The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-05-17
IihOrotigni- IsrfSI Cattle IS. Com
mon Cattle PRO rs Hints TO-
Cattle Raisers.

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mon Cattle Pro ils- Hints -
Cafife RaiseFs.
70 ne Editor Of HS Register
he"NatioDai Live Stock dourphl
for April has in It the following com,
parison of common cattle, grades and
thoropgh-breds, and the profits Of
handling each Of the classes. The
writer estimates =
Common cattle, 81 years old ay
l4OO lbs. at q cts. ............~,.. ) US w
Grades, hail blood cattle, 8 Years
av.lG00 lbs. at 81, cts...."....., 81 90
Thoroughbred cattle, 3 years old,
nv. $500 lbs. at Gcts.".......".. Jos W
Hence with same treatment the
difference in price of
Grades, over common cattle would
Us be..,..... 3 y W
ThorOugh-breds over common cat
tile ....... 40 GO
This estimate is based on good
handling of each class, but the wri-
ter states that. with ordinary treat
ment, the common cattle of Iowa,
when from 8 to5 years old, bring an
average of only $40 per head. Iowa
with over 100000 of cattle in 1875,
disposes Of abolt 100000 per annum,
BY applying the average difference.
as above, the writer makes the fol.
lowing estimate for the gain to the
farmers of that State, by the substi-
tuition of the improved for the com.
mon breeds of cattle, and of good, in
stead of bad handling, which, if cor
rect, will hold good in other States
us well as Iowa.
100000 common cattle,common
handling, $40 per head."", SlG,0O0,OOO
handling SG3 per head, 100000
100000 grades, half bloods, good
handling, SSl per hcad,.... 100000
4UOUUU thOrOuEn-DreuS, GOOD
handling, Sos per head, 4S,200,000
Profit OF good over bad hand
ling common cattle.,..,.. SS,SOO,OO0
Profits OF grades over common
cattle, good handling, each
class ........ Observation-Disclosures. S,I0OOOO
Profits OF thorough-breds over
common Cattle good hand
ling each class, .,.,,...,,.,.,.. 100000
Profits OF thorough-breds with
good handling, over COM
mon cattle us commonly
handled."...... ........ ......". 27,20O,OOO
If common cattle as commonly
handled, pay expenses, the differ
encc would be, the writer thinks,
mostly nett profit, and to the farm
ers of the State of Iowawould amount
to the immense sum of over t,rcnty
millions Of dollars annually! His es-
Inmates may be overdawn, and both
the prices and average weights, seem
rather high according to our West
Virginia scale, but they are undoubt-
edly based on truth, and for the sake
of illustration let us apply his cali
culations to our county According
to the opinions of different cattle
men, Mason county sells annually
from 1000 to 1000 head of cattle,
and from ycarlings upwards. Assn
ming a medium of 1900 head, one
fifth of them, or 600 head would
come in the class of our Iowa writer,
with these results,
600 head common cattle, COM
mon handling, ut S40.,.,..... 81, GOO 90
600 common cattle, with good
handling, at S63............. $500 90
GOO grades, half bloods, good
handling, ut SS4....""....... $1,000 90
ling, $ios,.~..,, ,..,,,..,..,... 6i,sOO 90
Profits OF good handling over
common handling OF com
mon cattle..........,...,.,,..... 1880 90
Profit OF grades over common
cattle, good handling, each
class ....,...'.,.,,.. 1900 90
Profit of thorough breds over
common cattle with good
handling, each class.."..... 1900 90
Profit OF thorough-breds with
good handling, over COM
mon cattle, commonly han
died ..... .......,.............".- lOSOO 90
In addition to this would be the
increased value of the remaining