The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-22

The Result VIII BE Closer At
tention to Brecdiag Details and
Care of Stocik-Hints to Mime
sofa Farmers.
There are many indications recognizable in
measuring the practical results of the live
stock industry that the system of produce
ton and operation is rapidly undergoing a
change While it will unquestionably be
many years before the great ranges of the
Southwest will be broken up into smaller
areas and divided among larger number
of owners and lessees, the tendency in the
Northwest is constantly In the direction or
the division and subdivision of lands in the
process of responding to the demands for
actual settlement. The days of grea; ranges
In that section of the country are passing by
and the ranch and the farm are gradually
succeeding to their places. This Is whole
some condition from every point of view.
The great states of the Northwest, by rea-
son of their fertility and climatic attractive
ness, must. in the nature OF things, come
before long under general cultivation. This
means primarily increased population, I'M
provement and enlargement of resources and
development, together with distribution of
wealth within certain zones Of territory ard
a more intense utilization of the possibilities
OF the soil, and it's productiveness.
Thoughtful men everywhere have been and
are anticipating this new order of things
and are making their deductions as to the
general effect along certain lines. The ten
dency of the Improvement not alone OF the
conditions OF the live stock Industry, but of
the quality of the animals themselves IS al
ready making Itself apparent, and the fact Is
drawing forth intelligent comment. Nothing
could be more acceptable to dealers than
the realization of the fact that the best in
every species had made its way permanently
to the front, and that selections must hence
forth be made from thoIoughbreds alone.
Necessarily, with the division of range lands
into comparatively small areas. there will
be shrinkage in the size OF large and
consequent multiplication of smaller herds
together with increased attention not only 10
the details of propagation, but to the care
of the individual members Of such herds.
The White Sulphur Springs, Rocky Noun
tain, Husbandman touches upon some Of these
cOrelatve points when it says, speaking en-
the general subject of stock Improvement:
The hard times and low prices OF sheep
and cattle of few years since proved potent
factors in the securing of united effort
towards improving herds and focks. When it
was hard TO make ends meet in these pur-
suits owners sought to make their stock
profitable by breeding the best in. order that
they might get top prices, top prices having
always been remunerative. When wool was
lowest it was sought to make up for the
loss in price by the increase in pounds, and
the same has been the case in the produc-
ton of beef and mutton. During the past
ten years there has been marked improve
ment along this line and as the years ad-
vance herds and focks will steadily decrease
IN size and improve in quality. We are
aware that the idea is prevalent among many
people that if one attempts to do anything
Wa cattle he must have two OF three hun
dr1d head, but this is a mistake. A nice
Eretit can be made from forty head of cattle
or even less. The farmer, for instance with
dozen milk cows, who fatten five or
six beef steers every winter, will find that
II Will pay, and the time is coming when,
instead OF a man Standing aloof from sheep
because he cannot own two or three or a
dozen hocks anu land in princely possession,
ne wall he content with a moderate flock.
The days of monster hocks are departing
but owners Of single iocks of not more than
2,0O0 head will mu tiply rapidly There are
hundreds of Places where this number of
sheep may be summered the high noun
talns, and dozens of small ranchmen produce
enough feed on $50 acres of land to winter
such Hock. 1t is true in the days of
small herds and hocks, which must come
sooner or later, it will be different from the
small owners of ten years ago. Then ali
sought to keep their Increase and become
large owners. The man with a few milk
COWS husban6ed his herd until it became
large, and the small owner of sheep SO
manipulated things as to keep his increase
and soon own a number of focks instead OF
9ne. but IN the new era men will follow the
industry OF cattle and sheep raising ana will
dispose Of their increase every year. They
VIII, in fact, be so situated that they will
not have the facilities for caring for increased
numbers and Will therefore be content with
aust what they can care for. But even then
me pursuit viii pay and their bank accounts
Will grow even more rapidly in proportion
than when all their profits went into their in
crease just now, OF course, there is strong
tendency towards large flocks and herds hut
ms VIII be of short duration, and in the new
order OF things, of small focks and herds
we may look for better breeding and far
oot'er results since stock handed in small
way have better attention than can be given
when che has vast possessions to see after
ana more profit VIII accrue to the country
Ire above. in large part, applies almost
Directly to the Minneso a farmer The future
method as outlined here, will doubtless con-
slst OF breeding and rearing, fatten:ng and
selling rather than by holding stock for the
enlargement Of herds and focks In Other
words, greater profit, with less outlay. will
accrue from quick handling rather than
through the multiplication of herds and their
increase.
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