Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-14
s.n.r;or Value Of SIeifer Beef.


change to the fact that Seifer beef
in Great Britain is given t. prefer
ance by butchers over steer 'ef OF
equal weights. We also remember
very well when in Ontario that butch
ars would readily pay quite as much
for heifer been as steer beef other
things being equal, and even some
preference was given to the 1emale
product. The reason assigned Iof
his preference was the fact that the
bone in heifers was slightly finer than
IN steers, consequently when the car
lass was cut up the proportion OF
edible meat to the entire weight was
somewhat greater in the heifers. Inc
further reason was alleged that it there
was any difference in tenderness TINS
Law with the beef produced from helf-
er carcasses.
All this may seem strange In the
light of the robbery that was prac-
ticed in former years by the live stock
dealers in Chicago and other leading
markets in the United States. They
made it a practice to discount helter
beef. The discount in some instances
reached as much as so cents per 100
pounds live weight. Those men tried
TO reason that heifer beef was not
equal to steer beef. Some expert
ments conducted by the present sec
retary of agriculture, when director OF
the experiment station at Ames Iowa,
tended to puncture this bubble OF dis
honesty that those men had blown
up. Since that time the discriminat-
ing between heifer and steer beef has
been slight Why should there be
any discrimination at all? The tact
that there is illustrates how hard 1T
is for any practice long continued to
die even after the nsenselessness and
nnreasonableness of the practice has
been made plain.
The agricultural colleges have come
to the rescue of the farmer In more
ways than one. 1t is not easy now to
impose upon the farmer as 1t was
before the establishment of these In
situations. Seed fakirs are very
easily Brought to time now since the
experimenter at the station can soon
find out how much a name is worth
that has been affixed to some so CALL
ed new introduction. The. true worth
Of claims relating to farm matters 1s
now much more readily ascertatned.
Horse Notes.
A good saddle horse on large farm
is an almost indispensable luxury. To
a manager fond of riding, the saddle
horse will prove an almost indispensa-
BILE boon. It only takes minute to put
on the saddle. A rider on horseback
can go into many places where 1t Will
be impossible to take vehicle. IT the
horse is trained to stand while the
rider tends to sundry matters his value
becomes greatly increased. We often
times wonder why the saddle horse IL
not used to much greater extent on
large farms.
There is usually supposed to a
close relation between dust IN hay ana
heaves whether the source of the dust
s dried leaves breaking into fine par
icles or earth which has been washed
,p on the hay while exposed to rain.
n the spring season or summer, when
he services of the horse can be spared.
urning out to pasture will frequently
,rove sufficient remedy. Where this
an not be done it is well to feed
lampened hay at night and also lie"
cots where they can be spared.
Two men will work horses side oy
side on the same farm. The horses
nay be about equal on the start. Ihe
eeed is taken from the same NOW and
also from the Same bin and the laoor
is the same in quality. The teams