The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11


the business on account Of oo(t corn.
II was necessary to borrow the money
to buy the cattle. This money Was
borrowed only for . short time. Now
these cattle all had TO get to market
at about the same time. - the men
could not hold them after their corn
We fed out and money due. 80. not
being hxed With shelter. ETC.. TIE eat
Tie were sent to market This s1'
plains for the soft corn cattla Nov
tor the men Who could hold their cat
tla. They encounter . sim harder
Proposition. Tho close Of svosy week
nnds the market loWeI and - yoe 10
advance even under moderate ~
cedpts. This means that the eontinu-
Gus depression In cattle prices Aas
caused even the most long Vinded and
experienced feeders to looe nth and
chip cattle. % Il II impossible 70 hold
cattls after they are ready 70 %. n
the face Of the above iAet1.
| This trade Aas an booa manipulated
10 such . degree - % shue ~ feeder
out Of his inst proAts and Instead
cause practically IN 20 Jo0s 0ooey.
and yet the consumers have almost
the same prices to pay . when eattle
On foot were bringing tvo to three
cents Per pound more money. TO
prove this you have only to ask your
retailer the prices for your table
supply. Furthermore you eaA 80 b.
present quotations. that The 1nSlisA
markets are paying almost e1actly
the same prices for cattle O mot -
they were one year 400. and the price
On this side - about : cents pr
pound less for export steers. You
may then ask Why the feeders and
shippefs Do not % into the export
business. can tell you Il - not b.
cause they are not smart enough O. Do
not care % take the riDk, - you nay
suppose The reason u the space in
The cattle ship = an taken By . far
vored few and IN oatsido nan cannot
eoe space b GxDost hi eattlA I know
this to b true. - I have tried and
have been turned down With the
statement, mo space to b had" Or
Space al contracted" Then I have
had men Of national reputation. and
men who have exported. use their In
auence to assist No to get boat priv
tleges and they. too. have failed. 1his
VIII prove my first statement that the
trade has been and 10 manipulated.
Until the feeders wake up to The situar
ton and attract the public's attention
through the press and every other |
channel there win b no stability 20 |
prices. But when al facts arc genor-
ally known then the cattle men may
depend upon at least . steady market
for some time to come.-H y. Pinnel,
Edgar County. ulinoisL
No Horsslsss Age Yse
There is no danger Of Q hoeseless
ago at this time nor In the near ID
ture. II It ever comes Il Win be when |
conditions are far different from those
existing at the present time. There
are Thousands Of uses to which the
horse II put where no form Of me-.
chanical force can be substituted. No
machine can think, and this n very
necessary In some forms OF force n
used on the farm and IN the channels
OF commerce. The carriage horse drass
the carriage through the snow, up the
hfilsides where the footing II bad,
picking his way with . keen intelli-
senca When the mud II deep and
sticky he pulls the wagon laden with
produce from the farm. The mechani
cal force would b at . standstin In
situations that are not needed BY the
~ Il
horse picks his way with his rider. II
need be the horse can create energy
out Of the grass that grows BY the
Wayside, and he can do Il for q week,
. month or year. He can carry his
master thousands Of miles With this ~
the only source Of force supply. The
machine II helpless ~ soon ~ the
supply Of high-class. artificial energy
producing material gives out. There
was . furry . few years ago among
the buyers and sellers Of carriage
horses because some one had started
the theory that the horse was about %
be discarded by man for . power that
cou3d live on coal and OIL Some farm
ers even listened to this rumor and
stopped breeding horses. only to 1nd
In . few years that borses were com
. high price and they had
none 20 sell. The wise farmer win 90
right on breeding fine carriage horses
md the best quality Of draftsL
0erashlrs Breeders MesG
The twenty-eishth annual meeting {
u the American Berkshire Ass0cia- c
lion was held In the once Of the asso- 4
ciation. Springfield. H., January %.
1903. The meeting was largely At Q
teoded. members being present from
Deveral states. The auditors and q
Ereasurer's reports showed that the b
receipts for the year were $6.s96.S0 q
md the disbursements @s.ss0.Sa. Al b
here was . balance on hand 1t the
beginning Of the year Of $1,39S.45. the 9
valance In the treasury vas $1.74s.37. Y
The stock Of the association that has =
,een held IN blocks BY individuals o
vas purchased By the association. and Y
J resolution Was adopted hereafter re- a
'trictins the holding Of more than p
NE share Of stock 1t $4,000 or four q
hares at $500. BY any one individual p
y 1rm. A committee Was appointed "
o make necessary arrangements to
educe the shares Of stock to $500. o
The following officers were elected: g
Geo. 8 Prime. Oskaloosa. ei
owa: vieepresident Geo. +. Weston.
N. c.: secretary. Frank 8. =
|prinser. Springfield. H.: treasurer.
}. W. Smith. Springfield. m: auditor. %
'homas Rees. Springfield. NJ: direct n
%, N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, No. and 20
)eo. +. Weston, B1ltmore. N. c. The pt
old-over directors are: Geo. 8. Prime. %
Iowa: A. J. Lovejoy. Ros- vi
oe. m.: Geo. W. Jessup. Rockville. VI
ad.: June X. King. MarshAl. Mo-: IN
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