Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21
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IL kendrick. superintendent II live
stock II the Coiarsdo Agricultural col.
lrse 81 Fcrt Collins. ..A . guest 40
sseet's yesterday. NJ. ksndriss
stopped N the clty 30 meet HE old
freud. William Coansr. q Marshall,
whom he had kno~n IN England i
have been east 10 buy shortkosn hula :
said Mr.. kendrick yesteriay. There 10
Z greater demand for tkeai IL the vsss
than ever before. The western stock
psn have suddraiy discovered that cat
tie raising 10 . science. and that they
have been iosing Thousands a dollars
every year because they dad not under.
stand this The old time way a Tsislng
cattle has been 10 permit the stock 90
breed without regard ~ choice ~ ami.
mails or selection. The bcssts have b-ea
turned loose ON = ranch and herd-d
The only science used MAS IN preventing
stsmpcdes and seeing that the cattle
didn't trampie the calves o. death
hut stockIaeu knov more They have
learned that lndiscriminste breeding
produces inferior stock IL takes four
years 10 fstten nondescript steers tor
market while 6horthorns are IN condi.
ton % kill ~ the end II two and one
half OF thrcs yesra You get almost ~
much weight the mcst ~ vastly supe-
rios. and you save over years feeding.
That amounts W something On . ranch
that has M00O az a0.0O head Il stock.
] am great sdmirer IL Durham cattle.
] have studied them In England. whore
wss born. have Fxis-d them on an
Australian ranch. and know that they
can be prepared for market year or 80
sooner than any other breed No other
straight grade cattle compare with theul.
Perhaps the very t.cst h~ct animal 10 10
be found In the offspring at . Poltct-
Angus heifer and Shorthorn bull. but
the Durham u preferable on ranch. In
Australia Ne raised Shor,horns for
the Sidney and Brisbane markets.
and found them better than any other
breed u stock. ~ course. If ] we're GO
ing into the dairy business ] wouldn't
want Durham Cows. Holstcins are
great mixers. but when you get through
with them Tor that purpose no butcher
wants them. They bring = or , cents
less than Shorthorna Jerseys give very
rich milk. but the quantity il small. al.
though the beasts make fairly good
beef. A cross between Holstein and a
jersey 10 generally good mixer. and
the animal can be sold Tor beef after her
milking days are over. Colorado stock
men are .tudying cattle raising thor
oughly nov. and the profits from the
business are rapidly increasing.
G.. b. Drummer and wife of Knoxville.
Tenn. are guests in The Morton. They
are on their wedding tour. Mrs Brun-
der vas formerly Miss Olive Chase. one
Of the leading young society ladies OF
Muskegon. The south has not bcen 90
quiet before in years. said Mr.. Drummer
last evening ~ he leaned against the
counter in The Morton and surveyed the
bewildering luxuriousness 81 Clerk
Woods tie. Business ID not exactly
dead. but there in little moving. Iron ID
dull and the general tone 1t the market
10 far from what il ought ~ he. But
politics politics IL never dull in the
south. Whenever there 10 an Office in
sight the boys are always lively. In the
eastern district OF Tennessee there 10 a
great fight on for the attorneyship. and
the enthusiastic way the three candi
dates arc lambasting each other il the
delight ii everybody on the out&,de
The great popularity of . southerner ID
that when he goes in for an offico he
throws his whole soul into the fight So
far a. he il concerned there 10 only ope
thing on earth TO live for. and death
would 10 preferable "a seeing the othcl
man get the government snap. j VA
born in the south and raised in the
south; but ] confess after all that