The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-21
Excellence In Beef Cattle.

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Excellence In Beef Cattle.
| CONDENSED from Farmers Review Stem
ographic Report Of meeting Of Kansas
state Board of Agrfculture.)
Frof. g. b. Curtis Of Iowa spoke on
practical excellence in beef cattle Last
iall a railroad man in Iowa had made
me statement that there were 80,OOO,-
! wy bushels of corn stored along the
ranroads in that state that could not
w marketed at profit Things have
changed some since then, but there is
nttle doubt that something like the
same conditions exist now in Kansas.
| Wltn1n his memory there had not been
time when the outlook for cattle rais-
ing was better than at present. He
then gave an illustrated talk on the
inherent breeds as beef producers. AS
we nave previously reported this talk,
we Will omit it now The subject of
gains in beef per pound of feed was
discussed.
Q.-In your experiments at the Iowa
! experiment station is it not shown that
| cattle having the same breeding and
the same age differ greatly as to the
! comparative gains they can make on
the same food?
Ayes, sir; there are differences,
but those differences are more in
| duenced by the manner of feeding than
| ny the breeding of cattle. We have
round that coarse-bred animal will
make more gain than a fne-fleshed an
| imal.
| Q.-What advantage do you find in
| Nrf1 Il. I~O
| A.-Well, we have made some expe-
rlments and have not found much diff
ference. Sometimes our experiments
nave been in favor Of one breed and
sometimes Of the other I do not think
that we have carried our experiments
FAR enough to be able to say for GER
tainty which is best.
Mr.. Norton-You spoke of that three
or four year old Hereford steer gain
ing more rapidly than some steers Of
another type. Did he not eat more?
Ayes, sir; the big steer is always
able to make better gain than small
| one, but it costs more.
OWL it pay to buy Mexican steers
| for feeding?
Al would not advise it as a general,
thing.
| Q.-Is their any difference between
the Herefords and Shorthorns as to
their grazing qualities?
Al am not prepared to express an
opinion.
| Mr.. Potter.-I think there will be
more money lost in going to Mexico
and other places for feeders than we are
likely to make up for some time. They
will put these cattle and their expen-
sive feed together and lose both.
Professor Cothell, being called on,
said that he agreed with Professor Cur
tlss as to the amount of gain certain
animals would make, but that there was
| an immense difference in individuals
as to the use they could make of the
same food, even when such animals
were of the same breed.
| A Member.-Some years ago some Of
the farmers in my vicinity bought some
Texas cattle for fattening purposes.
But with the Texas cattle they bought
also the Texas fever and it worked gen.
eral havoc. Many of the farmers that
| bought those cattle had been getting
along we'll, but some of them lost so
heavily through the fever that they
went out of the cattle business alto
gether. That experience should be
lesson for all.
| Mr.. C. M. Beeson spoke on the posi-
bilities and probabilities of Western
Kansas. Western Kansas is now being
used for purposes which nature intend
ed it. Nature designed that part of the
Dbl L,
migrants from Illinois and Ohio had
in their minds eye the pleasant homes
| they had left, with orchards and grain
| fields, and expected to reproduce the
same conditions in Western Kansas.
But the lessons of experience, though
costly, are never forgotten. And the
attempt at farming with grain as the
! only resource has been proved to be an
expensive failure. The possibility of
success in Western Kansas has been
changed into certainty.
Some Suggestions About Mold.
In the Produce Review Mr.. Geo. Still
son says about storing tubs as below:
I have just been reading your remarks
regarding moldy tubs. find the great
est trouble is where they are stored
before and after packing. Many cream
cries are infected with mold, and thor
oughly seasoned tubs stored in or near
them soon become infected. Besides
not one cooling room in fifty is clear
from it. If stored in there but short
time tubs are infected. Steam will not
kill the mold when once in the wood.
I don't believe anything but fire will
exterminate it. I find many unused
cooling rooms filled with tubs when not
in use, which I always discourage.
There are very few cooling rooms that
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