The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30


favorable season, will come disaster
because if there is nothing to eat the
sheep must die. If properly cared for
the ranges are capable of supporting
sheep indefinitely, but it is possible by
careless mana cement to totally destroy
these mountain g'ra and thus kill
the goose that lays the golden egg,
Another phase Of the sheep industry
which is growing and promises to be-
come Of considerable Importance is
sheep husbandry on the valley farms
/ In the first place I believe it viii pay
/ TO produce to Accent mutton on the
/ farms better than it will pay to pro
duce ) and 31z-cent beef, using Utah
+ butchers prices. The sheep. too bring
a yearly income, While we have to wait
/ two to three years for the returns on
/ the cattle. The sheep gives two crops.
wool and a. lamb. the first is pay. the
/ second is profit. The range COW returns
| but one, and the calf has to yield both
pay and profit. The sheep. moreover.
! is scavenger and will grow fat on
many things that a cattle beast would
/ not touch. II is just as true on the
/ farm as on the range that a sheep will
/ do well where cattle would starve.
/ Pure-bred Rams Pay.
/ In the second place on those valley
/ farms should be produced all Che pure
/ bred or haif-5red rams used on the
J range. l0OUSaDQS OF ODltdIS are each
! year sent out of the state for pUre-bred
rams, and much more might be spent
j in this direction with advantage. Our
/ feeds and climate are admirably adapt
/ ed to producing the highest types of
/ these pUTe~br and it would be a
/ decided mutual advantage to the sheep
! men and the farmers were It pOSSIDie
4 to get all the pure-bred stock needed.
! on the Utah farms. and / hope to see
/ the realization of this possibility.
/ In those parts Of the state where the
/ water supply IS limited and the springs
/ are far apart, range cattle may con-
/ tinUe to hold sway if the owner con
/ trolls the source of water supply. Apart
( from such places the beef cattle of the
! state viii be largely produced on the
/ ms. The range steer viii, if 7 right
/ l., understand the trend of things, be
/ come more and more a. thing of the
past in Utah, and the, farm steer viii
/ take its place.
The government reports for last year
/ give 219, eco as the number Of young
and old cattle in the state, other than
mich cows. How many Of these are
| range cattle it is impossible to deter
! mine. With the change in the place Of
/ production the quality Of the beef
| stock may be improved. We cannot
| afford to produce the range steer on
! the farms and sell at range prices; the
/ high grades of the beehng types must
must not be content to top the mar
ket in a class with western steers, but
! must produce the quality that will top
/ the market n any company. It will
take SOM me to get there, but it
can be done II such is the aim of the
Utah farmer.
Profit in Good Beef Cattle.
Good beef cattle are likely to COM
mand good price for some years to
/ come, and beef production should be a
source of profit to many Utah farm
eTs. ] am doubtful, however. if it is
possible to keep a COW even with the
cheap ToUghage on the Utah farms a
whole year for the sake of one calf.
The only solution of profitable beef
production on the farm seems to be
the dual purpose cOW-beef with milk
What observations and tests I have
made go to prove that a very fine beef
animal may be produced on skim milk
after the calf is four weeks old.
We have raised a calf from a COW
which produced over $50 pounds of but
ter in one year, and from the skin
milk, supplemented with grain, we had
in addition calf weighing $50 pounds
The returns from the COW with buttel
at 20 cents per pound was $50, and the
calf at cents per pound live weight
would give $3.50. or a total return OF
sou IN the year. 1t took feed anC
labor. of course, to get this return. bu
the $50 for the butter would pay wei
for this, and the calf would be prof
/ on the transaction. The breeders il
Utah who can produce pure bred her,
of such cattle viii never want for
market for their surplus breeding stock
Il is gratifying to note that within
the past few years large number @
. fine pure bTeds of the beefing breed
have been imported into the state. TIL
enterprise of the breeders promise
for Fr4rr
, ity in our beefng cattle There is room
: yet, however, for much expansion i
this direction, and yet greater room 70
, more intelligent appreciation of an,
more extended use of this good bloc,
, upon the common cattle on the farm
, of the state.
The Dairy Industry.
Dairying is an old industry in Utah
but the modern aspect of it is Of quit
recent growth. The extension of tn
factory method of manufacturing dair
, products was undertaken with som
l misgivings; but the results have bee
| all that could be desired. The dair
COW as a source OF revenue is one 0
the most valuable adjuncts to the Uta
farm.
The past year has been one of tn
: most favorable in the history of Uta
l I dairyinE- The number OT factories an
skimminS stations now number owe
seventy, ana nearly all districts TeDOT
I ! an increase in production. As regard
1 prices, the dairymen have had thei
5 share Of the increase in the value @
; the farm crops: the price and deman
= were never better. The factory outpu
s / Of the state the past year will be bU
D | little if any below 81 600 GOO worth q
{ ! butter and cheese. and this proba bl
2 from not more than ., 600 mich cow.
/ If the 81. GOO other mich cows in tn
I state have done as Well the dairy on;
e put viii be over 5000. 600.
The reputation Of the dairy product
e / of the state is growing in the market
. , around Us, so that with the exercise c
4 skill in manufacturing there viii be n
2 need to fear for a market
. One very great essential in the dair
= business is a better class of coWs-cOW
. ! which viii give much larger return
4 for the food and care bestowed upO
them. Rapid Improvement in her
OF cows can only follow from the US
of a pure bred sire. from strong dair
ancestry, accompanied by inteliigeT
:, feeding and management. A few year
: work should make a wonderful diffel
a ence in the returns of the herd, and
; know of no direction in which the T,
? ward for careful intelligent WOT
2 would be more substantial.
: Utah Horses Not Up to Standard.
: If we We're to judge by the repor
q Of the department of agriculiure .
" Washington, the horses OF Utah are