Morris tribune., 1889-03-13
Does it pay to Raise Cattle.

There has been no time for years when
first class beef cattle were worth more
in Chicago than they have been for the
past season. AS high as 81 per hundred
has been paid. They were grade cattle.
It pays to raise and sell such stock.
There has been no time when common
cattle have been so cheap. They have
been sold for $1.75 per hundred and arc
now worth in Chicago from 81. toto $3.50
per hundred. They are common scrub
stock, such as are raised by the average
Stevens county farmer. Such cattle can
not now be raised at profit. They go
into market competing with the scrub
stock of Texas, the Indian territory and
the western ranges. It is not likely that
the prices for such beef will improve,
and there can beno profit in raising it.
8, Well, then, what can Stevens county
farmer dor If he has herd of 10 or 20
cows he will have to spend few hun.
dred dollars, buy thoroughbred bull
and raise grade cattle. That will i'm
prove his stock and nothing else will.
But what kind of bull shall he buy?
II he has good buildings and an outfit
for caring for the stock, a Shorthorn, q
Hereford or Red Polled will do what
he wants to debut unless they can have
the care required the crop will be the
meanest sort of scrubs. There are num-
bers Of first class herds of such stock
in this vicinity, and good bull can be
bought at reasonable figures. With con-
veniences for taking care of the crop OF
calves man can make money raising
such cattle.
But the average farmer does not have
such conveniences. What shall he do?
A recent sale of stock in Cresco, Iowa,
to our mind answers the question.
A practical feeder bought in that mar
ket eight car loads, made up mostly OF
yearlings and 2-year-olds-ayer Ste
vens county stock-having ordinary care
and for most of which he paid from $1.5O
to 90 per hundred.
Among the lot were 10 head of grade
Polled Angus calves from common cows,
bought of DIR. J. j. Clemmer. These
calves had had such care as farmers
stock commonly gets.
They were from8 to 90 months old and
brought 1926 per hundred, DIR. Glenn
mer receiving the snug sum of $5U3 %
for the 10 head. It pays to raise such
cattle.
This breed of cattle, natives of cold
and sterile country, are hardy and adap-
ted to our severe winters. They are
"rustlersn by inheritance, thriving where
others starve. They mature early and
furnish all the points of excellence that
go to make the best quality of finished
beef.
In London the beef the Aberdeen An
gus herds commands the highest price
in the butchers stock.
At the Chicago Union Stock Yards 81
a hundred was the top price, and that
price was given for lot of 2-year-old
Aberdeen angus steers.
With good bull of this stock at the
head, herd of Is or 20 common COWS
in this county will be worth 70 per cent.
more than scrub stock. The crop Of
calves will be black, without hornss1
round and blocky, gentle, hardy rustlers,
mature early, and with the same feed
and care required by scrub stock win
give more satisfactory results. Those
who are trying to raise cattle for profit
can't afford to be without one, or one of
some other good breed.
We have no pecuniary interest in this
or any other stock, but we do want to
see the average Stevens county farmer
get on the road to raising cattle with
profit.
We are in favor of polled cattle, and
if no others were raised the barbarous
practice of de-horning would after a