The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-29

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was not old enough TO make Il profit
able to feed. A farmer who has MOI
An abundance Of pasturage will find
II more profitable to market 1t two
than to Keep year later. Whether
there b more profit feeding In Winter
than, selling from pAstuf1ge In Fall,
win depend on the worth Of feed =
well - the price Of beef We can
not make gaia enough In the weight
to pay the expense Of feeding. let the
cost Of feed be what It may. A nine
hundred steer put In . stable to feed
i've months will consume . t00 Of
ground feed, and an average gain Of
two hundred pounds h all We can
safely depend upon. Add 10 this the
worth Of hay and labor expended,
and Il does not take . very bright
scholar to figure that we must look
for something besides pay for the In
crease in weight to make II profita-
bic feeding in Winter. Not 90 with
beef made In the pasture A thirty
seven hundred pound steer, turned to
grass the first Of May, will gain from
800 to 400 pounds by the first Of De-
cembeT II properly cared for in the
Fall. With the majority Of farmers
perhaps tsO little attention IL given
stock In the Fall, and - . necessary
consequence We hnd our cattle weigh
ing less the first Of December than
they did two months previous. For
this neglect We not only lose the
growth Of nearly two months but
find that II requires more feed to
start them again than would have
been required to have kept them
thrifty II given when the pastures
began to get short. Perhaps some
one will ask II an animal weighing
1000 pounds will not consume more
than one Of 800 pounds weight ? With
does not seem to have very much
bearing on their capacity for storing
away food. We naturally expect an
OK will consume more food than
younger animal, but II we expect .
corresponding increase In weight we
will undoubtedly he Disappointed. .
As to the merits of different kind
of grain and their fattening proper
ties, people may 1iher. My own ex-
perience prejudiees me in favor Of
mixture of corn and oats, well ground
When We first commence feeding We
would make mixture composed Of
about equal parts, but would increase
the amount Of corn gradually until
the mixture was two parts corn to one |
Of oats In the selection OF animals |
we may find II profitable 10 use our |
Judgment Here the most Of us,
think, make q mistake in attempting
la fatten inferior animals, when the
better way would he 70 sell them for |
what they would bring when taken
from, the pasture. l prefer q grade |
Durham to . native, but there is q
choice I'm natives ~ well as gfodes. |
A fine bone, close built animal will |
not be likely to add ~ much to his
weight as pure rangy one, and very |
few natives will show the gain that .
or one-half Durham will.
The difference in the food consumed
does not correspond with the increase
in weight, Occasionally we see
farmer who il laboring under the i'm.
that to feed lightly 10 the
most profitable way to make fat stock.
but usually after trying that method
} few years he either changes his idea
Dr. abandOns the business.
In conclusion ] will only add. in
selecting your stock, choose wisely,
Iced them well, and IL you do not
make your accounts balance satisfac-
orily when you are through, you will
nave the satisfaction of knowing that
rou have marketed something you are
rot ashamed to acknowledge came
rom your hands.-DUight Allen be.
ore ~ W. Ddirynien's Association.