The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-04


Suggestions
One OF orr Illinois correspondents
calls attention TO the steadily changing
profits OF cattle farming. the margin be-
coming less and less both for beef and
dairy products. and he thinks more con-
sideration must be given to what no
calls the indirect income from cattle
farming improvement Of the farm.
The account has usually been, the cost
Of growing and fattenine the cattle and
the market price. or the cost Of keep
ing and labor expended upon the dairy
COW, and the market value Of her prod
uct. no account being made Of the re-
turn Of cattle farming in manure.
He might have said that i Il only
few wears since the manure was consd-
cred nuisance in consequence OF the
labor required to get il out Of the way.
! II is well that farmers begin TO think o.
\ the incidental compensations in cattle
husbandry. Large portions OF Illinois
ceased to produce paying crops OF
wheat. and this cereal had to be aban-
doned for some years. and more stock
was kept instead. This was the cause,
in some localities. of introducing the
then new industry Of dairying. and after
few wears these districts were again
successful in the wheat crop. Cattle
and grain farming must 60 together
they area compensation for each other.
This indirect income from cattle is
lust what the grain farmers should
most carefully study. II they fully COM
prehend it. they would be much better
rcconciled to lower prices for cattle and
dairy products.
The English farmer thinks himself
well compensated in feeding cattle Il
he can get the manure for his labor II
his cattle fully pay for all they con-
sumo, he knows that the increase OF his
crops will figure up a satisfactory profit
The English feeders cost Of food Is
much higher than the American feed
er's The former feeds largely OF the
rich oil-cakes imported from this coun-
try, which in turn greatly enrich the
manure; but the American feeder fat
tens mostly upon corn. which being
composed so largely of starch and 9TH
er carbohydrates that produce fat, does
: not enrich the manure so much The
manure from q ton Of corn has only
! about one half the value of the manure
from ton Of the best clover hay. and q
little more than one-fourth Of that from
! ion Of linseed meal, or cotton-seed
: meal.
Prof Sanborn has found wheat bran
? to be more valuable for growing young
4 cattle and pigs than corn meal, and
this Is wha. might be expected from it!
2 composition. as it has much more ma
: terial for the growth Of muscle ane
bone; aud the manure from |
q ton Of bran is worth double
' that from ton Of corn. II the manur'
:, is all saved. it is worth the whole
!, cost Of the bran. and. bran is chea]
= fertilizer il applied directly 10 the crops
q But. Of course. it is still more profta
BILE to feed and then apply the manure
4 for the bran will fully pay its cost il
q the growth Of animals, and the manur
. NAV then be had free. II may safel
9 BE- said that the manure from growinI
: or fattcning cattle is worth one-half =
2 much rs the growth or gain on the cat
= tie. And if the manure is fully save
2 from an animal during its whole life.
= Is worth. at least, one-half a. much q
/ the animal at market age. And II thl
: Is safe calculation. as we believe, II
!. certainly an item well worth consider
q ing in the profits Of cattle farming.
y This item will raise the present To-
e price to very satisfactory basis. III
irst great reform in cattle feeding Is
e devise means Of more perfectly savin
:. the liquid and solid droppings, and.
, the stable, this can only be done b
10 using . water-tight manure gutter, IN
" then applying both liquid and soil
4 droppings together, fresh to the SOIL
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