Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-29
APract,cai Question.

can bu, be Impressed with The tendency oi
prices for whs, IL generally dsnomins,sd
''store es,,le." that 10 sell at the rates
there Indicated mu.t be ruinous to The
farmer. Two and three cents pound fnr
steers and hsif.rs. which fot the ner'
twelve months ough, ~ make the b.si
paving gain Of thsir lives, is . discour.
ssisg outlook for the fsrmsrs. n we 20
bach into the fsrmiag districts of Msins
-pr,.um,hly IL L. .o In New flsmpshire
~. rod there hss been nut little call for
the el... of stock which usually every
suiuma nads ia way to Mss.schussit.
.pd other point. 10 New Eoslsni. Said
. farmer from ,hs northern par, of K-np-
bsc County to the writer Q few days ago
"rhsr. has been no call for stock, and
vhs, has heeu sold has brought very Low
prices. Young stock 10 th- ouly kind call
81 for beside that which ls nusd FOE beef,
while dairy COW. can't he si,en swsy."
"In ~hs, condition are the farmers ss
r,g.rd. forage for their stock II 10 IL not
.oidf" ws. ..ked him. "Mo., fsrm"rs
have . plenty ofhsy," he replied. "some
are short, and must reduce their sioek or
huy hsy aud grain to winter 10 through.
Bat tsiIug the neiehbofhood throush-
and prs.ume this may fairly rspressn,
other portions OF the country is
h.y enough 90 carry ell the stock On to
grs.. again In good shape. The dit'ieulJ
4. !" continued our freud, 'i, has been =
hard season for farmers. Th.y, or msnv
of them. we're dspeuiing upcu turuius "a
stock this fall ~ get The cssh IN mes, the
y.riou. sxp@nss- incidsnt w the season.
But q. n IL, they dad themselves complete.
ly hauiie.ppsd. and hardly khow ~hieh
-.y 20 turn 10 fnd way ooi ofihe dllsm'
ma
tn. .bov- give. In brief. the condition
10 . large part of the farmers In northern
N.- Easisnd, sni the eager qrssilon
cone. 10, Where IL The vsy ouf The
rsm.ri A. oftsu made that 10 is darkest
/ ia., h.fore dsybr,ak. While the present
/ condition of thlngs exists the ou,look
truly is rather dlscoursging. Hat lst o.
hope thu, this 4. bot th. intsns'f- 4 gloom
prrceiiag /. more bopsfal state ~ things
a. that q. II m.v. The pr.cilesl qassiiou
10 b~ answered los, nov is The beet di.'
position To m,s. of this yoang stock
-tieh Amos, .~.ms Ike an incumbrsno-
on the farm. Ia. present outlook of The
/ m.fsst Zoe beef gives 10 Immediate CON
/ fort In thu dirrctiou With the price Of
h.ef dropping shrosi. The b-sf question
/ h,. hsri outlook I, Il s.id-ht vhsn
the m,rks, ,rlrds hu, two or thr,e e.nt.
. pruni for ,tocksrs, ssy for ih~ 500 80
! 900 pnaai steer or h.lf.r but siS ~ so
..i.las price. N The farm ~ enable The
dealer u ..li 10 market N the.. nfur~-
mean . sacrifice -ueb I. no farmer should
| for /. moment consider. The question
/ haI - ~
I answer, feed them A. oar frieni he.
..ld above, there I. h,r enough N vintsr
.ll n. .toct. Asld. from Q fsw fsrm-r-.
A nav b, ~ao feel Obliged 10 sell st pres.
sui loo prices, th- nj ''ity o,n kssp their
stock, sni nEur-.i from The .tsnipoint of
pf,.sui price. there :. prnmisins outlook
| for those vho iase., Ia f-siins their -tssr-
| thi. winter. They can be winisr-'i on hay
.nd some grain, IL doesn't paw n k-sp
stock poor. &c the Mirrors woof.,oes
eorrs-pbnisut in r,c.ni issue puts IL, to
.ss hos fast they oil gsln Afterwards.
sueh stock. we'll sin,sr-i aud turnei to
good p,.iars n.ri .ummsr. 10 all probsNil.
