Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

ing he can take it d from "n'' tha = ns s,,1
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IN a CIVILIZED community. He can give
t MR.; leed TO Young cattle that do not
snao se Wen on grass alone. He can in,
sp.c' an his animals every day and
no1e ehe condition of each. He will
experience no losses by having animals
stray away from the herd. He can
1.lhish them with cut food during
zines lso OF protracted drought. He can
furnish them with protection during
storms and throughout the winter sea.
son. lie a keep them free from YER
MN. lie can so manage that thew
have an abundance of pure and cold
WAFER at times when cattle on the
plans greatly suffer from thirst. He
a furnish them with salt with very
little trouble or expense. He can pro-,
tect them from the sun by raising trees
or building cheap sheds. In short, he
can keep them in the best possible
condltlon to thrive and gain during the
entlre year. Few of these things can,
De done by persons owning large herds
OF cattle left to roam over the GREAT
Western plains. ,
Much has been written about the
RAPID increase of cattle kept on the
range and ranch. But the increase on
farms is still greater. Many calves
are lost when a large herd is left in the
hands OF cowboys. Cows that have
recently dropped calves are in an en-
feebled condition and require special
care. They are liable to many diseases,
such as fever and caked bag. Unless
they are taken from a herd and care
fully nursed they are likely to die. A
motherless calf on the range or ranch
is almost certain to die. There are no
facilities for bringing it up by hand.
GOOD nursing is as necessary to the
raising of a large herd of cattle as to
bringing up a family of children. On
the ranch and range ..the fit
test survive" but on the farm
nearly all do. On a farm 81
COW will, in addition of bringing
up a calf. furnish a large amount Of
milk to be used in the family, to be
used in making butter and
cheese, or to be fed to pigs. Calves
can be weaned on the farm much bet
ter than on the range or ranch. They
can at the proper age be isolated FROM
the herd fed on skinned milk or cruel,
and gradually taught to eat grass. hay,
and grain. The mothers, released
from the car of their calves, will soon
gain in condition and flesh. Range
and ranch cows, however, are kept
poor by their calves during the entire
summer and fall.
Persons who raise cattle on farms
will always enjoy a monopoly in sup
plying the market with choice beef.
The flesh of cattle unprotected from
storms and compelled to pick up their
living during droughts and through the
winter, will necessarily be much in
ferior to that of cattle raised on farms
where they are protected from storms
and cold, supplied with water at all
times and furnished with all the food
they need. 1t costs no more to trans
port an animal that sells for six cents
per pound than one that brings but
half that sum. There are but few legit-
better or are attended by fewer risks
than that of raising cattle on the COM
p%aratively cheap lands in the West.
Without extra feed. with cheap pro-
lection and with only ordinary care,
steers three years old will bring fifty
dollars per head at the farm where they
are raised. If properly fattened, as
they may be OF the grain raised on the
place, they will bring fifty per cent.
more than the price named. The bus
mess of raising cattle on farms is not
only profitable but pleasant. 1t calls
for less labor than grain raising, and
entails little expense for machinery
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