Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-27

from ten pounds of dry matter in the
rations. This Is an illustration of the
necessity for more knowledge OF the
principles that underlle feeding. | pro-
pose TO have this work done as soon as
! can set it II going, and the fncts will
be made common property.
The convention at Denver will con-
sist largely of intelligent gentlemen
who are interested in ranch conditions.
mad the pleasure of visiting some of
the ranches last summer, and | intend
to do SO again next summer / noticed
that the range grasses are exceedingly
nutritious, ana where the animals get
plenty % grazing they grow as rapidly
as animals do on the blue grass pas
lures further east. | noticed also that
the want Of sufficient winter storage
prevents the growth and development
of these animals, especially the horse.
Europe buys n great many horses, and
VIII buy more. We have the cheapest
GRASSES and grains In the world We
are natural horsemen; we all love the
horse
! am satisfied that the range horse. II
he is kept growing throughout the win
ter by the addition of q little grain to
his range condition would be made TO
weigh 800 pounds moro than he does
now when years of age He would
then make the best cavalry remount
in the world. At present It can be
said that he has the best feet. legs, vi
tally and lungs of any horse In the
world; but he Is not quite heavy
enough. 1t is entirely practicable for
the range people 10 Increase his weight
TO the requirements of the nations who
buy very extensively. This Is the first
suggestion / would make regarding the
range horse. There are two ways by
which the ranch people can get cheap
grains, Possibly FOR immediate use IL
might he wlsost to send TO the states of
Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa for corn.
nut eventually the rich valleys of the
mountain states should be irrigated 10
a great extent and in this way feed for
IN Ine animals In winter can be procured.
There is wide problem ahead of us all
In this connection. Just what is hest
10 be done in regard to irrigation. / do
not Know, but my sympathies are with
me people of the mountain states along
,his line Better development of both
horses and cattle in the winter time in
,he mountain states would put them
,nto the market at an earlier age, and
JUSTIFY the development of earlier ma
turing blood in the cattle. would
suggest, also, that the range horse he
broken and made gentler. The people
OF the East are not as good horsebacL
iluers as the people in the mountain
s ,.,' are ana question II the caval-
ryinen of the Old World are as good
riders as the mountain boys. The
ranch horse would bring better prices
IL broken before being sent out
am at work endeavoring to get
NETS regarding American horses from
uu sections of the countfy-just what
we nave, etc. ] am also getting fncte
regarding the requirements of foreI,,n
countries, Great Britain. France. Ger
many, Belgium, etc, along this line.
The low price for horses during the
iast Few years has done one good thing
Tor us 1t has beared the horse mar
ket and shown conolusively that we
| can produce horses cheaper than any
other country can, This undoubtedly
| VIII discourage the production of horses
| IN these foreign countries; in fact 1
| nave direct evidence of the effect The
/ opportunity Is now present for us to
develop just what these people want.
| we nave a very profitable trade with
them in cattle, and we may have a
| profitable trade in horses, because the
| foundation Of the one is the foundation
of the other-cheap grains and grasses
We sold 100000 head OF cattle last
year, and this will continue. The
people of Continental Europe are not
| very friendly to the introduction of
our cattle, but this department is doing
| what II can to bring them to a more
neighborly way of thinking along these
lines.
1t would be pleasure to me to meet
tne SlOCk '1fOWtEs association, but
am sure II | We're present to say to
them that 1t is my duty to know some
thing about agricultural conditions In
! different sections of the country, and
ask their opinion whether or not ii is
wise to go south and study conditions
| down there for a part OF my time. !
am sure the generous mountaineers
would say, Yes, that is right" There
is no danger whatever in my forget
ting the stock growers of the north
west. l know many of them person
ally. ! have been over forty years a
citizen Of that section. ] do not need
to be urged TO do my duty there. be-
cause, II ] understand anything of my
work here, II must be regarding pro-
ductlon of the northwest. &c. for this
reason, and because the President de-
slres me to make the department OF
service to all sections of the country
/ must forgo the pleasure of meeting
the National Stock Growers in thelI
convention in Denver.
Very truly yours.
JAMES WILSON,