The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-27
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tpresident A. 8 WEIGH. of the Iowa
Agricultural College. starting. IN .
pubic address. With the statement that
Dearly all the processes of productive
industry are only successive steps IN
The progr-sso of condensation. dsveloped
b q interesting and useful though; IA this
lucid way:
We urn sol into gra<s. gas into
milk. milk into cream. and cream into
butter. which is the hnal prOdgc; II
the series Corn. which - n form "a
condensed soil. NAV itscli bs condensed
into whisky. starch or glucose The
amount of tsen;y-eigtt pounds Il gin
cose extracted from n bgshel Of corr
j. sold al twice the price and frcigh'cd
81 less han half the cost Oats are
condensed into oatmeal; sorghum into
sugar, apples into cider; barley into
beer: and 80 on without stint Every
step advances the pT.ce. diminishcs the
weight. anu cost IN carr tng -
market But the ord inaiy firm OF
condensation on the farm begins with
the coarser crops and ends in the VAR
Gus animal products. Sheep. cattle.
hogs and horses are condensed from
the grasses and grains. and every step
D. tn. series all the WAY up from the
.oil To the thoroughbred. II rightly
managed. brings its legitimate profit.
the final gain being the comparatively
inexpensive convey ance TO market
which comes from large values packed
into reduced maguitudes. But this
con slant crowding of value into smaller
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transformation of the cosrscr into the
finer commodities. but 1t IS seen like
wise in the Improvement Of OUT dome,-
tic animals. \ TEXAS steer and a high
grade Shorthorn are frcightci To- mar
ket AT the same rates, while the q
brings double the price o. the other
when they get there.
The waste that from the cN-
cessive making of what i, called of'al il
the grand cause of failure ou the farm.
IL absorbs food and time. IL costs every
thing and brings nothing. IL isfully a.
expensive 10 raise horns and white
leather AS Ia raise marketable muscle.
The price Is different. but the freight
the same. Some farmers display great
talent in the production OF otial. They
raise haY that is all woody fiber. apples
thai a~e all core. corn that is all cob.
AMI cattle that are all head and horns
and gristle and tail. They stigmatize
the skill and care that diminishes the
core, the cob and the overweighted
bone TO increase the salable Parts n
fancy farming. Now the whole scope
and purpose Of improvement. both IN
the animal and vegetable kingdom, Is
simply to reduee To the smallest COM
pass consistent with strength the I'M
salable portions, and To enhance the
quality and size of the salablc ones.
he crab apple and the Northern Spy.
the choke pear and the Flemish Beauty.
the Mustang pony and the Arabian
mare, the Florida COW with her shrunk-
en- udder and the jersey that fills the
pail. are examples Of the oppos te eS.
tremes in the different series. The one
result sought in breeding. practiced rs
an art, j. to raise from the lower end of
each series up toward the higher.
The model Shorthorn COW is n sam
pie of closely compacted values-a
treasure of the most nutrItive fool ST.
packed rs to secure the highest prices
and cheapest transportation. She is
developed to fullness of quality just
where the epicurc finds and paws Tor
the most delicate roast or sirloin steak
And those portions of her body which
the butcher considers superhuous are
condensed to just within the limits Of
size and strength which are indlspensa-
BILE to The economy Of animal life. In
the gradual progress OF condensation TO
which she has been subjected through
many generations. her horns have been
made r~udimentary and her head shaped
after the best model and her bones
brought to the fineness and strength of
steel. And the policy that has elected
this striking result rests on the follow
ing reasons: |. The offal absorbs for
its growth and support a portion of the
food which the animal consumes, on
sequently the greater the volume of
Oflal the greater the amount Of GOO
wasted in feeding. 2. Large and coarse
offal is almost invariably accompanied
by coarse muscle. Capacious DIAL
carries inferior beef. 3. Large and
coarse offal usually goes along with a
scanty development of valuable parts.
Hence it indicates a lack. not only in
quality. but also in quantity of market
able beef. 4. Heavy offal is rarely ac-
companied by the fattening quality.
The COW or OK whose carcass is over
weighted with ofral will not rs a general
thing take on fat easily."-N. y.
Tribune.