The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29

tensive q business, but the capItai tney
have invested in it will pay as large
dividends and be subject TO fewer
chances of loss. In all probability the
competition of the ranch and range
cattle will diminish year by year.
In many respects the man who keeps
cattle on his own farm has better
prospect for success than one who
keeps them on a ranch or free range.
He can have the personal oversight oil
them all the time. III an animal is all
ing he can take it from the herd
and nurse it till 1t becomes
well. He can recover his an
finals if they are stolen, though thefts
will not be likely to occur
in a civilized community. He can give
extra feed to young cattle that do not
thrive well on grass alone. He can in
spect all his animals every day and
note the condition of each. He will
experience no losses by having animals
straw awav from the herd. de can
times of protracted drought He can
furnish them with protection during
storms and throughout the winter sea-
son. He can keep them free from YER
min. He can so manage that they
have an abundance of pure and cold
water at times when cattle on the
plains greatly suffer from thirst. He
can 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
condition to thrive and gain during the
entire year. Few of these things can
be 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 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 10 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 large herd of cattle as to
bringing up family of children. On
the ranch and range 1.-The tit
test survive" but on the farm
nearly all do. On farm &
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 care 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 farm;
will always enjoy monopoly in sup
plying the market with choice beef
The flesh of cattle unprotected from
storms and compelled TO pick up theil
living during droughts and through the
! winter, will necessarily be much in
feriOr TO that of cattle raised on farm:
where they are protected from storm:
and cold, supplied with water at al
times and furnished with all the food
they need. 1t costs no more to trans
} port an animal that sells for six cent:
} per pound than one THAT brings bu
. half that sum. There are but few legit
innate branches of business that pay
) better or are attended by fewer risk:
} than that of raising cattle On the com
paratively 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
J are raised. If properly fattened, a,
they may be on the grain raised on the
} place, they will bring fifty per cent
more than the price named. The bus
iness of raising cattle on farms is no
} only profitable but pleasant. 1t call:
J for less labor than grain raising. anC
entails little expense for machinery
} Chicago Times.