Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-11-01
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To the FarmerS Review: A have
been taking your valuable paper f0
more than twenty years I foel priv1-
legged to contribute the following coM-
parison OF our live stock at the fairs
thirty years ago and now. When .
began attending fairs In this county
(Jeferson) the population rwss
OF course much smaller than it is now.
! found few MCGEE hogs with apron
ears, big bones, long bodies and
snouts to at, and few Chester Whitos
with faint spots in evidence Of avat-
ism, The other pens were full Of haxs1
splitters well ,fatteped. I. Cattle were
all Of the Durham type. white and
roam, for the red fad had not reached
the west then, and there were but
tnree herds in the county. There Was /,
not Q horse OF any recently imported i
preed. The roadsters we had were.
rather too fast to haul milk and t0o
SLOW to go for the doctor, but ] think
their owners were as proud OF them I
as are the owners of Dexter and
Patchen. The fun Of the show was -
see the riders. bareheaded and witH
overal!s above their knees. 60 under
the wire, time about four minutes.
NO carts or sulkies were in evidence !
then. 8-#
! must not forget the silver hoofs
(sheep). They were generally .he tar /,
ends OF large fiocks of small Merinos
from Washington county. Pennsyi-
vania, that were shipped hero and re-
placed at home by Vermont sheep OF
large breed. Many OF these Merino
sheep brought distress to their own
ers as they twere narrow chestea
weaklings. We had no troubie With
wolves as dead sheep were plentiful
The sheep at our county fair this year
We're fne specimens of the mutton
type. as good as could be found any
where, and their owners know how
to make the most Of them.
The swine pens this year were fsil1
OF gilt-edged hogs OF all breeds ana
included some prize winners from the
state fair. In the cattle exhibits
Shorthorns. Galioways. PolIed Anxus.
Hsrefords and Red Polls were repre-.
sented. More than ono hundred horses
were on exhibition. in fact there are
more horses sold in this county than
In any other In the state. A regulas
auction sale once month for nine
months is held In Fairfield at which
a. large sums 40 $4,000 have been
paid. Buyers come from New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg snd
the pineries. John Ross.
tstsiS
Outlook fox, Cattle Prsess.
For many years to come the prices !
OF cattle must, be good. especially fcu
the better class Of meat The recen(
depression had the effect OF checktui
the breeding OF cattle Of all kinds and
the number Of cattle in the country fslI
steadily for = number OF years. Ths
result OF that curtailment OF the caA-
tie supply is that the base on which q
produce the vast numbers now anuns
ally required IL restricted. There - 1
another factor sthat enters very large
~ into the solution Of the problem ana
that Is that the people are demandins
more than ever finer quality Of besA
There was probable never time when
the difference between the poorest and
best meats in the markets was "a
great as 1t is today. So it comes about
that In the city OF Chicago one can ~
portsrhouse steak at 25 cents Q pound
or at IL cents Q pound, and at a
prices between the two. The quatitY
Of the steaks varies, OF course, accord
Ing to the prices. except when pooa
meat is dishonesty palmed OF on the
customer for high-quxlity meat. Ths
difference In prices indicates that the
high-Quality meats are In great de-
mand. These high-Quality meats coma
from pure-bred and grade stock. Ths
increasing prices for the high-Quality
meats indicate that the money In the
future for cattle raisers II In well-bred
animals. Most assuredly that man thaa
Is doing his best to grade up his herd
Of cattle is paving the way for GOOD
money returns In the future. Th9
experience Of the past few years, when
men rushed out Of the business a
breeding good cattle because there wa
a temporary fall In the values, should
teach men today that the course a
wisdom lies in steadily improving the
quality OF their cattle.
Increase Of Cream Trade.
The Dairy Commissioners Of Massa~
chusetts says: The consumption ol
cream Ii increasing very rapidly N
Massachusetts,. In all OF the large
cities cream has become staple ar
ticle In gil grocery and provision
stores. while large amounts are d.
livered by the milk peddler. Most a
this cream comes from Maine. aa1
several Maine crsameries have bum
up an enormous business. PrOfessoB
Cooley estimates that only about ona-