Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-27


a., = wt 1ns! on this subject is quoted n
' ene lineage Breeder's Gazette who
III III osys sue ground and decides on
s sn's lsu y that the light weights the
s'V i'm 'or nun, after this fashion
ue writer Of this Is In the condi-
W.. W thousands OF farmers. He has
~. ~ ialr two-ycar old steers In the
pas,ulcs, also yearlings. The pasture
10 aounoant; the cattle have done un-
usuany Wen. With him, as with most
laIileis, nesh can be put ON cattle
MOS. cheaply on grass; butt will give
NUS prohi to simply compete with
,ne pia'nsnan with grass,ied cattle.
~ rs also true that feeding corn IN the
ia'i months will give larger gains than
ieeding In winter, and that feeding
ninety or one hundred days is about as
long, with ordinary cattle, as one can
expect The steers to lay on flesh with
greatest rapiGity.
On the other hand, Il is reasonable
TO expect lower prices for cattle SO long
az the grass-fed cattle come In market
than VIII prevail in nIidwinter or early
spring. Some of these steers. II welt
wihtered, graged next summer. aud
then grain-ied, would be iine, large
lhree-year Odds; \ Kind OF stock that n
FEEDER takes pride in having. Others
OF them are little past two and are
rather inferior purchased because
they belonged with better ones. To
make the most Of themselves these
steers shonld certainly be Kept another
year.
In another pasture Is n small bunch
OF two-year old steers which have been
on full-grain feed since winter opened /.
aud some yearlings on grain since ear
~ spring. These are fine fellows. 1t
does one good to look at them, or to
point them out 10 his neighbors 40
they call. IL is not SO certain that
they will give much profit for the feed
ing, although they have gained all
That could ehave been expected and
the hogs following have done capilaliy,
This is the plan proposed; let Others
tell us If 1T, probably, be the wisesl
course.
In u week or two--as soon rs tn,
unusually late corn gets iugood roast.
ing cart stage-all the two-year ole
steers will be fed corn; full rations ~
soon rs this is safe. When tho iirs
piece OF corn is husked, they will b,
turned in that; fed in addition. The,
will be for sale after about the middl,
of November. The condition of th,
market at that time, aud the weather
will determine whether they Will b
held little longer. Possibly ear
load of the better ones will he sold
the younger ones and any which hav
not rhrived sowell, Kept II little longer
although ifany seem Dot obe gaiuin
at least fairly, they will be sold to loca
butchers or shippers, even II the
bring but Il low price.
The lot ought 70 average, when solo
300 pounds, more or less; not /, grea
weight; nor will they TIC fully rip
But they will have been reared and ie
ell, apply, and viii give II profit IL prize,
! maintain themselves, S,Die OF thel
will not be very desirable; but it
believed they bad better he sold (,
i what they will bring. to give room I,
yearings, rather than keep them owe
/ winter, losing something OF the gr,s
made flesh or else eating grain whic
can be fed to better advantage.
The steers which have been longe.
on full feed will be sold this fall or /
the early winter. Much MS sne woul
like to make them weigh over 30
pound each in the spring, it is not b
lieved il will be most profitable
so keep them.h