Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-13
FOR THE STOCK RAISER.
RN IMPORTANT PAPER ON EARLY
MATURITY OF CATTLE.

N~rsy usturity tho Greatest Advantage
10 he Derived from Good Biood--The
Eoan Shorttorn Bun Is the Best---De-
ncious Seef from Young Animals.
Mr.. Mohler, the secretary of our board
OF agriculture, has from q great number
CT estimates established for Eastern Kan
sos the cost of the ordinary 3-year-old
steer at (27, requiring in addition fifty
TO eighty bushels OF corn TO make him
marketable at I 200 TO 1900 pounds,
which Of course means y heavy loss. 1t
has seemed to me thai especially in these
times catSleman as rule have alto
gosher lost sight Of the value of early
maj urity, almost the greatest value de-
rivod from good blood.
Since | havo for the last four or FIVE
years been forced by the bad markets TO
give up the ordinary steer feeding i
hnvc been trying what few calves and
yearlings coGld be 1nado 10 do, and ss
the resuls each year has beou the Same
the facts to mo seem established. They
have been pure bred and grade steerp by
good bulls; generally winter calves de
oember, January and February, sold
usually in Decemb4r. In five wears
The calves averaged 90 10 $40 pounds at
eleven months old, and have brought
from SO. so TO 81. The warnings, kept just
twelve months longer, have averaged
from 1910 10 $50 pounds, and have
told ut the same prices. The calves have
generally had most Of their dams milk
til six or seven months, and have CON
sumod twenty bushels Of corn, average
price S.: ,O00 pounds OF bran, average
price az 500 pounds oil meal, average
price, 81; total, $l8.
In addition to this they had a small
amount Of pasture and what hay they
would eat, which together | cannot esti-
mate at moro that 81 The calves have
paid well, the yeariings have barely held
their own, and nave taken the space and
feed Of nearly two caiVos during the
twelve months held over, saving nothing
Il accidents or interest. ! cannot help
believing. therefore, tlaC any good 100
acre farrn-haN in grass and half in
grain--cau keep twenty-five to thirty
good grade cows now worth $50 and 4
good rom Shorth0rn bull, easily had at
T7o TO %ioO' l'@o 'o' '''l'1s l-oiu tne
start anna sell at eieVen or Twelve months
old' and mako lhe BUSINESS pay u direct
1roHt (sayHS n9tlhg OK the hogs) as
well rs Keep up the Land by q proper
saving OF the MANURE; 10 90 winch my
way Is 10 gSsoler up eVeryWherel' can be
Lad all the Straw roHHuneas ana litter
OF every sort; use IL as De''dlng IN every
lot and stiIl, ana get u on inc land just
- fast as possible
enpIasl2e the color OF the buil IN all
eai7,eaonesS, Tor every year only con-
vlnces inc more firmly that when 1t Is a
question Of apatoae 10 fatten' early ma,
trrty and tnl7i6 there Is always great
adYanta5e on inc f4He or lie roans' l &c
nav "&'I. any one T." lilieI IAaI d Eood reo
h'lI IL ouJtc1}a'~-ol1' D"' "heh me qI.cs
Won U.s. one ~ I4i Err9'.t0t gam IN inc
I'. 'ilAA ana III Is1'so 'osI lhulcA'e Oh
N.--'h sila 'As chances are t5re,Ie','
--a i.uj'6 lir'- sil',ll'ie IN Ihe preed
IN; "I Sdel s'OcA - carry maturity ahd
~ tle Ieedn8 absolute ana lloriecU re'u-
lsrltE Watering the ap93lIe ana per
uniting no sc0dIll'' Hyes ana praln'