Arizona republican., 1891-07-17
SEE HERE, CATTLE MEN.
What to Do This Spring in Preparation
 ths Roam.

for the Boom.
 There is a large shortage of cattle-.-a shortage which it will be difficult to cover, aud there are but two ways to do it The legitimate and permanent method is breeding, but cattle men will be slow to adopt this course. They are yet too badly demoralized to accept the change as permanent, and from breeding it seems long road to results This is true, but it is the road nevertheless. It is the only way in which the supply of cattle can be had to meet the demand, and it should be good breeding and good feeding. Good cattle will command long prices. It is now difficult to tell where prices will go, and I will not un- dertake to say, but l will venture this much, that there is good ten years of prosperity ahead of us, and it is very doubtful whether the supply can meet or overtake the demand in ten years time.
 This shortage can be partially covered by better feeding, but cattle men will meet the opening spring without grain and with thin cattle.
 All stock should be put on good grass Sweet corn should be planted as early as possible, and this will be ready to feed in July At the same time the ever green corn should be planted, and it will follow the early variety with good ears and will last until field corn is ready. In this way steers that come to grass thin may be ready for market in later fall and early winter, and take well up to the top of the market; or they may have oil cake on grass from the start. The market will pay for it.
 The English feeders are receiving large shipments of cotton seed from Egypt. Many of the American feeders are with in reach of cotton seed and cotton seed cake.
 The shipment of good breeding COWS for slaughter should stop. Such, how ever, as are not good breeders should be sent off and only useful stock kept.
 A statistical bureau should be organ ized to gather facts in reference to the cattle trade, that cattle men may under stand the existing facts that have bear ing on their business If this had been in operation for the last two years, or even for the last five years, we should not have the depression which we have gone through. Early steps should be taken to organize for this purpose.
 The majority of cattle men are scat tered and do not come in contact with each other so that they can keep posted. Could they know just how many cattle come to the leading markets of the world each week, and just how many go into consumption, how many go east, how many go west, and in what shape they go, and how many are exported to other countries in live cattle, dressed beef, in cans and salted, they would soon under stand the conditions of trade.
 If they could see what kind of cattle bring the top of the market and what kind take the bottom of the market, and should they compare notes and find that the steer that stands at the top cost no more than the one that goes to the bottom, they would then be reaching for the top place.
 We ought to improve the coming op- portunities and get upon higher level. We can command the best of the worlds markets, and in those markets have no competition.
 In discussing these questions at the stock yards few days since was met with this assertion that there were q great many people who could not afford to buy the best beef; that they. must take the poorer quality. I replied to this that the third and fourth rate pieces in well bred and well fed steer were better than the best pieces in a scrub and poorly fed steer.-T. L. Miller il, Breeders Gazette.