The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1900-04-20
Fat Cattle.

Inc StOckmen, MalSed & Will
liams shipped two car loads of
fat stock to the st. Paul market
last Saturday, and on their re-
turn brought back a car of heavy
stock for summer feeding. The
splendid condition of the stock
shipped out attracted considera-
BILE attention, not only here, where
feeding for the maket is more or
less of an experiment, but also
at the st. Paul market. The
South St Paul Reporter, the
paper devoted to the live stock
interests, has the following com
plimentary write-up of last
weeks shipment:
Malsed, Williams & Co., of Mil
bank, S. D., came in with a couple of
carloads of steers and carload of
hogs. One load of steers topped the
market at $500 while the other load
brought s4.60. The hogs fetched 1856.
They are buyers and shippers from
Milbank and also quite extensive
feeders. The steers were only ordin-
airy quality on the whole, some of
them showing shorthorn blood, while
others were only fair, but greater part
of them were finished. Had they had
better quality along with the amount
of flesh they carried, they would have
brought q still better price.
They said: "Last fall we decided to
do some feeding, putting into the
feed lot $50 steers. We did not know
much about feeding, neither of us
having had any experience along that
line. We learned a good deal and
another year will select better animals
as there is more profit in that class of
stuff. Our steers were put ink about
September and more added until
October 1st. We then started to feed
ear corn and fodder and had self
feeder filled with bran and shorts
where they could help themselves.
There was spring running near the
lot which supplied water, but we also
had tanks kept full by windmill.
Salt was given in troughs and they
had free access to it.
"About January lst the feed was
changed. We put self feeders into
corn, some ground corn or corn meal,
while others had ear corn as snapped
in the field. The steers would eat
heartily of one and then another. re-
fishing the variety. They were CIV
en- plenty of prairie hay in connection
with this feed This was given them
in their barns, of which they had
three, sizes as follows % 100 feet,
16 SO feet and la 10 feet. These
gave ample room. We also have our
cribs and granary near so that we
can grind our own feed. Some OF the
steers gained as high as three and a
quarter pounds day for four months
and half. Several that were weigh
ed right along every month gained
100 pounds month";
The steers were weighed in two
lunches; one averaged 1884 pounds
and the other 1879 and brought prices
as stated before, making q neat sum
Of over s., 200.
Mr.. Willinms is we'll pleased with
South st. Paul market and said:
1--WE have shipped several punches to
Chicago. In fact most of our best
cattle went there These are not as
good and the prices are all that we
could ask for. The shrinkage in
shipping was very light. We buy
hogs and those that are not in shape
&C &C 70 market we put into our pens
and feed. We had 600 hogs last fall
and left 500 behind the steers to pick
up the corn that passed through. The
/ slop that we fed them is mostly butter
milk bought from creamery near by.
We always plan to keep about 100
hogs on the feed floor 50 as to have
prime hogs to sell at all times. When
we ship we go in and sort out load
and haul them over to the loading
chutes in large wagon made for the
purpose. It will carry about 1000
pounds.