The Globe-republican., 1899-07-20
TO BE TIE GARDEN SPOT FOR
RAISING CATTLE.


A farmers banquet in Topeka, few
weeks ago, in which a fat steer, fed On
the '.balanced ration" was the topic and
also the object, has given rise TO muck
comment on the importance Of Kansas
AS beef producer as well as a grain pro-
iacer.
In the western part OF the <ate we can.
not enlarge on the feeding process-this
part Of the state is the maturing part
tut We e:,a give opinions of non prOdne-
ess as well as feeders and raisers, as show
ing the drift " sentiment an cattle
raising and fStteniag. A speaker at the
banquet, who knew juicy piece Of
-steak from piece 0f shoe leather. said
lie had always maintained that KANSAS,
ii it has future at adj, is meat prednc-
ing State. 1t will furnish what Prof.
Bailey calls the proteil,S in the very best
and most concentrated form for the rest
of the Uuited States il ue efforts Of the
farmers are intelIigently directed BY the
dissemination Of the right information
and views. have always thought that
the western part Of our State was natur-
ally pasture; that it has climate suited
10 the nursery Of cattle; that the ultimate
destiny Of Our State Is not to be . wheat
State. We will always raise plenty of
'~heat. but the great future II Kansas
wealth resides In the production OF cattle
Ia the western part Of our State aud east
-ern Colorado. and the flushing Of those
cattle by the balanced ration in the east
era part of the State; and that western
part OF Kaneas which has heretofore
been regarded rs utterly useless, as hope
len. ~ place where men can have no
possible hope Of achieving fortune, is
going to be-under intelligent direction
from sssch men as Prof. Bailey and the
experts OF the agricultural college Of
-our state-is going to be more prosperous
and wealthy. il going to produce citizens
who are going to be more wealthy and
-contented than any other part Of the
state, aud ultimately this state is going
20 be the garden spot of the universe In
the way of raising cattle, aud the great
ert agricultural community in the wsrld.
At the banquet Prof. Cottrell, Of the
agricultural college, spoke Of the "bal-
Ance satiOn" as follows:
As to the question whether Colonel
Dudley was the inventor of the balanced
Hatien. do not know that he was the in
veator Of the balanced ration, but can
say that he was the first man in the west
to put 1t into practice. and the first work
that he did here twelve Ct fifteen years
ago, 0siug bran as basis. has 90 revolu-
tioaized the method Of feeding through
ont the United States aud Europe that
bran IL double the price today that 1t was
before Colonel Dudley's work began.
am told that in the west where they feed
their animals, they soak them over night
so that they will hold swill in the morn
ing. Colonel Dudley ILLS the animal up
with protein.
Iregret that the college has not bad
money enough to experiment along this
lime with steers; but while they have
mot had money to experiment with the
ssteers at the college during the past two
or three years, we have been at work
with hogs. Last week in our feed lots
were hogs having been fed on the bal
anced ration, which gained Is pounds
during the week, while those fed on the
ordinary ration gained but 8 pounds.
There has not been single case during
the twoyears that the balanced ration has
mot gained this difference.
1t is true with the COW. The average
Kansas cow gives about 80 pounds of
butter . year; while one fed on the
balanced ration givee 23S. l said that It
affected all classes Of animale Take il
with chickens. The average hen laws
about 65 eggs year. while hen fed on
the balanced ration will produce $50 to
eSgs year. The balanced ration
makes earlier maturity. Not only do