackel Western states for
"pony' cattle, and now they are failing.
We have heretofore shown how a far
mcr, by selecting the best roomy native
cows, and breeding to good, meaty,
thoroughbred bulls, might work into
Il class of stock that, for all practical
purposes, would be AS good as the best,
and better for beef and milk than the
''tcrribly Aigh bred cattle.'
Many farmers suppose that breeding
fine cattle is Il fine art. SO ii is, and
requires only COON common sense and
such Judgment as any farmer Of COM
mon sense ought 20 possess. One must
of course study the, capabilities of the
animals in question, seek to remedy
defects, If any, 10y mating with animals
particularly good in those respects in
which the otiIrrs are deficient, discard
ing, however, such rs ,aN,. glaring de-
fertS. Any flruer who viii give this
attention may soon educate himself
thereto. but the trouble is. that many
expect these better bred animals to be
better able to shirh for themselves,
than the "woudS'' cattle; but the finer
the animal or plant, rs a rule, the less
it will bear abuse or starvation, and the
better it will repay care and culture
The cattle OF the plains Of Texas and
the stcppes of South America, where
feed is abundant, are nevertheless,
bonv. and not inclined to good beef
points, although II" climate is mild and
food abundant. They are half wild and
need care and brccliur Bat care and
breeding would untit jh,,nl fur taking
care OF themselves.
We cannot let our stock ram wild,
and therefore il is the provinces of the
good tanner to use cvrry means in his
power to improve his stock 50 that it
may repay him for his "Ntr; care and
trouble.
The three principal points 20 be met
are care i'll selection, good shelter and
plenty of high feeding. |, il. the basis
of former success, and NAV not be de-
parted from without Scrinus loss
There is money i'll the breeding of good
stock for infinite wears to come. Good
beef, mutton, poultry, and pork will
never 90 out OF fashion. We are re-
quiring more and more every year, and
the further the farm lies from the mar
ket, the greater the necessity that the
owner make his money from fattened
stock. Selling grain impoverishes a
country: attcning stock makes it rich.
cr.-J Peyi"h,, IN Ht L,ty.ior.