The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-07

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State Board q Agricuiturel
Prof. c. r. Curtis % Iowa spoke on
practical excellence IN beef cattle. Last
fall a railroad nan In Iowa had made
the statement that there we're so.oo0.-
900 bushels OF c0rn stored along the
railroads in that state that could not
be marketed az a profit. Things have
changed some since then. but there Il
little doub; that something like the
sane conditions exist nov IN Kanfas.
Within his memory there had rot been
time when the outlook for cattle rails
ing was better than al present Ne
then gave an Illustrated talk on the
different breeds as beef producers. As
ve have previously reported this talk.
we VIII omit Il now. The subject OF
gains 10 beef per pound Of feed was
discussed.
DIN your experiments AZ the Iowa
experiment station Is Il not shown that
cattle having the same breeding and
the same age differ greatly az 10 the
comparative gains they can make on
the same f0odl
Ayes. sir; there are differences.
but those differences are more In
duenccd BY the manner % feeding than
~ the breeding % cattle. We have
found that a coarse-bred animal viii
make more gain than a fne-aeshed an
lmal.
o.-what advantage do you ind in
the ShorihoFns over the Herefords7
A.-Well. We have mace some expe-
riments and have not found much dlf-
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
'ar enough to be able to say for q GER
iainiy which "a best.
AF N0rton-You SPOKE % that three
or four year old Hereford steer gain
ins more rapidly than some steers OF
another type. Did he not eat more?
Ayes. sir; the big steer Il always
able 10 make a better gain than 4 small
one. but Il costs more.
OWN & pay TO buy Mexican steers
for feedingg
Al would not advise II as q general
thing.
Obs their any difference between
the HeFefords and shoFthorns a. 70
their grazing qualities?
Al am not prepared to express an
opinion.
Mr. P0iter-I think there will be
more money lost in going 10 Mexico
and other places Tor feeders than We ara
likely TO make up Tor some time. They
Will put these cattle and their cxpen-
sive feed together and lose both.
Professor Cothell. being called on
aald that be agreed With Professor Cur
tiss as 10 the amount OF gain certain
animals would make. but that there wal
an immense difference Ia individuals
as 10 the use they could make % the
same fool. even when such animals
we're Of the same breed.
A Memberships years ago some o.
! the farmers IN my vicinity bought some
2 Texas cattle Tor fattening purposes
E But with the Texas cattle they bought
: also the Texas fever and Il worked gen
eral havoc. Many o. the farmers tha
, bought those cattle had been getting
! along well. but some o. them lost q
s heavily through the fever that thel
7 went cut o. the cattle business alto
y EsiheT. That experience should be
L lesson for all.
q Mr. c. NJ. Beeson spoke on the posi-
e hil.tles and probabilities Of Western
J. Kansas Western Kansas Is now belni
Z used for purposes which nature intend
: ed u. Nature designed that part Of III
state as a grazing region. Bot the i'm
o migrants from llli-ois and Ohio ha
,e in their minds eye the pleasant home
Z they had left. with orchards and grail
e fields. and expected 10 reproduce th
y same conditions in Western Kansas
, But the lessons Of experience. thong
r costly. are never forgotten. And IA
Il attempt at farming with grain as n
\ oaly resource has been proved 10 be Al
.e expensive failure. The possibility o
70 success In Western Kansas has bee
a changed into certainty.