Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-13
FATTENED ON STUBBLE.
TIue lot of Steers Received ir
Portland.

Va Atduds
One hundred fine steers came dow
from Eastern Oregon yesterday. Two
carloads were stopped 1t Troutdal,
and the Others came through to Port
iand. Though they were designed f,r
shipment to Puget Sound, the Union
Meat Company, by bidding up tlol
price slightly, induced the Stockyards
Company, which handled them, to re-
Curn another carload to Troutdalc.
The other carload to Trutdale. The
o her carload will go through to c. |
Bergheim, cf Tacoma, who bought |
them for A. cents a pound.
E. Willard, Of La Grande. sent thes,
animals to the Portland stockoards
tor sale. Mr.. Willard bought them in
the Wallowa Valley hast summer and
lattened them on the stubble fields OF
the Grand honde Valley since about
September ID. Most OF them are 2.
year olds, but there are few short
laSed IS among them. The average
lwnght OF the animals as they came
from the cars, after II ride OF $50 miles
with all the shrinkage such trip en-
tails, was 1915 pounds each. They
are Shorthorn grades.
If stockmen would put the same
degree of finish on their cattle that is
represented by the condition of this
shipment, buyers say, they could be
assvred OF Ell easy sale al the highest
price, while poorly finished los
might have a slow sale ut the lowest
| price. / The Portland stockyards have
calls ior fat cattle every day from
British Columbia and Puget Sound
country. Manager Daughtrey says
the present demand for fat hogs is
also in excess OF the supply, though a
larger number OF hogs than ever be.
fore are being offered Only small
,art of them are fat enough to make
"a quick sale at top prices.
| In speaking of yesterdays receipts
If steers from the Grand Ronde valley,
and the manner in which they were
| .,,ioha1 fDr hn raf n L
Hutchinson, of the local station, Unit
d States Bureau OF animal Industry
aid:
"This lot OF cattle illustrates the ex-
( ellent results to be obtained by graz
ng stock through the Fall and win
;er on these stubble fields. 1t is evi-
lent that these wheat fields furnish a
pIstucage with very high nutritive
lcJntent. An examination OF the
launches OF both cattle and sheep fed
,pon those stubble fields shows that
IN addition to the abundance OF green
ed afforded, great amount Of grain
IS secured from the lodged and semi
developed stalks which are not reach
I'd by the headers. The flesh OF these
nimals is firm, of excellent favor ant
| J.nder texture, and the predominant,
Of lean meat is marked characters
,ic.
"a more extended use OF these field
or turning of fat CATTLE hogs anC
heep is to be recommended. Oregon
las sent 80 the East tnis fall $4,000;
,.,eep, which have gone into the feet
;ards of The Central States. Lambs
nave been sold by the trainload 70
snis purpose, and have brought tn
raiser but $e.75 head. The Easter
,eder will carry them through tn
winter on high priced corn and in tn
Spring realize handsome profit ol
f5hem. While there still! remain
bouoands OF acres Of unused stubbl
in this state that would have put thes
,me lambs in better condition 10
the market than any corn-ieedin
process can possibly do, aud whicl
would have been left in better shap
for raising wheat than they woul
have been with out the lambs, for tn
grazing Of sheep ON these fields dis
tributes over them a fertilizer whlc
/. in Il more available form for plan
food than would be provided by plow
ing under the gaeen wheat.
at is a lamentable fact that no
over one.fourth OF the farms OF orego
are supplied with livestock sufhcien
to consume the ordinary waste
offal of the farm. St'ch farmers a
have provided themselves with cattle
hogs and sheep for this purpose I'm
tbot those animals returl them MOI