East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-24

ever entered the Chicago yards with
L consignment of beef, in speaking of
The cattle outlook, in the Chicago
Livestock World, says:
zone reason is that the dressed
beef industry has diminished the de-
mand for this article. Feeders have
discovered that the
short feeding process brings better re-
suits. The man who has followed
the custom of long feeding has a
tired feeling and it will require con-
siderable inducement in the hope of
premium on choice, hard-finished
beeves to repopularize the making
of them.
ut is a deceptive business, how
ever. This year. for instance, the |
short-fed cattle marketed before the
middle of May lost out. Since then
they have done well. Dressed beef
has undoubtedly repressed the cat
tie finishing industry and stimulated
the warming-up process by reason of
the fact that the dressed beef men
can work in a lower grade of cattle
The consequence is that competition
for the good ones is far less than
when a hundred different butchers
were in the market each wanting a
load or so of finished cattle.
Formerly We received large
number of New York orders for these
around Christmas but now the dress
ed beef man supplies that trade
largely and comparatively few good
ones are wanted, eliminating the
competition formerly enjoyed"
Mr.. Doud- in common with all
market men, deplores the use of poor
bulls. More good sires is the need
of the times" he said. Take year.
lings. for instance. There is moth
ing more profitable than a fat year
ling steer or heifer, but making them
of the right weight and quality,
without the requisite blood would be
i'm the nature of the miraculous.
"As a rule, cattle marketed light
in weight but finished invite the
most competition and show maximum
profits. The outlet for heavy cattle
especially if of plain quality is al
ways narrow and the man who makes
them takes chances. Over 1900 t.
l35O-pound steers court unpopulari
ty. If in excess of 1400 pounds few
are wanted. Dairy blood is too pro
nounced in the majority of cattl
sent to market. Had they beel
vealed they would have made NOR
} money for the grower.
On a large proportion of the cattl
, now seeking the shambles Mr.. Dou
, says there is absolutely no compeu
: tion. This assertion embraces bot
. distillery,fed and Western grass bee
2 1T is a condition we are powerles
: to change and must accept with d
9 much grace as possible" he salt
: 1--WE feed distillery cattle, known
. that they must go to the packer. o
fleshv Westerns also there is Writ
. ally no competition, in fact, we ca
. not send them for disposal to as goo
: advantage as at the Stockyards. Tn;
. is why they seek that outle+. Dist
lery-fed cattle are soft and range
. coarse. | am not prepared to Sc
9 why composition is lacking, but it
. fact"
9 The once great range beef produ
3 ing industry Mr.. Doud regards as d
. cadent. "It will be, on the whole,
: good thing for the farmer-feeders
. the country" he said. During r
i cent wears very few grass cattle, d
sirabhe either as TO weight or qualit
. have shown np at the market.
. looks as though they cannot MAKE u
ri gcant when M
. range was good.
"Ruination of grass has oeen
. voeful waste of natural wealth, D
. II WAS inevitable. Between his oV
= greed and the Rheepman the ram
. cattleman has all but wiped himst
= out of existence. Cattle bought
. 9-vear-olds in Texas around $24 ~
wears ago and donble-wimtered ha
. sold In Chicago this year at pric
9 that did not net first cost.
"Under such conditions the indu
. fry cannot survive. Hereafter Z
: range country will market lar
. nroportion of feeders with some
= stuff. Breeding will be resumed
. Montana the Dakotas and Wyomif
9 IT was abandoned by big outfits :
9 cause calf crops were impsssit
. when COWS had to struggle for exil
= ence on the open range. but uno
. new conditions breeding stock
. he cared for and winter losses ELI
. mated.
"Rrange-bred stockers will rea
. corn belt feed lots at younger
. and being consequently less coal
: than at present will make better D.
. and be of more value to the feeo
e But in my opinion the last Dig T
of fat range cattle has been recoro
''It is owing to this deficiency
the quality of grassers that gfa
fed stuff is selling SO well at Chca
this summer.
. Had plenty of fat Westerns OIL
weight and quality we got ~ ye'
ago been available these 80 10 90
fed cattle would not figure In
daily list of market sales at prese
n Ever since grass cattle domina'
4 market values during the sunni
and fall months the growers OF
tives have had to avoid markets az
ing that period. With range prod.
alipoinated he will have the mari
ALI the year round. In other wol
destruction of the range VIII pe