Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-10
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
end Communities.
COUSINS AND RURAL ROUTES.
[Tama Herald.]

the News influencing it's recent com
| ment on his record as postmaster ant
is hopeful that it's generous words ma!
not be absolutely undeserved. We not'
with special pleasure that the New:
gives Congressman Cousins due credi
| for what he has accomplished for hi!
constituents in the way of rural mai
| delivery service. That Mr.. Cousins ha!
| done more along that line than an!
other of the Iowa congressman ma.
surprise our readers and yet 1t is tn
truth. There are something like fiv'
more rural routes in the Fifth distric
than in any other congressional distric
| in the state. The district coming mex
to the Fifth is that of Speaker Hender.
son whose power in Washington is con,
ceded to be next to that of the presi'
! dent himself. And yet Congressman
Cousins has secured more routes thai
Henderson. All the other districts fal
far behind the Fifth and Third. 1t vii
be readily seen that the News has goot
reason for its complimentary referenc,
to Our Bob"
VIEWS ON CAr-rLE INDUSTRY.
Sac Suns Report of Sac County Farm
ers' Instituted
| Ben Broughton, of Lake View, read {
paper on the improvement of cattle
Taking the view that the ultimate enc
of all cattle is the block, he urged thu
farmers to buy good sires. registered
of the best type to be found in the breed
of their choice. He would use sires o.
| the beef breeds, saying that the farmer
can always buy heifers for the dairy a
a price under that for which he can sci
u good animal. Moreover, from sucf
crosses many good dairy heifers are OBJ
tanned. He also advanced a number o.
practical ideas about the care of cattle
among them the humane method of de.
horning-that of using strong solution
of I've on the horns before the calf is Q
week old.
+. G. Cook, OF Jackson township. re-
lated his experience in raising baby
beef with the Aberdeen Angus cattle
He said that in raising beef cattle at
tention must be given to the breed and
to the individuals of the herd. The
farmer must start right and must feed
vored having the calves come III the
late summer and fall. He advised keep
ing the calves growing and would con-
tinue feeding grain as the calves go In
to pasture because they seem to do bet
ter when the time comes to push then
for market. No industry, he thinks, has
a better outlook than the raising OF
choice beef cattle.
Miss Wegner and the Misses Searle
rendered another vocal selection.
Mr.. Van Houten was surprised that
the farmers were SO unwilling to dis
cuss the question of embarrassing. es-
pecially after a champion of the white
faces and champion OF the black cat
tie had spoken. He did not favor any
particular breed, but he did advise
against mixing breeds and producing
mongrels, tho he favored grading up
He was not discouraged from farmers
standpoint in the apparent fine show
ing made by the range cattle at the fat
stock show in Chicago since the ranch
men We're able to select few cattle
from large herds. For beef exclusively
he would use either Hereford. Angus
Galloway or Shorthorn cattle. For a
Red Poll as most successful for both
milk and beef Cattle are the most i'm
portant stock. in his view, being more
healthy than hogs and more steady in
price than horses and sheep. He adj
vised farmers to SO feed that cattle
come thru the winter with increased
weight. Otherwise the feeder Is losing
money. He said that there is no danger
that the cattle business will be over
done, since the raising of range cattle
must decrease rather than increase. He
held, the census to the contrary not
withstanding, that the number of cat
tie in proportion to the population is
increasing.
j. w. Scott said that at present prices
of corn cattle raising is Improbable,
T. G. Kier suggested that while oc-
casionally the white face and the black
cattle top the market the rest of the
time it is the ShorthoTn that brings the
highest figure.
c. NJ Steward said that it is possible
for the farmer on an eighty-acre farm
to make and lay up money If he uses
the dual purpose COW. He believed that
the dairy and the feed yard must both
be used If the man on the small farm
will succeed.
Ben Broughton said that the pedigree
should be u certificate of individual ex-
cellence by inheritance.
w. c. Lookingbill favored letting one
COW raise two calves rather than trying
to raise the calf by hand.
c. NJ. Seward thought that calves
raised by hand ultiamtely would do as
we'll as those raised with cows
Mr. Van Houten agreed with Mr..
Lookingbill. advising against milking
all the cows If the farmer has to do it
all himself and advising against COM
polling the boys to put in their time
milking If they dislike 1t.
Mrs. George Swearingen said that.
with the hand separator, two calves
may be raised more successfully away
from the COW than with the cow for
the reason that the calf fed on separat-
or milk will not go back In winter while
the calf that has run with the COW will
do so.
Mr.. Scott emphasized the danger of
injuring ones herd by mixing breeds
John Barlow, two-acre farmer, said
he kept Shorthorn COW for milk and
butter. but was not satisfied that he
was doing the wise thing. He believed
that he would be better satisfied with
better mixer whose calves would not
sell so well.
P. M. Lewis said that his experience
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