The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

of pure bred registered cattle. either
in the beefng or milking breeds. in the
state, and owned by private parties. In
sheep (muttOn types and in swine
the showing is nearly as bad There
is room for much improvement here.
believe that on this point our county
and state authorities could be of great
help by grants Of money to agricultu-
raj societies with the Droviso that an
annual exhibition Of live stock and
other products of the farm should be
held. at these shows we should ex-
pect to find the best that our state
was capable of producing in many and
various lines, which. on many points,
would serve as models for others to
copy. This systematic competition
would be a wonderful education and a
great stimulus TO further improvement
in all lines of agricultural work. This
educational stimulus is very much
needed by the young men on our farms,
and even for the best of US it is a
wise plan at times to line ourselves up
alongside our neighbors (and when
we compare our products we are really
comparing the intelligence and skill
that we have put into them) to see
where we stand and to more clearly
learn the road to further progress. To
illustrate and glory in the past is good,
if from it we take inspiration to do and
dare for the present and in the future;
to advertise our goods and our re-
sources is wisdom but to afford oppor-
tunties for the education that gives a
stronger and surer foundation for fu-
ture progress is yet more noble.
QUESTION OF ECONOMY.
Another point to note in the farm as
contrasted to the range steer, and it is
inf Of &c Izaf J., che
be ready for the market earlier, an
early maturer. Every day an animal is
kept upon the farm he costs something,
whether he is gaining in weight or
not. TWo-thirds of the food an animal
eats is used in keeping itself alive; if,
therefore, q steer can be made ready
for the market at to 212 years instead
of at to years, a whole years feed
ing is saved, which certainly means
economy.
Again, with the improvement of our
live stock must be given improved feed
and care. If we ever keep before us
the axiom referred to above, that ami
NAL life adapts itself to the conditions
under which it is placed, and next con-
slider that all improved animals are
the result of improved care and feed
ing, coupled with more intelligent man
agement, the above statement follows
as q matter OF course InlS question OF
care and feeding requires much
thoughtful study. In many places it
might pay to build comfortable stables
as places for feeding, and in any case
sheds should be provided under which
the animals could be fed in racks and
where they would always have a dry
place to lie down. In feeding it is
best to keep the young animals grow
ing; an animal once stunted never af-
ter does as well. 1t is wisdom also to
remember that if an animal that is be-
ing fed on the farm gains nothing. so
far as the feed given is concerned, it is
actually thrown away. It may be a
safe practice, when the desire is to car
ry the animals over to a time when feed
is plentiful and cheap, but it is doubt
full economy even then. In raising beef
cattle on the farm, [ believe generous
feeding at all seasons of the year
would be the paying way.
With many farmers the practice is
merely to raise the calves and to sell
them as such or as yearlings. Others
raise them to two and three years and
sell them as stockers and feeders. in
fact, many are shipped out of the state
as such. 1t is the rare exception. ]