Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-13

Chester Countiao's views In the "aermar
tnuu Ieleysnnl,

RAISING CirrLE ON JHE rSRM
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S"es''f Co"n'anr views IN the "uefman-
town Telegraph"
The subject of raising cattle WAS consltler-
ably ai.,,ssad A., E.starn p.,,.,t,.,i. A.,
80 a, -, -. - " i'."'" ''
'' ""o" oee' "''" o'oe' iiea' hhu got SO
n'sh III our markets. Many farmers thought
no existing circumstances were likely to re-
duce IL In future, but ON the contrary there
WA, reason to think that u,,h !. ,.niaiv IN.
ore,si,o ,,o,,i.,,,,, 49,, . ,,,,.,.,,,., 80, -,
- '' ""' " "''' '''s SOW "
."u i',nu'actories' prices wouio advance
rather than recede, aud II became a question
OF some importance TO the farmer whether 1t
would lee more ad yaut,pcous To him To in
crease b,s ras,uro i,n,Is a,d s,,,I n an.
peara bv ,ha canans ,r iaso ,h,t ib, wboie
numhoy of c,,,i. In Tho If,ited St.,,s was
g2gi, g6S of which a. Shs 90 bojonped in
the olayor .a,,d,na .,.tos /. I'm, an tho yoa,
ISi,. arro,,Iin,, In Tho apricuItur.I bugea,,
renn,ta tha u,,,nbor had Je,, ,easod i, ,Ja
nv, ,,ars 4 g,n ioo IN tbs vboIo trn,nn
IL would thus seem important that al
Ieast .,,u, ,,usiaar,hIa ,,n,,i,n nr 49,.
country shouIJ turn ita ntte,,in, io
tho vtGy,inu a, ,,,iio i, nrdar ,n t,nro.s.
IN. nIImLer and sunnlv Tho Ja,a,a c.nsaJ
by the war .s wall az by tho mn pr,s,o ,oI,nted
mortaii,v amonys, ,bo ,attia In Eurnne mar
ticulariy i'm EngI.nd and scotland where
thousands have heen los, ca ithin tbe mas, wear
by the rinderp.s, Az manv as six bundred
deaths IN one county ara renorted AS having
Ak al In, al ola La
playue had continued EpvIand and Scotland
and several oI the ,,er,nail st.tes would bay.
been d,pouul,ted of cattle. and the demand
for beof from this country was sufficient To
rails. the already high price and conseuuent
ly the demand for cattle. Then the question
was, shall tho farmers of Chester county and
Eastern Pennsyly yania turn their attention la
the raising of cattle, in order To helm meet the
increasing demand that then eyi ,ted. MANY
farmers thought II would not be good policy
ipt seao"afa Farmers, or others living near
he,,. a'u s'ou % t"ai Ne's ,,i peo,' nuteI'
ING of cattle ' '''' '"''-
Let the West and Southwest raise the
calves and the Eastern farmers feed tho beef
milk the cows make tho butter and cheese
and make more money and do IL quicker
than they could by raising calves ~ Il takes
three years before they are generally ready
for butter making or for profitable beef. our
calves here at that time when four weeks
old were worth a. or IS for veal, and to raise
the calf until three years old would cost. in
cluding worth of 1t at one month old with in
terest for three years, over $40, hence most
OF the farmers In Eastern PENNSYLVANIA
bought their cows aud steers of three years
and over from Western cattle dealers TOR less
than they could raise them for and yet ~
much advance when iattened or III the diary
and get their money back in much shorter
time, and only have the risk OF the animal
during about one-iourth OF the time IL also
takes more from tho proluctiyeness OF the
farm to grow cattle than Ouly To fatten those
already grown.
Let the vast prairies OF the West aud South
west raise the cattle don't take the business
cut OF their hands. The people there have
vast ranches and unlimited acres, and can
grow tho cattle at little cost, particularly in
Texas, where but little winter provender IL
needed, little EXPENSES for fencing but few