Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-04-29
THE POOR MANS STOCK

A man of small means cannot at
ford to own any sort Of stock but
thoroughbreds. None but the rich
can stand the losses which scrub
stock entail upon their owners, and
pay the enormous feed bills Incl
dental to taking care Of animals Of
lowly blood.
Nevada breeders who are enter
ing upon the business of stock
raising for profit should give these
questions careful consideration if
they expect to succeed.
Horse breeding is yearly becom-
ing more and more profitable and
the purchasers want the best.
Suppose a man of small capita!
wants to 60 into the business Of
raising horses for the market. Let
two men start with say s., 600 each.
One gathers IN a band of mustangs
and scrubs worth say so a piece,
and goes on breeding them for five
wears. He has on hand lot OF
miserable low bred animals that
nobody but Indians will purchase,
and the feeding of them has
broken him up.
The other man pays $4,000 for a
blooded stallion and purchases a
few good brood mares. He has
say FIVE animals to feed where the
other man has a hundred, and at
the end of ten years he is selling
horses for $500 piece, and dis
posing Of well matched teams for
1920, with a chance Of producing
something that will run up into
tie thousands. He is bound to
succeed because he mas started
right.
In this State the old system OF
cattle raising is passing away and
the thoroughbreds arc fast displac-
ing the scrubs.
When men had immense ranges
for their stock they aimed at guam
tity; but now that pasturage area
is being restricted the question OF
value must be carefully calculated.
Suppose for example that 100 acres
of land will support S5,OOo worth
of scrub cattle; the same land
could be made to support SoO,O00
worth of thoroughbreds. A com
mon calf in this State is worth 50
for veal. A thoroughbred calf Is
worth say on an average, Sloo.
You must keep twenty scrub cows
and feed them all Winter to get
500 for the calves in the Spring.
You breed one thoroughbred
through the Winter and realize as
much from it as from the twenty
common COWS. But some will say
that the milk and butter enters
into the calculation. In that case
take an equal number of thorough
breds and scrubs. The scrub
calves bring you 800 in the Spring
all told, and the thoroughbreds s.
900, not counting the milk and but
ter at all. For this reason it is
easy to see that thoroughbred
stock is the only safe investment
for man of small means.
There are now several large firms
in this State who are improving
their herds by introducing new
strains of the best blood to be
found. These men realize that the
time is not far distant when every
acre of land in Nevada will be
taken up, and the stock values
must be put in the most compact
form possible, so that every acre
will be worked to the largest pos
sible profit.
In ten years from now those who
seek the best horses and cattle
must look to those raised in the
favorable climate of Nevada. AL
ready Nevada beef commands a
cent a pound more in San Fran
cisco markets than Texas or Cali
fornia beef, and the owners OF
blooded race horses in the East are
sending to Nevada for their hay,
Which gives strength and endurance