Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-07-14
The Raising
Of Beef Cattle

W iie the net results of beef c.,+,,
teeding depend a great deal unon tha
KIND or stock used, satisfactory resnIts
may be obtained when suitable rat;o,,e
are used, even with native cattle sar,
erai years ago experiments were begun
Ut the tennessee experiment station
with scrub cattle.
IN SIX or the groups gain OF nr.c.
tcaliy pound and half per day was
made throughout the entire feeding ma.
Rod, gain that would compare very
iaVoraoiy with that made by animals
OF better quality, but as these animals
did not dispose the flesh on those parts
OF the body where the most voIuahIo
meat is found and were coorser In
bone and contained more offal they did
not take on the high finish of animals
OF better quality, nor does the moot
bring such high price. because of the
tendency of such animals to deyelon
largely In the fore quarters.
the animal with wide sprung ribs
full hind quarters and generous yirtb
takes on flesh rapidly and puts the gain
where 1t will do the most good. The
difference In price per pound between
choice steer and poor to prime"
is avery important element of profit.
The Abcrdeen-Angus.
1t has been the proud BOAST of Brit.
isli breeders that they are not carried
away by every wind of fashion, as their
American brethren SO often are. But
glance at the report of the animal
show and sale of Aberdeen Angus car.
tie at Perth, Scotland, reveals a craze
about as bad as any we have here, one
that originated here and is being car.
ried to greater extremes there than
here, says Stockman and Farmer. We
refer tc the fashion for animals de-
scending In the female line from the
COW Erica. These sold for high prices
while other cattle of superior individ-
ual merit and from tribes which have
produced and now produce high class
cattle sold at low figures. No Erica
got first prize and only one a second.
yet the Ericas which didn't get look
into the prize list sold above repre-
sentatives of such an old, reliable fam
lily as the Pride, which won more and
better prizes. Such a craze bodies no
good to any breed, and 1t is to be hoped |
that breeders on both sides of the wa
ter Will come to their senses and go |
In for cattle instead Of some remote
female ancestor.
Soft Corn For Reef Production. |
The Feeding Value of Soft Corn
For Beef Production" is the title of |
bulletin No. IS, recently issued by the
Iowa experiment station. The soft corn
problem has been serious one during
the past two years in many sections of |
the central west due to the early fall |
frosts, which affected the crop before
It was mature.
Here are some of the conclusions de-
Quoted from the results obtained:
That soft corn grown on the college
farm in 1902 and containing 80 per
cent Of moisture at the beginning Of
the test, pound for pound, on a water
free or dry matter basis was fully
equal in feeding value to mature corn
grown In 1900 when used for fattening
cattle.
That cattla-.fed On such soft corn
made nearly as heavy gains and finish
I'd equally as well as those fed on ma
lure corn grown in 1900.
That when soft corn similar to that
Used in this test could be purchased for
30 cents per bushel, the prevailing mar.
let price, gains on fattening cattle
could be made at cost of 1903 cents
,er pound less than when mature corn,
costing 80 cents per bushel, the prevail.
ng market price, was fed under sim.
lar conditions.
The Sittyton Shorthorns.
The true Shorthorn breeder should
lold as his ideal the production of easy
eeding, flesh producing, early matur-
ng animals of good size and with as
rood milking qualities as possible, says