Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-10
Fortunes in, Stock.

But few persons estimate the rapid
crease OF a herd Of cattle, and col
quently are at a loss TO know, why 81
fine fortunes are made on the farm
ranch by cattle breeding and feeding
man starts out with Que hundred q
COWS, with ample range for them. :
us see what he may reasonably EXP
in return for his capital and care in
years. The cows say cost $50 per he
or 5000. If the COWS and their fem !.
progeny are kept for breeding, it
reasonable to estimate forty per cent
crease IN female calves yearly, as well
the same Increase in male calves. I
increase in the female line will be as
lows:
,oo Heif
100 cows il first year DROP. ..,.........,
loO COWS IN second year drop................
i4O COWS in third year drop. ............... =
10y COWS n fourth year drop...............
20 COWS Ia nth year drop................
o0S COWS in sixth year drop...,
402 COWS in seventh year drop .........:..
$40 COWS in eighth year drop ....,..,.....
666 cows in ninth year drop ...,....
$50 cows in tenth year DROP.
Total ten yeaTS.....................
Ihere will be an equal number,
male calves, which will come ,into m
ket at three years Of age as follows:
Fat steers at end of third year..
vat steers at end of fourth year ............
Fat steers at end Of fifth wear.
Fat steers at end of sixth year ....
Fat steers at end Of seventh year..........
Fat steers at end OF Gig hth year......,..
Eat steers at end of ninth year
Fat steers at end of tenth year ............
Iotal tOr seven years. ...........
These at ESQ per head will amount +
81, $50, which b d. been received di
ing the last seven years Of the ten, to-:
fund capital and pay expenses. At tt
end of ten years there will be OH hal
| ,42S COWS and heifers, and 274 two-ye
old steers and 358 one-vear-old. 1t u
be observed In all these calculations J.
either heifers or steers We have allow
for ~ per cent. per year for failure i
calves and for deaths and accideI
after wards. The steers which ha
been marketed pay the first investmg
OF St. 600, and leave: 81 200 per year e
expenses. The stock on hand al thli
end of ten years is worth $50, O00. Thi
is how money is made on large stoS.
farms or on ranches on the plains. {
Profitable Farming for a Poor III IA
The Rural New 70 ker is publishing
series of articles by farm ers under th
above title. Here Isl the substancee
one. ofthen: The principles that co.
ern and secure profitable farming foa.
poor man are. identical, OF nearly sc
with the principles that govern profit
able farming for any other man. And
as I am convinced that nine men fail "a
lack Of proper general manage
where one man fails for poor firm
ing proper, IshalI commence byloffel
ing some hints % general business mar
agement hen farmer ha
no capital but his hea,
and hands it is neeessary that he should
have something in his head The same
is true Of those engaged III any othe1
calling. The FIRST thing eo Commence
then and the last thing to leave off Il
professio self-improvement. This, j
the key to the whole situatii the on
thing needful for comp lete ultimate sue
cess, And Is it not 3enough to know tl,t
fact; We must seek the reason for It's ex
istence. knowing that we work like ii
teIiigent beings using means 50 an end
Just as q good lawyer always seeks rs,
the reason of his point Of law, 30 d 300
farmer shoul q know the reason he has
rotation ofcrops, and Iii fact the reasol
he does each thing as he does.
Somebody says the Z way to get rich ;;ti ;