North Park union., 1900-10-19
rn. rron. /. v... stock.


Ata convention of Michigan farmers.
the discussion on one Of the papers
turned on the profit in farm stock.
part of the discussion follows:
Mr.. Phelps: l wish to draw out ois,
cussion of the question OF pront. !
claim that five dollars worth OF Ieeo
q year, over and above the ordinary
care or ordinary feed that an anima!
has, will return double In some Oh
the bad cases that l mentioned. II tney
had had even i've dollars worth more
feed than they did. instead OF bringing
fifteen dollars apiece. the animals
would have brought thirty dollars.
Now ask any farmer II 1t pays 10
Just keep the animal alive? The only
way can make 1t pay Is to have IL
progress right from the start until II
is disposed of. l go out among the
farmers of the town OF Avon. ana !
ind hundreds that will carry their cat
tle through the winter and then get
S1k or $50 Apiece for them. Their cat
tie are we'll enough bred to make beer
without any trouble II they will only
Kixs them the feed. bat they expect TO
ssil all their graln and keep the AMI
nals on the straw stack: or they feed
grain and then water them through
half-chopped hole IN tie Ice and leave
them out shivsring in the winter vino
for hours at q time. AAd then wonder
at getting NO profits. 1t Is the poorest
kind Of policy 10 sell OF all your grain
and starvs your cattle. am an advo-
cate OF thoroughbred cattle, but
would not sell to man who / thought
would not take good care OF an animal.
Mr.. Van Hoosen: II 1t pays to keep
cattle at all. 1t pays to keep them we'll.
saw once an account Of a man that
tried an experiment. with two pigs, just
of size and age. He fed one pig just
enough to keep 1t alive. in good squea1-
ing order; the other he fed Just onA
pound more a day. 1t was wonderful
to see how 1t grew. So you see. It Is
the last pound that does the good. l:
takes Just SO much to sustain nature.
after that the food goes to flesh and
growth. Now I think 1t becomes al!
of u farmers to keep fewer animals
und keep them better.
Mr.. Graham: Feeding animals to
keep them alive has no profit in 1t.
A ton of hay worth sl2 will just keep a
2-year-old alive through the winter
without increasing his weight. and
unless the market has raised so that
our animal is worth more per pound.
we are out OF pocket just $12 and our
trouble. have found that any animal
that is kept on barely enough to sus-
tain life becomes stunted, the growth
is stopped as one man said about his
pigs. they get shell on them and 1t
takes more food 10 start then growing
again. A poorly fed animal Goes not
grow well shaped. He is raw-Soned.
big-headed, sharp-nosed. Add few
more bushels to the ration and 1t will
make the profit. l can just keep an
animal alive this winter at the cost Of
summer pasture. Add three cents per
day of grain and you add from Ave to
fifteen cents per day value.
Mr.. Beaker: can not starve an anil
NAL fat. 1t takes a certain amount to
keep up animal heat: what is added
to this Is the first profit. II the ami
NAL will eat ten quarts Of meal day
extra 1t is 20 much profit. have
raised much stock and the nearer thor
oughbred have them the more profit
find. A bushel of grain fed / con-
slider equal to one dollar in the value
of the animal. My experience supports
this. prefer ground feed.