The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-06
THE COMING INDUSTRY.
An Address on the Bettering.
of Breeds.
IMPROVEMENTS ADVOCATED.
1r+eresting and Instructive Paper
Al on the Cattle Industry
in Utah.
LIZ Fditor of THE HERALD:

As there IS quite an Impetus given W
stock business throughout the Terri
4.vr nv the organization of associations
ND the published views of stock men,
10 executive committee of the Utah
Sa+,Ie and Horse Growers Association
ranld respectfully offer few words of
o5vice to the farmers and cattle growers.
The advice given is from the experience
ond observation of members of this
committee. who have long given the
oothe business attention and study.
great many inquiries are being
-,ode as to what breeds of cattle are the
best To keep for milk, beef, and for range
herds We were once asked the ques-
ION which breed was the most profitable
~ teen. The answer was very promptly
r;yen III for the masses of the people
Good mixer" and we say so to-day.
W. find some good mixers in all
breeds of cattle. A common plain COW,
3 GOOD mixer is hard to beat. We
have 2 greatmany people in this Terri
tow raising stock IN a small way, who
d. not give sufficient thought to what
their outcome would be. if given little
Some are breeding Devon, some
short Horn, some Hereford and a great
many are breeding scrub animals,
while few are paying attention to
We believe that while all set breeds
are good. some are much better than
others. especially for milk and beef,
which are the objects most desirable for
the masses of the people, and which we
mainly aim to treat of in this communi-
It's considered difficult to get the two
together. The nearest approach is
found in the short horn. 1t is univers-
allv conceded that the short horn stands
in the front ranks for beef, and the milk
strain of that breed is second to none
as mixers. and are fair as rustlers in
the general herd. The Jersey is good
butter and milk COW for city use, but is
worthless for beef purposes. The Here
fordS are good for beef, good rustlers,
will fatten young, and well adapted for
our range herds, but are a failure as
mixers.
The Holstein are large and good
mixers, but are coarse and not inclined
10 beef. The Ayrshire cows are counted
among the best as mixers and we are
rather surprised that so few have been
imported to this country as milk pro-
ducers. There are two important points
for consideration among our Utah
farmers who are quite numerous, taking
the whole Territory into consideration.
The first one is milk. the second one is
beef. With that class milk is the most
important, although we propose shoY-
ing the other to be not only
very important but worthy of
very earnest consideration. There
are in the Territory of Utah some
30 cities, towns and villages, with an
average of sixty families, each family
owning an average of two to six cows,
say three as a general average, which
would show a total of 43, 200 cows; 90
per cent. Of these will,have CALVES each
year, which would make the yearly
calf crop $3.50 head. Say it will
take 20 per cent. of this number to keep
the old stock good it would leave 81 ,S24
Tor sale. Who buys these calves? The
stock growers buy them for future
beef. Let each settlement buy a short
horn bull, milk strain, and the calves
Will sell readily for beef cattle But sup
pose they buy Jersey bulls. the 20 per
cent; retained to keep good the old
STOCK will do well enough; but
what Of the overplus 81, 824
head? For beef they are comparatively
worthless, and may be listed
as worth Sc per head as compared with
the grade short horn, at SO; the differ
ence OF 50 per head amounting to the
neat little sum of $l9O.944, which sum
would be very evenly divided up among
Inc masses of the people. Suppose YOU
put IN Hereford bulls, the calves will
oe good for beef, but not for milk.
when Is the thing most desired for
Iaialiy use. and on which the family
depend Tor a great portion of their liv-
ing; Without milk the cook is at a loss.
with 1t she can make MANY palatable
thlngs that the appetite Graves and
E WIic1 Is nourlshment to the system.
we do not hesitate to saw that the
snort horn is as good as the
Jersey, even for milk and butter
ana a good thoroughbred short horn
pun Tor each settlement renewed every
zen years, would be all that wouId he re-
CURED, and our stock would soon he
much more valuable than thew now are
neWould advise where JERSEYS ART kent
INA, uiat they be kept pure, and not mix
~ "isn olher breeds; likewise with all
HIher set breeds, for where cattle have
Ueeh bred pure from generation to
generation 1t IS shame to depenerate
1H4t oieed by crossing, and in many in
Stances with inferior breeds
now are these set breeds established >
ny breeding in, and selecting the hest.
mus maxine II +bo tt!S ~ - "
fttest j." survival OF the
Every person cannot undertake 70
f a1A ca set breed where they have but
6 oo cows, as in our settlements but thew
C C afford TO club together and buv one
SOU pull, thereby improving their
o1IcA Tor very little more than to
S S,,oT Iheir stock to degenerate by usinn
90 eSiIo pulls, which should be castrated
sou laSt as discovered, and in A very
NV years the cattle of the TERRITORY
, "Uulu be 50 much improved as tn he
er -se-'efSally sought after by cattle deal
so Is not not .he foregoing a sufficiently
9 eSu showing to induce all in the bust.
ia on nom the owner of a single COW u
Eff tdttie kings, TO make an earnest
Inc 10 improve our stock, and thai
NJ obtaining the very best breeds.
iects. -'-- On ms and kindred sub
Cbafr. WILLIAM JENNINGS,
Cat,ia'illnli man executive committee with
ana Horse Growers Association.
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