St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-05
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establishment at Gilmore, Neb, and it was a
great surprise to see in one barn covering
nearly an acre of ground and well ventilated,
3, 750 head of cattle. 1t was arranged in stalls
of 315x71a feet, in which the cattle were
turned loose. They stay there continually
and their principal food is corn meal Stops
similar to distillery Stops; hay is given cut.
The labor is done by twenty men, with the aid
OF machinery. l saw cattle which had been
there four months and they were
all healthy and fresh looking. The
cost of four months feeding is $15 per head,
not including interest on the plant which
estimated at 81 per head. The whole plan
Impressed me as practicable and profitable
ana did not see any cattle sick on account
OF confinement i can see how this plan can
De carried out here at more profit both to the
owners and to the country at large. There
they can shelter only One-third of their cattle
and they must lose those kept outside.
rms plan is not only feasible and practicable
here, but it would be profitable if only taken
hold Of.
MIR. HELLER'S SPEECH.
MI Stickney then called on Adolph Hell
!er as man of experience in the cattle bus
mess, who spoke as follows:
we, as delegation from Montana came to
see what you wanted. We were received
with open arms. [ was surprised to see the
progress in fifteen or twenty years in all i'll
dustr1es. We saw Mr.. Hills farm of sand
NILS to-day and animals superior to any 1
have seen in the Northwest. He don't put
corn into them, but rco.s, to show what can
De done. He showed US q two-year-old
weighing 2,1OO pounds, the finest L ever
saw, and | have seen many of them
Whlch were called fine animals.
ME- Hill is doing something for this country
tnat VIII show. Cattle in the West are getting
TOO numerous for all to get fat. To facilitate
growth in our industry you must aid us by
erecting feeding establishments. There is no
DOUBT In my mind but that 1t can be made q
success. Our cattle are superior to yours,
larger IN frame and stronger in bone; their
bones are hard and their hides elastic. Only
give them roots and their skins will swell out
like pumpkins. You can put four pounds on
a Montana steer to one on d Minnesota steer.
Our cattle used to average 1,300 to ], 400
pounds, but now we ship them younger.
The ranges arc getting filed up and
there is not room for all to get so
fat This year we can bring down some 1OO,-
QUO head and soon 100000. You must dispose
OF them for us. With the aid OF feeding estab-
nshnents you can keep some and the others
can be slaughtered here. The belt between
here and Lake Michigan, now tributary to
Chicago, is distributing country for you.
don see why you cannot feed this country
as well as Chicago. By the ad of stock yards
and slaughter houses you can build
market here. Some may say it is i'm
possible to do it, but it is possible
Only locate market and slaughter house
aud rendering establishment for 5000 cattle.
5000 sheep and 5000 hogs. This is sufficient
for the first year. Accommodate butchers
and allow them to buy small number of
head. The yards get otfal, which will pay
large profit Wheat is Improbable, but if
farmers here will take to stockfeediug they
will get big profits. In my opinion this can
be built in St. Paul. Every ranchman in the
west is in favor of the project as talked of
during the last few days. You must make
THE INSTITUTION ACCESSIBLE
to all in Tnese two cities. If you do not make
union yards it will be a hard matter to make
a success of it. There are many interests at
tached to these stoclzyards which you don't
know of. First build your yards, abbatoir.
cooler and hog-killing house, and then in
crease it as wanted. Build the fertilizer. put
in a bank, small hotel and a restau-
rant That is all that is necessary.
Buyers will then come from Chicago.
of cattle are not carried there. And this
gives us chance at two markets, which is
what we want. Iregard the animals we bring
here as the healthiest brought to any market.
There never has been a steer raised on the
plains that was found diseased The cattle
are raised in the open air, and are healthy.
If you don't believe it, get behind them and
see if they give you a kick. If you can dis
pose of our lean cattle here we will bring
them to you.
HON. GRANVILLE STUART.
Mr.. Stickney called on Hon. Granville
Stuart to speak on the practicability of
feeding cattle in this country, member of
the territorial stock commission and resi-
dent of Montana for twenty-nine years, who
discovered that cattle could be raised there
Mr. Stuart spoke as follows:
Mi,
cussed. My duties as stock commissioner
have not taught me much about stock for
market. Montana cattle are large and are
uniformly healthy. Calves have had black
leg, but it is unknown to grown cattle 1t
was brought about by good quality of grass
and cows giving too much milk. ] think we
can furnish from 10000 to 100000 cattle
per annum and $4,000 more not vet
fit for market to be fed and slaughtered
here. The cattle will perhaps not be
quite so fat, but the quality will be the same.
The climate and grasses of Montana are well
combined to raise good cattle There ami
mails take on large amount of tallow for
their size, owing to the quality of the grasses
and the dry climate. wish to thank you for
the kind and hospitable manner in which we
have been treated here, and hope we shall be
able sometime to reI ort it in kind.
Mr.. Stickney wished some one to explain
how 1t was that when the roundup for
beef occurred there was class of cattle not
fit for beef and not,proitable to keep. He
called on Mr.. Myers, who said:
I'VE rou up in the fall and this question
is very important one to cattlemen. We
find cattle ranging from fine steers to ordi-
nary COWS. The class of cattle profitable to
keep we call "tailings" Other kinds. as
shorts, can be probably fed Scatter YOUR
barns over the country and show that the
business is profitable and farmers will soon
begin feeding. Every one here is now salts
fled that cattle can be probably fed on
food raised here. Statistics were given of
Kansas City to show that there is no question
of the profit Of the enterprise here There
could be no more favorable time than now to
inaugurate this plan, Tor there has not been
81 time for several years when feeders
could be bought as low rs at the present time
take it for granted that this case is made
out and it is unnecessary to saw much
more about it, for there are as intel
ligent merchants here as elsewhere. Our
cattle called shorts are just the thing TO
put into your barns here. Cattle sent down
from Montana are strong and superior. There
can De nothing better now than united and
prompt action on this cattle question.
Maj. Lower explained that short threes'
were calves dropped late, and therefore a
season behind carly calves. They were
usually sold because cattlemen were always
hard up, and would be just the cattle to
feed. He thought what had been
seen at Mr.. Hills farm demonstrated
that cattle could be fed probably here. Cat
tie fed on Stops. at first refrigerated, but on
hay, grain, roots, ETC., grew better without
danger of scours, beginning to gain almost
from the first day. He told of the methods
Of feeding in Europe and thought the oppor-
tunities were better here. The central loca-
ton of st. Paul, he thought, was altogether
favorable to the establishing of feeding sta-
tons, w hich should be where the best of water
could be obtained, and the Strengthening
where ice could be got. The quantity of ice
needed was about equal to the pounds of
meat. River transport alton was also neces-
sary as some classes of freight, such as salt.
could be brought by water.
An informal discussion by Messrs. Phelps.
Heller, Myers and Power, concerning slop-
fed cattle, developed the fact that this
method produced beef which is soft and
not SO saleable as that fed otherwise. This
pertained to those fed on distillery slops.
while those fed on corn Slop We're better.
Mr.. Power also brought out the relative diff
ference between corn-fed and root-fed
beef. Mr.. Heller explained that meat