Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

that unlimited importations from
Mexico seem to be in order, however.
there Is need for more attention than
ever to this point; An Interesting ex-
pertinent was made by Prof. GEORGE
son OF the Kansas experiment station.
who decided to ascertain by actual
test whether pure bred steers were
more profitable than scrubs In May.
1898, he put up six common Kansas
scrub steers. and six shorthorns of
similar weight. After receiving tden.
teal treatment, they were marketed
horns averaged 1917 pounds each 10
i272 pounds each for the scrubs. The
PROFIT on the former was s2li'9.
against siSi.70 on the latter. Nor was
this all. There was gain straight
through to the butchers block for the
pure breds. When they were cut up.
their carcasses made go much more
choice beef than the scrubs that there
was a difference OF from $50 to $50 In
favor OF the price obtained for the
shorthorns. IL Is noticeable lately that
many stockmen who have been grading
up for some years, are now crossing
breeds as well as changing blood-for
example. crossing shorthorns on Here
fords, and vice versa This Is wise,
and will IN time be the means OF oh
tanning the good points OF all. In pass
Ing. ! might remark that al the recent
smithhela Gondonl fat stock show,
the prize for best crossbred heifer was
awarded TO an animal got by Short
horn bull and an Aberdeen Angus cow,
aged years and months. and weigh
Ing is2S pounds.
Another advantage Of keeping your
stock down to reasonable limits is In
enabling the grower to hold his In
crease. 1t should be his aim to get
every dollar there Is In an animal. in
stead OF allowing them TO pass through
three or four hands. with the profits
similarly divided. This can be effected
by holding Till or years old instead
or selling when yearllngs or twOs. BY
always keeping them In growing order
aud never allowing loss Of flesh, II will
ultimately enhance their value still
more.
/ claim that booming markets are
not essential to enable a man to real
lie paying prices for his stock. Let
his aim be to produce the best--and
top the market. to do which. he must
act in line with the ideas above out
llned-produce good stock. and feed
them well from start to finish,
.,Inrkctine of LIvestock.-
address by WIN. l.. Black before the
Texas Livestock Association, san An
tonic. January Is. 1850
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF the
Texas Livestock Association--If my OBJ
servatlon through llfc has not deceiv-
ed me, the secret Of all success In trade
is a correct knowledge Of the supply
and demand Of the class OF goods trad.
ed In.
think this has been fully cxempli.
fed In the career Of our many success.
ful merchants and manufacturers, oud
81 IL notable fact that whenever q
trader Inns ignored, or been Indifferent,
20 the study Of this great law, he has
Invariably proved a failure.
When business In conducted by d
single individual or company, IL is moi
80 difficult 10 follow It's teachings as
where the same class OF business Is
Carried ON by many. The store-keepei
FOR Instance. can very easily keep a
record Of the quantity and character OF
goods that may he demanded by hi,
customers. and the butcher can supply
himself daily with as many beeves a,
he can find n ready sale for, but It 1.
not so with many OF our trade cccupa
lions
The manufacturers Of nearly all sta
pie products have found 1t necessary
to Introduce system which they cal
81 trust" TO enable them to regulate
the supply OF their product to the de
/ naud from consumers.
And the Traders In cotton, wheat 0nt
nearly all other farm products. as vel
as petroleum and iron, have been com
PEELED to do practically the same thiny
in the form OF Commercial boards o
trades or exchanged" They all reeog
niZe the fact that inasmuch as the Law
Z OF supply and demand goVerns tn
aaleahle value OF an article, It is ncccs
: Hary for them to learn what the exac
supply and demand Vs.. OF the good
they deal in, before they can mnrke
the same intelligcntly.
The Industry which We have the hon
to q al.
portant one OF all; larger amount o
wealth is Invested in It than any othc
and there Is not a farmer In the Unltet
states that does not depend largely ~
his support upon raising or feeding liv
stock indeed, the only way a lurg
number OF them can utilize their sur
plus grain IA by feeding either cattle
+ paam, Therefore that our business
above all others. should be managed Il
some way 10 inform the great army q
producers and dealers IN livestock O
the true condition OF their nnalrs fror
day to day. II It Is not Important I
keep record Of the supply Ct cottor
which ia produced In only nine OF gu
states, how much more important Is
TO keep record Of livestock which
produced in nearly ATTY?
Under present conditions, as you a
know. II Is utterly impossible for us I
tell what the Supply OF livestock II
and II Is to this fact alone that attri
butte the many failures that have at
tended an investment In cattle ralaln
In the past ten or twelve years and tn
great want OF confidence that has ger
orally been manifested by capital tc
ward our business. Ia an outgrowth G
this want OF aystem as well We hay
had periods OF great prosperity II
true, but have not our periods OF d,
preston been far more lasting and q
greater frequcnce?
Show me the man who invested hi
money In cattle during tho boom {
lSS2-Sa that will not admit that he mad
great mistaken And do 80
think he would have mad
such mistake. n our business ha
been conducted 20 that he could hay
been informed OF the enormous over
production that existed at that time
The absence az this Information, ger
tlemen, has cost MS many millions {
dollars. and, in my Judgment. IL cos
ing us many millions OF dollars to-dal
because believe n the true and oorreC
knowledge OF the present supply of ca
tie In tho United states was known, "
would be paid 30 per cent more for on
stock than we are forced to accept.
1t would be useless for me to nttemr
TO prove this assertion, for there Is no
n man In the state OF Texas who ca
estimate within one million head O
the available supply of cotton In III
United States. | form my opinion sim
ply from long experience In the bus