Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-29
Excellence In Beef Cattle.

l FrOl. y. +. GURUS or Iowa spoke on
practical excellence in beef cattle. Last
TALL railroad man in Iowa had made
the statement that there were 80,000,-
700 bushels of corn stored along the
railroads in that state that could not
be marketed at 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 the outlook for cattle rails
Ing was better than at present. He
then gave an illustrated talk on the
different breeds as beef producers. As
we have previously reported this talk,
we will omit it now. The subject Of
gains in beef per pound Of feed was
discussed.
| ON your experiments at the Iowa
experiment station is it not shown that
cattle having the same breeding and
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
by the breeding of cattle. We have
found that a coarse-bred animal will
make more gain than fine-heshed an
imal.
Q.-What advantage do you find in
the Shorthorns over the Herefords?
A.--Well, we have made some expe-
riments and have not found much diff
ference. Sometimes our experiments
have 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 allie 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 a small
one, but it costs more.
OWN 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
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 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 well, but some of them lost so
heavily through the fever that they
went out Of the cattle business alto
yether. That experience should be a
essen Tor all.
Mr. c. M. Beeson spoke on the posi-
1ilities and probabilities of Western
Kansas. Western Kansas is now being
lsed for purposes which nature intend
ID it. Nature designed that part of the
itate as a grazing region. But the i'm
Migrants from Illinois and Ohio had
n their minds eye the pleasant homes
hey had left, with orchards and grain
ields, and expected to reproduce the
anne conditions in Western Kansas.
But the lessons of experience, though
ostly, are never forgotten. And the
tempt at farming with grain as the
My resource has been proved to be an
Expensive failure. The possibility OF
uccess in Western Kansas has been
hanged into a certainty.