The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-01-10
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There is need Of experimentation
So feeding corn to cattle on grass
Two neighbors Mr.. William Patrick
and Joseph Ware, each had q bunch
of ~twosyear-0ld steers Mr.. Patrick
fed about 1000 bushels 81 cor to his
cattle on bluegrass pasture. Mr
Ware fee nothing, but allowed AS
cattle to rur on clover ard bluegrass.
Nh. Wares cattle made che greater
gain curing the summer. Who has
additional experiences and facts on
this subjects Our intention has been
70 take good range calves right from
their mothers, put them ia the feed
LOT and keep the baby fat on thsm
with ahalfa, silage and corn. turn
them On alfalfa ia the spring, and
feed corn on alfalfa. finishing them
FOR market by November or Decem
Der, when about eighteen months Id
We believe in this plan, but it is yet
improved. Now we are ready to Put
the calves il. the feed-lot, and ranches
holding them at what seem pro-
hibitiYe prices. And u last falls
calves yet on hand. They had no
corn last winter, and lone this SUM
mer; they are getting it now, but
viii not be fat for several months.
We find a surprising divergence Of
views as t. how many pigs should
fellow cattle fed ear or shock corn.
Some say put three 50-pound pigs to-
a steer. We find if we feed our cat
tie inst what they want and eat up
clean there is not a great amount Of
uRdigested corn voided, Corn is not
very hard yet. We think one good
sheet t. the steer is enough. These
steers sre eating a great many pump
ldns, quite a lot of alfalfa hay, and
nearly twenty pounds Of corn daily.
They have the run Of a small woods
pasture.
There was lever a time when feed
ers were more uncertain of the out
Come. Prices Of pork are altogether
tto high 1t is a real hardship to the
laboring man to have to pay for his
bacon from is to 20 cents per pound.
Beef, it would seem, is higher than
it can possibly remain. Mutton alone
seems on a reasonable basis. All re-
ports tell of immense numbers of
cattle going on feed. is there really
TO be more meat produced than viii
be wanted2 III looks that way to me.
To one who travels through the cat
Al, o-I -LooI o--,,,4-r- ~,I eaar Aha
cverstocked condition almost every
where, it seems as though we were on
the verge Of a collapse. Yet our con
tuners r Increasing perhaps faster
than the cattle, and after all the de-
terioration of many western ranges
and the drought in the southwest
have made more the oyer-sup-
ply of stock than the real situation
would warrant. Lamb feeders have a
happy faith that seems almost child
like; the only limit to their taAings
is the number sent in, and the only
limit to the numbers sent in is the
ability of the railways to carry them
The ranges musb reduce numbers, OF
starvation will reduce them,
IA Nevertheless we nave put INTO our
barns our usual zoo western lambs
and while we feel that it may be q
good year to stay out yet, with all
arranged to feed and the feed piled
up, we think best to keep right on
And with our system of feeding ear
corn and alfalfa hay we have re
duced the cost of mutton-making t.
the minimum. But there viii be tire,
times the number of sheep and lambs
fed here that there was last year, and
many more cattle. Let us hope ever
man in the United States and Great
Britain win have a good job, COCO
pay, and a hankering after meat fol
years to come.-Joseph e. Wing, IL
Breeders Gazette.