The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-29
Excellence In Itecf Cattle.

i'I. - y. 'uTllS VI iowa spoke On
practical excellence in beef cattle. Last
fhll a railroad man In Iowa had made
the statement that there we're so, 00O,.
oUO bushels OF corn stored along the
railroads In that state that could not
DE marketed AZ a profit. Things have
changed some since then. but there Is
little doubt that something like the
same conditions exist now In Kansas.
WITHIN his memory there had not been
a time when he outlook for cattle rails
ing was better than at present. He
then gave an illustrated talk on the
different breeds as beef producers. IA
we have previously reported this tank.
We will omit II now. The subject o!
gains in beef per pound OF feed was
! discussed.
On your experiments ut the Iowa
experiment station is IL not shown thai
cattle having the same breeding and
the same age differ greatly as to the
comparative gains they can make on
the same food?
\. Yes. sir: there are differences.
nut those differences are more in
dtcnccd by the manner OF feeding h a
by the breeding of cattle. We have
found that a coarse-brcd animal will
make moro gain than a llne-flcshed an
imal.
What advantage do you find In
the Shorthorns over the IIerefords?
A.-Well, We have made some cxpe
rimcnts and have not found much diff
ference. Sometimes our experiments
have been in favor of one breed and
sometimes Of the other. | do not think
that We have carried our experiments
far enough to be able to say for a GER
tainty which IL best.
Mr.. Norton You spoke Of that three
or four year old Hereford steer gain
ing moro rapidly than some steers of
another type. Did he not eat more?
Ayes. sir: the big steer Is always
able to make n better gain than q small
one, but II costs more.
Own it pay to buy Mexican steers
for feeding?
Al would not advise II as a general
thing.
Q.-ls their any difference between
the Iierofords and Shorthorns as to
their grazing qualities?
Al am not prepared to express an
opinion.
Mr.. Potter think there will be
moro money lost in going TO Mexico
and other places for feeders than we are
likely To make up for some time. They
VIII put these cattle and their expcn-
sive feed together and lose both.
Professor Cothell. being called on.
said that he agreed with Professor Cur
tisS 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 h
same food. even whcn such animals
were OF the same breed.
A Mcmbcr.-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 1t worked gen
cral havoc. Many OF the farmers hat
bought those cattle had been getting
along well, but some OF them lost so
heavily through the fever that they
went out OF the cattle business alto
gether. That experience should be a
lesson for all.
Mr.. G. NJ. 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 hat part OF the
state as "A grazing region. But the i'm
migrants from Illinois and Ohio had
In their minds eye the pleasant homes
srey had left. with orchards and grain
lelds, 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 III the
only %csource has been proved to be an
expensive failure. The possibility of
success in Western Kansas has been
changed into a certainty.