Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-04
Cattle Feeding.
Des Moines Register.

Cattle will be better soon. and we would
advise the average farmer to study the fin
lshing of cattle. 1t is poorly understood
on most farms. The profits that come
from feeding the steers that grow on a
farm are not comprehended as they should
be. We urge small farmers to tie up two.
FIVE or ten and observe the conditions. No
large feeder can get such results as he can
who raises the steers he feeds and the feed
they eat. The cattle raised on a farm do
better there than elsewhere. There is no
expense in hauling off grain. There is no
shrlnkage In buying in cattle Tying up
Is to be defended, as nobody has done it.
and what nobody has done requires vigor-
GUS defense. Tying up as milk cows are
tied up Is the way to feed a few steers
prohtably. They are to be fattened on
corn. 1t Is folly to talk of anything else.
Iowa has the cheapest corn in the universe.
States farther east buy our corn to feed.
and could not exist without it. We think
breeding animals should have a change of
feed. but fattening stock must have corn.
1t Is the best fattening power known to
man. You may grind it and save corn.
You may cook it and save more corn. but
with present prices of corn and help you
can not afford do do either We are told
that grinding and cooking will not paw.
They would if help were cheaper. Grind
ing cooking economic feed. but the cost of
labor eats up the economy. The hog will
act as sCavanger and should be around the
feed yard.
In feeding a pen of cattle remember
that an exclusive corn diet can only be fed
with profit until the blood becomes thick
and hair comes off. Some change is
necessary. A little fax boiled, or a little
fax meal viii correct the arrangement.
Roots would answer. but they cost too
much TO grow. Oats are valuable. but not
always convenient. A little fax can be
harvested like other grain and no extra
help need be called in to do it. The two
year-old steer will eat sixty bushels of
corn while you are finishing him. IF he
was on your farm all his days. you have
saved many little commissions and ex-
peuses that the large feeder pays out. 1t
Is part Of the farmers profits. What
comes from cattle feeding and how to get
It Is part Of his education. The Younger
the steer. the greater the gain. consequent
" early maturity Is a prime factor in feed
ing.
The native cattle do not mature early.
1ACA4 d1lCcStLN WIS It4uiEEu 10 tlQuEe
rather than mature They are losing
money just now to all who touch them.
We advise the farmers who need all that
can be made from their business 10 flush
their own ID tie by all means. 1t Is a de-
part1le.ft of he farm that has been entire
ly neglected by too many Cattle feeding
as it has been managed in large yards Is
not the most economical way. The average
gain Is less than in small punches. The
hogs that follow will get disease more
rapidly Winter work on the farm should
require the summer help more nearly than
II does at present. We have the finest
corn growing country on earth. and sur
plus corn viii always require consumers
on the farm. Behind the steer Is. Of
course, sire and dam and the uses OF the
dairy COW the necessity Of the proper size.
that requires attendance by itself
Cattle feeding belongs TO the cattle breed
er- 1t has profit peculiar to itself that
the average farmer can not afford to over
look. Ii teaches the value Of improved
cattle as nothing else does. 1t Is one of
the great forces that keeps up farm fertil-