Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-17
The Texas Beef Of a Few Years Ago
aud Now.
LESSON rOI UTAH Ru,ERS.
Some Statements aud Suggestions for
SIOckmcn to Read aud
Ponder.

lhNi1 Alut W ANt 4 lhuuuulu NluuAIg
There IL perhaps ue better COW country
In the world than the Panhandle VI
Texas aud the ranchors ia that district
realized that the poor prices received
Tor their product was thoir own iault
anu not natures. Tney commenced
to improve the quality Of their stock,
buying well bred bulls, and getting
rid OF the old Inferior class, taking
care not to inbroed. That was no! 20
very long ago. AMI today
we find that there is no place In the
United States "horo one eau buy 40
many good cattle 40 IN the Panhandle.
There are herbs there that are all
Hereiords-othoTs viii bred Dufham
anu Galloways. This year these pee
pie wofo getting very god prices.
| know OF herds Of a.yuaf.Old stetri
that sold from $50 10 s2a aud somp ag
nigh M s2j on the TauCu.
Tue IrUplu VI TtxnB have suddenly
awakened to another TACT, that II h not
necessary TO sell their cattle 10 the nfst
contractor that comes along, or flood
the market nj any particular time OF
lhu year. but that they can feed their
own cattle anu produce the feed them
sslvce to DO II with. This year TcXus
IN n great field " corn. IL ~ said they
have i0ut times ~ much corn growing
and almost matufcd, a. In suy other
year. This, with tho cotton seed,
Will mako them iudeI undout Of mar
1 EasIa
| old methods Ia Texas are uvUI-l tay
all this as prelude, Tor u ~ quite
| pertinent, an we nave today similar
conditions TO these sNlsiiug Ia Texas Ia
times past. Conditions here In tho
cattle buslncse are ripe for = change
aud step In HdvHnce.
During the past two yeRrs Utah hRs
been subjected 10 n drain OF her cattle.
| Thousands OF rOwg, calves and young
ttoefs have been shipped away ana
many are still to 10. The prices uaid
| to the actual owners ana ptOluctTs
average about IS for yearliug stuers,
$3.50 to si2 Tor twOs, $40 ~ $40 for
thress, ami SIS for fOufs; $40 per head
for cows Win ths calves thrown 10,
being more than the average price for
tbs Territory. That Is enc condition.
Another II that when buyers 20
through Idaho, Nevada or Wyoming,
contracting cattle, they put a lit,u
clause In their new contracts, "No
| Utah cattle shRli DO included with
these steers" Another element IL that
eastern ieedsts Will very seldom under.
take 10 feed corn 70 "a second bunch VI
native Utah cattle.
| Way In all this-what IL the matter?
1t IN simple enough and evident 90
every practical ISisIn, tnal the cattle.
| growers OF this Territory have become
80 caTelotH In their mrthOdB OF breed.
ing auu producing, tnat they nov find
the buyers DISCRIMINATING against
them; aud what thUy do sell IL only
bringing them, IN some cases almost
less Ghau half the price paid for tue
same aged siock in pgt,h u Texas.
There II no BARN IN writing thus
openly ami positively about our Owu
property for the people vino come here
to deal snd buy appreciate tue cOudi.
tons and general average, and II will
make no difference. IL IL always un.
pleasant TO be- told our faults.
It Ia not easy sometimes to correct
them. Never before have the stock
growers had such an opportunity TO
improve their stock M today. with
most OF the scFubby stun shipped out,
anu decreased number OF cattle on
the ranges OwnoTs should avail them
selves Of the chance 10 commence
breeding good cattle. 10 begin with
there should not 10 n HOlstein bull lot
loose on the range. In fact tn. cheap
est thlng 10 do with that kind OF stock
Is To shoot II. They arc worthless Tor
anything but TO give cheese milk. The
Jersey cattle should not be- allowed tO
run nj large. There are but three
CLOSES Of cattle that do well hers-peT-
hays four. The Hereford, or White
Face, ~ by long odds the best, IL
the latest tho year rUund-stFOngsst
anu best Eustler In winter aud sells the
best At market, fat or lean, old or
young. They arc the fAvoTiIe cattle OF
the packer, exporter or feeder, aud for
| cattle to run ON tho range oAunut be
beaten, Next c0mes the Durham, or
short norm. rhess cattle are excellent,
| aud where crossed with the Hereford.
make very desirable animal. This
black cattls-GsllOwOy, or Pole Angus
ARE also good, but unless they are
kept well bred up are likely TO be light
| Ia weight and sIunted. The Devon
cattle are good cattle, but are not
sturdy enough to grow well on scanI
feed ana water.
What the people should do IL 10 get
some thoroughbred bulls OF these ar.
feTent clasges-bsiler bay HefeioTds or
DuThams-and start 10 improving their
herds, Don't try 10 raise 90 many
cattle Just now, but save your
ranges aud improve what you
keep. IL eau he done and now il the
opportunity. Systematic effort IN this
direction for 1--WE yoars would increase
| tho value OF the cattle product sixty
per cent a producer cannot expect
| 10 he successful II he allows his herds
| 10 in-breed-if he ovoToTowds his Tanq @
ana let's his steer calves run long
enough TO become shaggy. Bulls should
not be Iun more than three years with
the same hold. 1t lisa very cay mat
ter 70 exchange with neiyhbOr alter
that length Of time has elapsed aud 1t
Ia TO lis benefit AZ well az youTb,
We have peculiar condition hero
In Utah that gives our cattle tho best
cOluTa Of my district know ol-all the
Southern Countries CaunOl be- beaten
Tor breeding anywhere In the United
Statei; the climate being just right.
With little care Utah cattle can bs
| taken frou the bottom Of tue list ami