Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-03
TURNING CORN INTO BEEF.
\ Process That Ought to BE Better I'm
derstood.

A Process That Ought to BE Better I'm
derstood.
The remarks Of Mr.. Stahl about feed
ing the refuse fodder of the corn fields
along with the cheap corn, and making
& handsome profit from it, is one of the
most complete answers to the inquiry,
why farming does not pay that 1
have seen in a long time also notice,
says an Iowa correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentleman. that last week 10000
cattle were received at the Chicago cat
tie yards, out Of which only 1, 600 head
were so excellent as to command s. and
better per cwt., the great bulk selling
below s.. 30; and why was this so. with
corn selling At IS TO - cents. and 40
coo, 000 acres of corn fodder absolutely
wasted? Why should not the two
have been combined, and the s.. l1-per-
cv:t. steer made 10 bring $50 in the
Chicago market?
This recalls 4 remark made al a Min
nesota institute. At recess one OF
the corps workers heard farmer say
that the institutes did not pay, and fur
Their, that no foreign" speaker could
give the farmers any pointers that would
benefit them; that farmers were doing
problem.
i SO CHANGED that the foreign
speaker overheard the remark. and let
GO something like this: The
counties in the southern part of Mime
sofa, no doubt, raised close TO million
acres Of corn, two thirds of which was
wasted SO far as relates to the fodder
which is the best half of the corn crop
if rightly saved. Corn is selling for &c.
for 80 lbs. Two-year-Old steers sell for
S202. so per cwt.-about $50 each at the
best. Now if one-half Of this corn had
been ensilaged, ears and all-say 500, eco
acres oft, at cost Of s. per acre
every acre of this corn would have
amply fed Z S30-steer. so that in March
he would weigh 1,400 lbs, and sell
for S100o15. Instead of selling 40
bushels of corn for about 50, and throw
ing the fodder away, the crop could be
sold for about $40 per acre and over, and
the manure made would pay for the
labor of feeding. These 10000 steers
would furnish Chicago with 10000 head
per week for u weeks and sell for at
least S12, 600, 600. The corn would barely
bring 81 800, 600, and where would the
1dii~tA 4AitLI C&ItNt CLlttA ~ DtGl We " iI4Ic
selling the Minnesota steers?"
It is no use TO say that tar ming does
not pay until we have proved tn at all
the farm resources have been gathered
up and economically utilized. and the
gross crops Of the farm, like corn fod-
der, etc. been put to substantial use,
and condensed into beef, mutton or
milk. Politics, organization, or man
who wants Office can not so direct a
person as 20 make a good farmer of him.
This element comes from the man who
lives on the farm. and it Is he who
must grow chearly the. big fat steer,
milk the good COW, raise the large crop
and administer the affairs OF the farm.
Is Mr.. Stahl says, it IS more grit"
cOrn-knives. slices and more good ami
mails. that give the profit in farming:
not grum bling, and trying to shift the
responsibility of poor crops, thin steers.
siXteen-dollar cows and eight-cent but
ter upon those on whom we are Deepen
dent for the consumption OF our surplus
farm produce. While they are asking
Us all the time for a higher grade OF
produce, are we always doing our best
to supply that demand?