The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-12-18

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! SoLD.-Fali of 1893
81 steers@3.s7!c,
80 80 C.
60 "3.79c.
Selling price l steerG13. 79c 11Go1h-s44,O 90
/ Cost - - sec 80 - % 30
Gain 97-1OOc 37Otb $2l.7O
| Average time each steer was kept-11A mo.
gain on each steer in pounds-37O
| money$21 30
g per mo- on each steer in
! money $1.91
BOUGHT.-Dec. 10th 1895.
% stcers@3.3Oc SOO1b-S264O
~SoLD.-Nov. 18th, 1896.
| % steers S3S6Ic. 120Ott-S46.3S
Advance 56!-100 400tb $199S
Time kept, III months.
Gain per month, 56 pounds each
. g $3.50
These cattle were fed about Is bar
| rels of short corn dnr,ny tie last fcw
peeh's hcy rere kcp'.
BoUGHT-July 18th, 1895.
Il small cattle 5Oltb each cost SIS 80
WEIGHED.-Dec 9th, 1896.
1OG.ib
Gain in weight in | ! months, $50 pounds
each. UnsoTd.
AVERAGE GAIN PER STEER IN DOLLARS!
1t will be seen that if steer will
gain 400 pounds over the weight when
bought, the gain in money will be equal
to the price received for this 400 pounds
together with the advance in price on
the weight of steer when bought For
example, let us take steer weighing
800 pounds ut a cost of 81 cents per
pound, which will make him cost
$500: now add to first weight 400
pounds gain, making the steer weigh
when sold 1900 pounds at a price of
cents per pound, or $500; first cost
$500; price received when sold $500
gain $4,000, 400 pounds at cents,
$1,000, ! cent per pound on first weight
$50 pounds, 81 90 showing profit or
tin in dollars to be $4,000. Some
times cattle can be bought for 3 cents
or 3 cents and sold for 81 or or ~
cents, the greater advance in price the
greater gain on purchased weight, and
the smaller advance in price the less
gain in purchased weight. A steer
we'll bought is half sold. In grazing
cattle we always like to get cent adj
vance. and more ifpossibIc five can
do this. then put on 400 pounds we
will get an advance in money per steer.
| think | am safe in saying the aver
age advance IN money per steer in
Hartford county will not exceed $40
this year. In some cases it will be
more and in some less. Much depend
ing upon the price paid for stock cat
tie, Me y"im IN treiyht and the price re-
ceioed \ good stock steer is one which
will grow as we'll as fatten. When cat
tie are kept | or II months, time is
given for growth, and they should be
selected with this in view. While to
fatten cattle in the stable it is intended
to be done in Il short time. and hence
there is not much time for growth. SO
they should be well grown when
bought and purchased with view to
IattenlilS instead OF growing.
ADVANCE IN PRICE
As will be seen by the above the ad-
vance should not be less than ! cent
per pound and as much more as posi-
bic. 1t will be found that when the
west has large crop of corn, stock
cattle in the east will be higher in price,
while when the crop of corn in the west
is short, the price of stock cattle in
the east will be less have made an
advance OF cents per pound, this,
however, is exceptional, the average
advance being from to ! cents, and
of late years it has lowered arount &c.
SO think all things considered J !, cent
advance 400 pounds gain and $40 per
steer is all that has been done by our
farmers for 4 number of Years
AVERAGE TINE STOCK CATTLE ARE KEPT.
Cattle bought October 18th in one
year ought to be ready for market by
the same da e the next year. 1t will
take cattle that have not been grained
about II months to get ready for mar
ket If they have not been bought
until December or january they will
still be ready by October or November,
for it is a well established fact that, in
the majority of cases, cattle when
turned to grass in the spring will weigh
no more than when bought in the fall
The advantage, however, of buying in
the fall is, that they can not always be
gotten in the spring, besides they as
sist in converting the rough provender
of the farm, for which there is no mar
ket, into manure, which is well worth
the care and trouble Of the cattle dur
ing winter. The average time of keep
inc stock cattle is, therefore, from ii
to Il months and if the average gain
is $50 per steer, it will readily be seen
that the average price per month is
from $50 to Sl.15.
| have said nothing about the num-
Der of acres required for each steer
This depends upon the condition ofthe
farm and the quality Of the grass, to-
gether with the season. If the season
is favorable the same acreage will car
ry more cattle, if uniavorable it will
carry less. cattle.
We find where we have the natural
green grass our pasture holds out late
in the fall. The troStS do not hurt il
like they do the cultivated grasses, it
will be good pasture while the others
will be entirely gone. One Of our best
farmers, who has more or less of this
natural green grass. told me Il few days
ago he had fed his cattle no fodder be-
fore the snow of the Doth ultimo.
Cattle Feeding.