The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-15

\ From these figures IL will be seen that
| last years receipts were, in round num-
bess, over q half million less than IN lsas.
| and closs on 10 a million less than In
| iss.
In the face Of such figures n ,soua
seem In the natural order Of things that
an advance IN the price Of beef cattle IN
| the near future ard maintenance thereof
| Is well nigh & certainty.
| Wow. as 10 ths question OF the future
of TIE cattle Industry. by which. presuma-
| bly,, n meant whether or not u will hence
| forth prove a paying investment am
| strongly OF the affirmative opinion, pro-
| vided cattlsmen realize the altered r5nd!-
| ton OF things ard act accordingly. shall
| endeavor briefly to Indicate Few points
| which. in my humble opinion, demand
| special recognition from those expecting
| 10 realize a profit In this business
"Ftrst-OVerstocking Range. In these
| days when gil our cattle ranges are be-
| Ing gradually contracted from various
causes, It is poor policy and certain to
| be followed by loss. directly or Indirectly
/ TO ovegstock a range Granting that un-
| der favorable circumstances. a. bunch OF
| cattle on al overstocked range go through
the winter without actual loss, there IS
| certain 10 be heavy shrinkage in cundl-
| ton and consequent additional time and
| expense in getting the animals in marketa-
| be condition Should dry season be
| on overstocked ranges Is generally disas-
;rous. \ prominent cattleman told me Of
one instagg.e some years since where he
| witnessed the funeral of some 1900
| head Of cattle IN a single season.
Now. this was not the fault of tAe
cattla buslnsss--dry season and over
stocked range was The explanation.
| ''Seco1d-Reserve Pasture. am thor
| orIglly CONVINCED OF tho necessity OF
every stockman holding n reserve pas
| ;ure or surplus range for winter feed
With Ordinary seasons and fair range,
| cattle generally 70 through the winter
| with Sigh; loss but It Is also invariably
| the case that they lose considerable flesh
and come out In spring time thin ana
weak. To prevent this should be the aim
| OF those who expect to make the business
| profitable. Steers gain no growth when
| losing flesh and tho object should be to
| keep them In uninterrupted growing ron-
| dition from birth until marketed. This
| can only be attained by having surplus
| OF reserve winter feed. either fresh pas
| turage or sorghum or other feed stun
| Those who run their cattle in a haphaz-
| ard way, making no allowance for droutns
and range capacity, have only themselves
| and not the business TO blame II they
| lose cattle or money.
'Third-Grading Up. All progressive
| stockfnen realize the advantage of grad
ing UP their herds by infusion OF the
best blood chtainable. Our Texas herds
are nearly ali more or less improved, and
&, seems unnecessary 10 40 mora than
allude 70 the advantage the grade or
thoroughbred ross esses over the scrub.
Now that unlimited inportations from
Mexico seem 10 bo In order, however,
there is MOOD fo,. ,rr,ra n.tentlo, ,b,n 40,
20 thip point. An interesting experiment
was made by Professor Gcorgesop Of the
Kansas experiment station, who decided
to azcc-tafn hv sctuaI toe, ,,.hnthar n,i-a
bred steers we're more nrofltahle man
scrubs In Nnv 1sa7 he ~, M x,~ corn
mon Kansas scrub steers ara six abort
horns Of similar weight After rnceiyipr
identical treatrnent they yvero marketed
the following, Anri, when the short horns
a,era cod 1877 rct,n1s eocb 10 Ia-q ,,o,,,,ds
each for ,be sorilbs ,f,oa nrofjt ~, tba
former v,a. sea 70 against ,i2l 70 on tho
latter No. vas mic ali. +bare Vac n
rain stra,rh. Through 10 mo butchers
block FOR tho nura hreds when thev
were ri. ,,,ofr an rcasscs made 60 ,,rrL
choics.r hoo, tbnn the acrr,ba maj ,hern
was , difference NJ from ,an IN sSo In
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