Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-03-27

| What is that coming. No sure
enough Another side.wheeler, hob.
bles too. Well l should say. No flies
on that nag, look at his trappings shin
boots. ankle boots, knee boots and
pneumatic bike. | tell you he has got
the whole push. He will last perhaps a
couple of heats, but will never 70 under
the wire winner. Too many trap.
pings.
This jockey has got good cattle and
Is good feeder. He has got self feed.
ers, automatic and double acting. He
feeds SNAPPED corn, ear corn and shelled
corn. He shreds his fodder, threshes his
corn, grinds his feed and warns his
water, feeds Patent Stock Food and does
erything else that the agricultural
papers advise him to do.
This jockey is ambitious but not con.
servative and will never get better than
second money.
No. s.. By the great hornd spoonsl
What have we got here? thought this
was horse race, and ii that fellow
amt scoring in an automobile, hahn t
ne swell, see him turn the crank.
Cattle feeder-you bet, look at that
cowboy hat, those sIockman's boots,
he mas got the style, but then the judge
will rule him off the track, or they
don't know their biz" This jockey is
the fellow called the capitalist, alread,
rich by buying stock on Wall street.
He comes west and with the help of
per cent money, he feeds cattle by the
1000. He stands in with the railroad
<ho hooF ~
other trust-except farmers trust.
But hold your horses, here we come,
No 6, last but not least, black horse,
trotter, standard bred. speed. Don't
you forget it he is bound to 60 a mile
in spite of fate. No boots on that horse,
see those limbs and muscles, look at
that arm, that back and neck and head
and that black and glossy coat, fine as
silk. will 60 you one on this horse
and don't know his driver either, but
will bet he is a regular Bob Nibs, and
this kind of boss always has a good
driver This jockey is the fellow who
feeds Polled Angus cattle.
Remember the race is not always TO
swift, but the horse that has been prop.
erly trained developed and conditioned
usually comes in ahead. Assuming
that have sufficiently impressed upon
your minds the Importance of thorough
preparation, will give you my form
ula for feeding cattle. and it starts out
something like the darkey's reciepe for
cooking rabbit: First catch your
rabbit
First get your cattle. and right here
let me advise you to get good ones.
Let the scrub alone, or at least never
put him in the feed yard. The best
and the simplest way to get feeders is
to raise them, but if you buy them,
buy the best. Remember cattle we'll
are one. half sold. If you plan
to feed for the export trade, select
steers weighing not less than 1000
pounds each, Of good quality. Remem.
ber you must put quality in your feed
lot if you expect to produce quality in
the sale ring or market Your best
efforts in feeding may produce fat but
it will never produce quality, this You
must either breed or purchase.
Having caught your rabbit proceed
TO cook him.
An average farmer should at least
feed 20 head of cattle, for that number
Of cattle you would require 20 head of
,hoats weighing 100 pounds each. As
,uming that your feed yard is COM
Portable and convenient, you can COM
mence feeding, say October 1, by giving
about ! of full ration. Snapped
corn is good start and snapped corn
,an be continued as long as your cattle
lake to it. Beginning on one.fourth
ration you can gradually increase the
amount for so days when you should
have them on full feed, it is my
practice to feed them three times day,
lust all they will eat up clean.
A steer to do the best should 20 to
the feed box with an appetite; the
opinion of those who advocate the self
FEEDER and the full feed box to the con.
Lrary notwithstanding.
Al that period of the game the care
ful feeder should begin To study which
we term a balanced ration. AZ rule
corn has been t0undtO be too heavy y
iced and should be supplemented by
that will be more readily as.
by the steers stomach. " heat
bran or oil meal can be used for this
purpose to good advantage. 1t is not
10 much the quantity OF corn you geL
= steer TO eat, rs it is the amount OF
feed the stomach will digest properly.
The careful feeder can easily detect
when the feed is not producing the best
results. II the droppings are full OF
corn, or your cattle are
belchlng, AZ the stockmen term 1t, In
sour stomach. your cattle
are not doing we'll and they need bran
or oil meal added to the corn.
A balanced ration for 1000 pound
steer on full feed would be about 7
pounds of corn, pound bran and three
fourths pound OF oil meal, feed three
times day-morning, noon and night.
Cattle of good quality properly TED
should put on gam Of 24 TO pounds
per day or 100 pounds per month. And
for every one hundred pounds OF corn
fed to the cattle, your hogs should put
on gain of pounds. l will not 90
furlher into the details but leave this
for the discussion that may follow.
AS to results, let me say that farmers
of Lincoln county are in position
where the industry can be carried to as
high degree of success as any place
on earth. We have got all the factors
that enter into correct solution OF the
OIODl0n. " e CdA AoAoS VAAS SSsS"A~ ~
buy them cheaply of the slockmen just
outside the corn belt OF our own state.
We have the corn and the hogs, IN tact
everything that comprises the full
equipment of successful feeder.
That the industry is growing. within
our borders cannot be questioned. Let
me give you few figures. The receipt
of cattle at Chicago and four other
points will at. least amount TO 7o'ooO
head per week, 300, 900 head per month,
or /, 800, 900 for months, the usual
feeding period. These cattle figured at
$50 per head would amount to $40, 0o0,-
900. and placed in a string single ME
they would reach 500 miles, and started
from here by the time the last steer
left Canton the first one would be in
Chicago.