The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-19
Oregon Live
stock Interests
Eastern Part of the State the
Home OF the Speed Horses
New Method for Beef Produce
tion==A Hog=Producing State.

I in a more humid climate, but cannot be
excelled for producing horses Of great ply
steal endurance.
With proper care and by judicious Sc
lection in breeding, class Of horse can
be grown In this section that will prove
themselves the peers Of any horses, either
on race track, in the field Of battle, be-
fore the plow, when hitched to road
wagon, or between the shafts Of a dray.
While this is true-of eastern Oregon, 1t
can scarcely be said Of western Oregon,
because soil and climatic conditions here
are better suited for growing the draft
horse. The intensified system Of farming
| gives abundant production for a. great
variety Of nutritious forage plants, which
are so essential for the development of
the draft horse. j
The breeding Of draft horses Is a. profit
able industry, and 1t will be we'll for the
farmers to give It close attention. One or
more good brood mares ought to be MAIN
| tanned on each farm, which Is devoted to
general farming. The mare can raise q
foal each year and take her place in the
general work Of the farm. The colt at
~ years old can be worked after which
he can earn his keep until he Is salable
In this way a succession of young horses
can be inexpensively brought to an age
when they will sell for a good figure. ,
In late years great changes have taken
place on the ranges Of eastern Oregon
| bona flde settler, and with his plow he
| has transformed vast areas of range land
| into wheat fields, thus practically deal
| Ing the death blow to the range system
Of cattle-growing In this state. The pass
| inG OF the range does not, however, de-
stroy opportunities for profitable stock
| growing, but the industry henceforth in
these sections will proceed along new
| lines. Examples Of this are already in ev-
idence In many sections throughout the
state. In southeastern Oregon large tracts
Of sage brush land are being reclaimed
by means Of irrigation, resulting In mar
velous changes in the productivity Of these
lands. -Four to six tons Of alfalfa hay are
| produced annually on an acre, when be-
fore irrigation 1t required perhaps a hun
dred acres to sustain an OK. With the
extension Of alfalfa growing, in addition
to tho large areas Of rich grazing land
along the borders Of the numerous lakes
! IN klamath, Lake and Harvey counties,
q mammoth scale. At present, in the alb
sence Of desirable transportation facilities,
the output Of beef Is usually marketed in
the fall, but It Is no distant day when
railroad traffic will be established and
the winter fattening of beef will then as
sumo gigantic proportions.
| Excellent opportunities exist for profit
able stockgrowing in the great grain belt
Of Eastern Oregon, although the range
man generally sticks tenac1ous1y to anti
quated methods Of stockgrewing. with his
diminished herds on the few open
ranges. There is, however, signifl-
stock industry in these graingrowing sec
lions. The day Is not far distant when a
large proportion of the grain will be mar
| keted within the hide of a steer. Exclu-