The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-17
HOW TO RAISE CATTLE
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to Work Hard
We should endeavor TO make a calf
gain every day of its life / do not
raise many cattle, but buv and fat
quite number during the year Last
winter fed fourteen head Of two-year-
Did steers. / weighed them every
month for five months The average
gain per day was IL pound from the
time took them of from the pasture
until the 1st of March They had no
hay, only corn and stalks fed the
fourteen head 81 bushels of corn per
lay during this time. and after that
hay and not so much corn
There are few fixed principles that
farmer should keep in mind. First.
that it takes a certain amount of food
to supply the waste of the system Ia
the animal is merely fed what will sup
ply this waste dur ng the winters We
have made no profit, but the addition
of a small amount of ftod viii give US
profit Another thing that requires
our attention is the warmth and shell
tering of our cattle Il is equivalent
10 food, for one of the purposes of
food is to maintain animal heat and
food used for that purpose will
not add muscle or fat. Therefore the
warmer we keep our cattle the more
they will repay us for the food they
consume BY putting on more flesh
The old saying Is: IAN animal well
wintered is half summered" I" / find
cattle well wintered and fed so IS to
H. l.
gin TO gain rapidly when turned out to
pasture in the spring. and before the
half-starved one has shed its old
hair the well-fed one will be good
beef
Another essential thing Is properly
watering our cattle l believe our
windmills are a great detriment n the
health of cattle. The water is so cold
that they can not drink it without hav-
ing the toothache. If they do manage
to get some down they stand bumped
up all day in the fence corners. TRYING
% keep their teeth from falling out
Ny cattle will not drink out of the
tank, but will come for water freshly
pumped out of the we'll The better
we feed and care for our cattle the bet
larger that is the better crops our far
mers will produce. and the more they
produce the more stock we can keep.
A good many have said to me- Il
don { see how you can keep 50 many
cattle and make il pay With the
markets the way they have been for the
past four years U viii take the past six
years) claim have made more money.
ard made il easier. ont of what cattle
have handled than from anY other
branch of farming. and my farm is in
better condition to-day than il was six
years ago You can't say that of wheat
have bought and sold during these
six years 1OI head of cattle received
for them more than | gave. =. I45 %.
an average gain of $21. q per head. and
kept them from five 70 seven months
Who made the most moner. the man
who raised and fed them two years. or
I? You will say il was not all profit
think the manure will pay for the
coarse feed and your work 1 did not
feed them much grain; only to keep
them growing. and turned them over
to pasture in June; besides. / usually
winter from twenty 10 forty hogs after
my cattle. with q small addition of
corn, so | calculate the above figures
TO be nearly all gain 1 do not think
it pays TO fatten cattle for the winter
market; il takes too much grain i am
feeding shock corn this winter. and ike
il very much Twas little prejudieed
against ii at first. for / had an ides
they would muss it over and pick ont
the corn and leave the fodder. but they
eat Il up clean Next season shall
plant fifteen acres thicker than cem-
mon. on purpose for cattle. It IS
great saving, as two men can tie up ten
acres in two days; so it saves the ex-
pense of husking. drawing corn and
carrying it from the courthouse 70 feed
have been experimenting this winter
with cutting stalks that / feed in the
barn, and am well pleased with il One
commonsized load viii make 500 bush
els after il is cut l feed 1t at night a.
ter the cattle have eaten their shock
corn. giving them bushel a piece I
feed twenty-seven bushels at night. and
in the morning there is not over one
or one and one-half bushel left in their
managers. One other thing wish TO
speak of is kindness Do not throw
clubs and scare your cattle half TO
death if they don't happen TO get out
of your way; make it a point to go
around them if they are lying down in
the yard, and not give them q kick. I
have two steers now that 1 bought this
fall that have been mauled so much
that their eyes stand right out of their
heads, and every time they go into the
stall they will crouch down expecting
to get pounding II you don't
like to take care of cattle don't raise
them. because ron can not make it
success H. Lane to HinconSin Essti-
!4te