Nv viii pay ~,ll for The cost snd trouble.
Oftf. .y.ism ot f-ssilps 10 adopted ~ fat
To In March sni April. such shoali, snd
proS,blv will. fetch seven OF eight cent.
pr poabd for nssf.
Th-re are compeuss'ions growing ou,
OF this dllsmms. bad a. The situsiipu
seems. These cattle are young spi
ihnfiv. Every poend gained IL pa, on st
q pfoni po~, II ever. TIE farmer wh,
sell. youus stock. aud thereby reduce. his
store e,,il. In order to .sll hay. mskes .
mistake What el,.. of nss, stock eau b.
kspi n = prodt " II IL not the too and
three year. olisi A farmer can sell % hls
cows lacky hit In many Instances, N be
replace. them with better ones-hut he
~ill no, help the matter much. for What
/ line OF farming Ja.t nov ofr. better re-
muueraiiOu th,n dsiryinsi ifth- farmer
4. kespibg hut four p)1bisa.wesk cow,
which. alas TOO msny are, he csnt do
mach worse than 10 rs,sin them louesr.
/ nor better than N let them slit@ aud Get
better ones ~ occupy their places.
Let ss look the msitsr over little clos.
er from ~hN have said IL vlll b. In.
fsrred that there IL some hop for the f-ei
/ sr 10 reslIs fair proni Ia nt,ing steers
/ for beef 10 the no, distant future. Whist
are steer. WORTH hsd the opportunity
recently 20 look over the stock of several
/ farmers 10 Aniroscossin G suuiy. Am,ns
the stock were som- gooi steers. girthing
ell the way from feet % feet, inches.
/ Thls grade of cattle h,s ch,pg~i hspi.
mi. fall AMI early winter for ss5 - eIS
the pair. That II low fJr saeh steers, spi
the buyers r.slir- I, (.o does the seller
aud hOps to proni by the Transaction, q.
they, 10 many Instances. get some work
out OF them. and by keeping them we'll can
make somsthiag on the growth sni po.si-
1 - q a.. ~. a.
on price In selling sOmewhst shove The
cost price ln buyips. and keeping sid~i.
sueh steers will weigh from 600 IN 2 900
/ lb- the pair. IL will take between thf,.
sbd four ton. of bay IN hep pair throagh b
The winter, aud tair,y n's bushels OF corn.
when they ought ~ dr,ss 500 10 ?Oo
pound. the pair. or course any sstim.s
Of price likely to be obt.iued next Msy
mus, be some~hs, . matter of speculation,
but there 1. no, much doubt that seven
snd likely eight esnts per pound may be
obtsiosd. Figuring from this h,si., 49,
have v.lu. of.uch s,-.rs. cay go, 81.
tons ofh.y. v.lu-. sS5i so bushels of e''n
worth ESQ; mskiug tn whole cost el35
Dressed wight OF steers st slsushtsr sf
ter fpar months fe-diag. 2 0Oo pounds
~hich att 2 cents . pound, would foot
up $3.50. gisias els sod the dr.ssioe fo'
care sui work ~ f-eilas. Al these n iur'
e--snd the PROBABILITIES are that The,
would exceed rather than drop uude'
thsm-th. busipsss would he paying one
.s . ba.ins. transaction, saying nothing o
the ben. a. ~ the farm, . point fully a'
important ss any involved In th. account
And right here comes In the question o.
care In buyirs. ifyou enter into the ou.i
ne.s In thu, way, and fully a. important
IL IL to the owu.r II he rsisss bis stock
ths, the serub element be excluded from
the stock raised or bought, ss far ss pp.
.lhle. The scrub must go 10 The wal
~h-u results are compared 10 the wsy
I'm discussing. No, sell your scrubs foi
What you can get. and rsplsos them win
.s blue blood a. Circumstances will allow
Make 9 b.ginpiog. " you have not aires y
done 90. by ps,ronirlus pare bred bulls
This IL the only class OF stock IL ~ill psy
,o breed and 10 feed-L y. ABBorr Il
Mirror and Farmer.
Fifty thousand dollars is the estimsteC
saving To the farmers OF Couuectieut b,
r.ssou Of eo-op<ration ln buying. TIL.