The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-07-26
S1.60 PER. ANNU
MEET THE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT.
How Farmers Can Make Money Out Of
Sattle. The Best Food Ripht al Hon,e

what makes the price of beef 80
nigh The price of anything is high
e,.her because the demand outstrips
the supply. or because " some combi-
: nation OF dealers to artificially raise
the price
But whether a price Is naturally or
artincialIy high. the remedy is the
same-greatcr production on an inde
pendent basis Fortunately for con-
Suiners or beef and fortunately for the
southern farmer there is no trust or
combination that can prevent a most
,unisn production OF beef, IL only the
way is pointed out
me breeding of cattle on a farm, at
least In an unsystematic manner is
natural and almost spontaneous BUT
~ .hs absence OF some systematic way
10 ioiiow up the subject and select the
proper animals, and care for them
through the winter, and finally prepare
them to make fat. tender beef there
Is no proper beef production on the
,arm. The farmer in the cotton region
Is surrounded with all the elements to
make beef raising successful The,
chmate is such that there is natural
forage most OF the year. 1t requires
Just "a little forethought to provide for
the Few winter months The mate-
rial-cheap material-is always at
hand, cotton seed meal and cotton seed
hulls. The meal and hulls are offered
Just as You want them by the Southern
Cotton Oil company. OF the Carolinas
any or the local mills or from head
quarters at Columbia. s. c., Atlanta,
Ga, Savannah, Ga, or Charlotte
y. Z. Mixed in the proper proportion,
thlS makes the most nutritious and ac-
ceptable feed that is now available. II
is q feed. which by varying the propor-
tons Will answer equally we'll for a
sustaining ration or for a fattenine
rauon 1t con rtains all the ingredients
OF nutrition, namely fat. nitrogen and
carbohydrates. The cotton seed meal
contains fat and nitrogen and the hull
contains carbohydrates.
a good sustaining ration is made up
or "a pounds OF hulls and 4 pounds OF
meal per day. and good fattening
ration is 20 pounds of hulls and Z
Wounds of meal These proportions I'm
both cases must be varied to suit in
diNidual cases. according to the CON
dition and taste of the animal In
fattening cattle the ration should be-
GIN with more hulls and less meal and
the proportion of meal gradually in
creased. A steer may be fattened ana
put in good condition for the market
on 400 pounds of cotton seed meal and
one ton of hulls. At average prices
the cost of this feed in the southern
States would be about 5000
There is great profit in fattening
beef for the market. even at ordinary
prices, but at present the industry
should prove unusually attractive. The
following estimate of the profit that
can easily be made I'm this business is
taken from q book which has been
carefully prepared on this subject,
Cotton and Cotton OIL" by d. A.
TompknS.
AVERAGE PROFIT IN FATTENING
a STEER ON COTTON SEED
PRODUCTS.
Cost of steer, 100 lbs, at 1-2c. .S25 90
Cost of hulls, 1000 lbs at $500
per ton. =. :. :. :. :. :. 90
Cost of meal. 400 lbs, at $4,000
per ton. ;. :. :. :. =. :. :. 90
Cost OF attendance and sundries 6 90
Total cost OF fattened animal. .$3s 90
Sale OF fattened steer, 300 lbs
at 1-2c.. :. :. :. :. =. :. :. :. As 50
~ Profit per steer. . =. Sc 60
The price quoted for the fattened
steer, 1t will be noted, is very low, con-
sidering present prices.